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https://www.thegatewaypundit.c...-personal-cellphones Sure, why not? Every other decision made by the U.S. military in the past few years has been the worst possible choice. Don't forget to check their diapers!  | ||
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| St. Vitus Dance Instructor  |
l'm going to call my mom and she'll tell you I don't have to make my bed. | |||
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Sadly, not surprising. Recruits are being pampered and coddled just like they would be in a war, not. | |||
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It’s probably time to forecast defense effectiveness. You’re a lying dog-faced pony soldier | |||
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| Staring back from the abyss  |
When I went through boot camp, there was one (outside) pay phone about three blocks away from the barracks. If I remember right, we were allowed to make one call (collect, or calling card if you had one) during our stay in the wonderful state of Missouri. Somehow or another, we all seemed to make it through just fine. Cell phones are a scourge on society. ________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton. | |||
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How else are you going to tiktok your day-to-day experiences to your instagram to get likes on facebook? BTW: I don't have any of them, last was on FB maybe 3 years ago. You guys are my social media & a couple other forums. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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Let them keep them! Just put up signal jammers in all the barracks and training facilities. End of Earth: 2 Miles Upper Peninsula: 4 Miles | |||
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There's not a day that goes by that I'm not thankful I'm retired. "Blessed is he who when facing his own demise, thinks only of his front sight.” Malo periculosam, libertatem quam quietam servitutem Montani Semper Liberi | |||
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Instead of mollycoddling these pansies, they need to molly wop them and whip them into shape. Can't do that though, for whatever reason, they higher ups are absolutely terrified of what might happen to their careers  ___________________________ No thanks, I've already got a penguin. | |||
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During World War Two famiies would not get letters for MONTHS. All the letters my Mom wrote while he fought in Europe came back. She thought he was killed during the Battle of the Bulge. Months later one of his letters arrived. Do not know what happened to the letters as both are long gone. Mail call was a really big deal during Vietnam and Korea as well. | |||
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The way boot camp works is during certain evolution periods you all are escorted to the NEX where there are phone booths for recruits to make a call home. Often some are broke, can’t hear on them, etc. This probably allows them to get rid of that dated area and headache and recruits will use their personal phone for these scheduled calls home. If this isn’t the case and it’s free usage at the recruits discretion, I’ll let you know in a year. 10 years to retirement! Just waiting! | |||
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| Three Generations of Service  |
Boy, howdy! I wouldn't last 10 seconds in today's pussified military. Of course, Granpa no doubt said the same thing when they did away with flogging... Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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People and their fucking pacifiers never fail to disappoint. It’s a 6 inch piece of glass you little pussies! You can’t put it away to go to the movie theater, grocery store, to drive a 3000 lb vehicle, and now got damn boot camp in the military? Fuck I hate these got damn phones! What am I doing? I'm talking to an empty telephone | |||
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The military leaders wouldn't have allowed the use of cell phones in boot camp unless they've had extensive research and study that allowing such use will better develop the recruit as an individual member and as part of a cohesive military unit. </sarcasm> The navy has had some controversial leaders with questionable goals they directed the navy towards but this takes the cake and there's even no question about it that this is a stupid idea. "It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946. | |||
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When our son went through Army boot camp a couple of years ago, they were allowed to use theirs at certain times. This will be no different to what they already had in place. | |||
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Navy is lagging behind. Army and Air Force beat them to it. הרחפת שלי מלאה בצלופחים | |||
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| Get my pies outta the oven!  |
I think I used the (landline) phone like twice in 4 months of Basic and AIT at Fort Jackson in 1991. Once to call my parents to let them know I made it there alive and one time at the end to let them know when I was coming home. I could not wait to get the hell out of my home and away from my parents, why would I want to call them? This generation nowadays is attached at the hip with their parents and has to talk to them like every day it seems. | |||
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I was going to say, recruits being allowed to keep their phones has been going on for over a decade HOWEVER like the old days, their usage is tied to privileges and highly restricted. I believe Sundays for 10-30 minutes depending on how far along one is at in basic training. In this case, the Navy is just getting around to updating its policy and they've removed all pay phones that was formerly an evolution of marching the unit down to the phone booths. | |||
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The pussification of America continues… “Remember to get vaccinated or a vaccinated person might get sick from a virus they got vaccinated against because you’re not vaccinated.” - author unknown | |||
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The military shit show worsens. I'm almost ashamed to admit I'm retired military but folks noting my age automatically know it was a different world and different military back then. Certifiable member of the gun toting, septuagenarian, bucket list workin', crazed retiree, bald is beautiful club! USN (RET), COTEP #192 | |||
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