The Ninja Turtles from The Way Things Really Work

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Subject: The Ninja Turtles from The Way Things Really Work
HanKim 2/3/2004 12:21:49 PM

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not allowed to play outside base>

Another change, not often mentioned, is that today's troops have more ways to entertain themselves than with the traditional whiskey and loose women. Game consoles and laptop computers are usually available, and most bases have Internet access (at least for email.)
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I truly feel sorry for the poor GI lads confined to base with
superiors and leaders who think that video games
and internet access can substitute for real entertainment.
Perhaps the people in the Pentagon who make these rules
should be locked inside and kept away from their families
and 'whiskey and loose women' of the Georgetown district
in Washington DC for a while. Once again, the distant bureaucrats
and rear-echelon-bleeps make the rules and the PBI suffers.

On a more realistic note, I have read that the average GI these
days is more likely to be a Dad or Mom who would rather have
more time with their kids than a 20-year old single male or
female who would appreciate the whiskey and loose individuals.

How much more would it cost to give smaller units more rotations so
that they get to spend at least a minimum 3 months out of the year
close to home unless Congress actually declares war.

Han

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the British Lion RE:The Ninja Turtles from The Way Things Really Work 2/3/2004 1:19:55 PM

if you don't like the time don't sign the dotted line... the G.I's know what job they have to do. The're not a conscript army. The're profesinals who know, or should know, what the're getting into before they sign their life away. That being said, I think a little more effot should be made to make their lives as comfortable as possible. and I agree that video games are no substitute for a pint down the local bar with your off-duty mates. But a fat lot of good a pint or two will do you if your blown up by truck bomb that snuck by your lax security... The the U.S should adopt a more balanced system... but if that's not possible, then I think the're doing the right thing by putting their soldiers lives before a few home comforts.

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