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Old 02-10-2018, 01:12 PM   #6
Flyndaran
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Forest Grove, Beaverton, Oregon
Default Re: Self-imposed mental disadvantages and training

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Originally Posted by AlexanderHowl View Post
Yes, speaking from personal experience as a veteran, the idea that Basic Training would give self-imposed disadvantages is laughable. It does seem to be a selection criteria for Special Ops though.
I'm the only male member of my family that was never in the military. But from looking at them and their attitudes... yeah, that "loyalty training" must have a not so high success rate.

(One in army reserve, one in navy, one in air force, and our father was a marine in Vietnam. As a pacifist, I like to say that I'm in the fifth branch.)
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