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<blockquote data-quote="greybeard" data-source="post: 1422086" data-attributes="member: 18945"><p>What's the average age of a US combat soldier in modern times? In Vietnam, it was 19-20.</p><p>What real hands on work has any combat soldier in modern times ever done prior to enlistment and how long did he do it?</p><p>Not much and not for long.</p><p>Boot camp and the weeks of training afterward will whip the softness out of them and the older NCOs already in uniform will lead them into combat. Drop out rate in bootcamp is around 10-13%, depending on the branch of service. The rest will be ready, always have been. </p><p></p><p>Avg age of the combat soldier in Iraq and Afghanistan is a few years older</p><p>Yesterday was June 1, my birthday. It's now June 2. </p><p>46 years ago today, I left Vietnam after 13 months of combat duty. I turned 21 waiting at Danang airbase for my flight back to Okinawa and then on to Calif.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greybeard, post: 1422086, member: 18945"] What's the average age of a US combat soldier in modern times? In Vietnam, it was 19-20. What real hands on work has any combat soldier in modern times ever done prior to enlistment and how long did he do it? Not much and not for long. Boot camp and the weeks of training afterward will whip the softness out of them and the older NCOs already in uniform will lead them into combat. Drop out rate in bootcamp is around 10-13%, depending on the branch of service. The rest will be ready, always have been. Avg age of the combat soldier in Iraq and Afghanistan is a few years older Yesterday was June 1, my birthday. It's now June 2. 46 years ago today, I left Vietnam after 13 months of combat duty. I turned 21 waiting at Danang airbase for my flight back to Okinawa and then on to Calif. [/QUOTE]
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