Then- Rifles were made of wood and steel, shot a 7.62 caliber bullet that killed the enemy.
Now- Rifles are made of plastic and aluminum, shoot a .223 caliber bullet that wounds the enemy.
Then- If you smoked, you had an ashtray on your desk.
Now- If you smoke, you are sent outside and are treated like a leper.
Then- If you said “damn,” people knew you were annoyed and avoided you.
Now- If you say “damn” you better be talking about a hydroelectric plant.
Then- NCO’s had a typewriter on their desks for doing daily reports.
Now- Everyone has an Internet computer, and they wonder why no work is getting done.
Then- We painted pictures of pretty girls on airplanes to remind us of home.
Now- We put the real thing in the cockpit.
Then- If you got drunk off duty, your buddies would take you back to the barracks to sleep it off.
Now- If you get drunk any time they slap you in rehab and ruin your whole career.
Then- Canteens were made out of steel. You could heat coffee or hot chocolate in them.
Now- Canteens are made of plastic. You can’t heat anything in them and they always taste like plastic.
Then- Officers were professional soldiers first. They commanded respect.
Now- Officers are politicians first. They beg not to be given a wedgie.
Then- If you don’t act right, the commander might put you in a cell till you straighten up.
Now- If you don’t act right, they start a paper trail that follows you forever.
Then- Medals were awarded to heroes who saved lives at the risk of their own.
Now- Medals are awarded to people who show up for work most of the time.
Then- You slept in a barracks… like a soldier.
Now- You sleep in a dormitory… like a college kid.
Then- You ate in a Mess Hall. It was free and you could have all the food you wanted.
Now- You eat in a dining facility. Every slice of bread or pat of butter costs, and you can only have one.
Then- We defeated powerful countries like Germany and Japan.
Now- We can’t even beat Iraq or Yugoslavia.
Then- If you wanted to relax, you went to the Recreation Center, played pool, smoked and drank beer.
Now- You go to the Community Center and can still play pool.
Then- If you wanted a beer and conversation you could go to the NCO or Officers Club.
Now- The beer will cost you $1.75, membership is forced, and someone is watching how much you drink.
Then- The Post Echange had bargains for GI’s who didn’t make much money.
Now- You can get better merchandise cheaper at Wal-Mart.
Then- If a general wanted to make a presentation he scribbled some notes down and a corporal prepared a bunch of charts.
Now- Now a Major prepares the charts spending hours using Power Point.
Then- Victory was declared when the enemy was dead and all his things were broken.
Now- Victory is declared when the enemy says he is sorry.
Then- If you killed an enemy soldier, you could bring home his rifle as a trophy.
Now- If you bring home anything at all as a trophy you get a court martial.
Then- A commander would put his butt on the line to protect his people.
Now- A commander will put his people on the line to protect his butt.
Then- All you could think of was getting out and becoming a civilian again.
Now- All you can think of is getting out and becoming a civilian again.
Now- Kids run at the sight of a recruiter, and rather move to Canada then protect the motherland.
Now- We call them the aggressive Force because we don’t want to hurt their feelings.
Then- They taught you to aim your rifle and kill your enemy.
Now- You spray thirty rounds and run away cause you ran out of ammo.
Now- You spend 20 minutes searching through the 4 dollar individually blister-packed ribbons to find out they’re on back-order.
Now- The only cadence that anyone knows is about the C-130 rolling down the strip.
Then- We painted pictures of pretty girls on airplanes to remind us of home.
Now- We put the real thing in the cockpit.
Couldn’t call it a cockpit now for almost 20 years because it is male gender specific. Now, you don’t even know what sex it is in there anyway.
Things have changed but no matter what, they still work for the same enemy.
They call it the Box Office when the aircraft has a female crew.
“Then- Kids lined up at the door to join the most powerful army just to serve their country.”
To serve the jews, you mean.
Good post time! 🙂
Time to go.
Back in the day they actually had men with penises in the Army.
Now they have a bunch of dike lgbt commanders to make sure they leave their genitals at the recruiting office.
The autobot gollum non gender unic fighting force.
I can’t wait until these dumbasses get replaced by these drones and bots.
They’re really not needed now.
When you have Trident subs…drones from Creech Air force base.
Why would you need such a large human fighting force.
Because the military is to fkng stupid to figure out how to get rid of them fast enough without starting a war.
I have a brilliant idea.
Just send them to the VA.
Now pay me my consulting fee.
If you smoke you deserve to be treated like a leper.
I can remember the days where the office I worked in had one old female woman who chain smoked foul smelling cigarettes and the entire office stunk like cigarette smoke. I’d come to work wearing a freshly laundered pair of clothes and by the end of the day, when I got home – those clothes stunk so bad that I’d have to toss them straight into the dirty clothes basket, where the fumes off them would continue to stink up the air in my house for as long as I took to get around to doing my weekly laundry.
Don’t get me wrong – I think anyone who is dumb enough and who cares so little about their own health ought to have a right to smoke as much as they want to smoke. What they do NOT have a right to do is to stink up the air that I have to breathe or to pollute my work environment with the foul stench of their nicotine addiction.
When I was in my 20s and the crowd I ran with were somehow fascinated by the idea of spending their free time in bars and clubs – assuming, I suppose, that frequenting such places improved their chances of getting laid – but, I had no interest whatsoever in that scene and reason was because those places were havens for chain smokers and I didn’t want to have to breathe in the air that was polluted with their smoking stench.
BTW: In the first example of the workplace, showing up at work on time is not necessarily voluntary. You do it in order to earn a living and feed yourself and your family. Deciding go into a bar where you know smokers are going to be allowed to smoke is voluntary – which means, you can opt out if cigarette smoke offends you. Which I did and still do. Which means I’ve ceded territory to smokers because I respect their right to smoke. On the other hand, smokers complain about being treated like lepers if they have to cede any territory to non-smokers?
Who was it that once said, that in a free society – your freedoms end when they cross the line and encroach upon someone else’s freedoms?
One other thing. I’m old enough to remember a time in American history where someone who wanted to smoke would look around and ask people in the vicinity if anyone minded if I smoke? That courtesy seems to have completely disappeared from our society, and I’d like to know why?
Boo Hoo, waaa was waa, if you want to cry about the smell of cigarettes go post on cvs pharmacy . Com or Reddit. I don’t think you got the jist of this post. Seriously bitching about cigarette smoke is the lamest thing I’ve heard in long time on Internet.
My cousin had to go to mandatory training seminars on feelings and other pus shite, couldn’t drink couldn’t smoke and HE WAS A SEABEE. lol that’s prep for becoming a contractor I thought (but now he’s got feel college, car loans etc) I guess The rest of us have to do it the old fashioned way.
When I go out the door of my castle into the public square, I am breathing not only carcinogens from industry but the shit they are spraying on me out of airplanes. I am told this is the price I pay for living in a society.
When I was young, a bar was a f#@king bar, bands playing, men actually dancing with women, playing pool, and cigarette smoke hung thick in the air. Then came the communists and the air is pristine clean and the bars are occupied by faggots drinking spritzers, surrounded by f#@king tvs with f#@king sports playing on them. The communists came to where we smoke as a minority and used that status to oppress us as a majority.
When you go into the public square where tobacco is legal you have no special right to make it illegal in your comfort zone.
Anything the government hates as much as they claim to hate cigarettes and tobacco, automatically causes me to question what their conclusions. Natural tobacco could help cure and prevent diseases. I know for a fact smoking helps control Crohns disease.
Fact: Smokers have better mental functions than non-smokers.
Stress plays a HUGE role in many diseases and causes millions of people to eat too much junk food and sweets. Obesity can be just as deadly as smoking.
I don’t agree with everything in the clip below, but it’s worth watching for a more balanced perspective on tobacco.
https://youtu.be/FYoN7z74Xuk
Mainly, smoking is a FREEDOM issue. While I do agree that its important to respect the rights of non-smokers, the ever increasing demonization of smokers will eventually lead to even more control of other vices. Just look at NYC and “large” soda’s.
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Aside from being a whiny baby, the answer to your question should be obvious. We don’t ask anymore because all of you red as tomato communists made smokers into second class citizens, treated like lepers and forced into “Smoking Zones. So, now all of you can FO!
I’d rather smell cigarette smoke than those nasty azz people shopping at Wal-Mart.
You know…
Those stinky mthrfkers that you still smell after they’re 4 aisles away from you and the current aisle you are in is empty.
They never bathe and just keep piling on cologne, perfume and underarm deodorant.
To me…
That’s more offensive then cigarette smoke.
But then…I’m a smoker…so maybe my opinion is a little bias.
One thing I learned.
Is that you really do not smell with your nose.
You actually taste the air molecules with your tongue which sends a signal to your brain as a sense of smell.
So when you smell a stench or a fart etc…
You’re actually tasting/consuming the molecules with your tongue.
Someone correct me if I’m wrong.
Actually, we should go back further then WWI or WWII but back to pre-civil war times and just say THEN-the idea of a standing army repulsed everyone NOW-it’s assumed we need a standing army to “protect our freedoms” – when nothing could be further from the truth.
Humorous article. I like the comment from “Theocrat” where he points out the original ante-bellum American opinion that we did not need a standing army. When all one is doing is defending their own shores, a professional navy and a citizen militia are all that is necessary.
Regarding wood and steel rifles in 7.62mm NATO, when one is a militia minded citizen,they can still but a Springfield M1A. I like mine.
I also enjoyed the comment by “NWO Hater” about the U.S. Army now existing to serve the Jews, not the U.S.A. I don’t fight for Israel. I also don’t vote for Donald Trump/lesser of two evils/NYC buisnessman whore for Netanyahu. (On the little poll here, I voted for the dog poop).
I suppose that most guys who read From the trenches have already thought about the whole lesser of two argument, but if not please check out my essay on it on my blog here http://www.putnamlibertynotes.wordpress.com/
“… the whole lesser of two argument…”
There is no argument because there is no lesser.
Evil is evil.