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Camouflage practice. (i.imgur.com)

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[–]omarsdroog 422 points423 points ago

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We went over camouflage and concealment during one of our Sergeant's time training days when I was in the army. Basically it was hide and seek for a few hours. About 10 of us went into a small patch of woods and a few minutes later two sergeants came through looking for us. After they had found about 5 or 6 of us, one guy, Peltz, got tired of hiding and just walked up to those of us that had been "captured." The sergeants didn't notice it at all. After they had found everyone, they said, "Peltz is still out there." So we all just kind of stood casually in front of him, smoking and bullshitting for maybe 20 or 30 more minutes as they kept looking for him. Every once in a while one of would yell out, "Found him yet, Sergeant?" Good times.

[–]clykey 154 points155 points ago

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Did they find him?

[–]omarsdroog 459 points460 points ago

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After a while we got tired of it and he walked in front of the group. When the sergeants saw him they were like, "Where have you been?" We told them and they agreed it was a pretty good trick. Then we went for ice cream.

I may have made up the part about the ice cream.

[–]Metalheadzaid 41 points42 points ago

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That's what I'd do.

When my squad mates get captured, I'll "infiltrate" and get captured myself.

It's fool-proof.

[–]captainAwesomePants 41 points42 points ago

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You won't have really been captured. You'll be kept with the people who were captured, but you have actually infiltrated the enemy camp undetected. So good job.

[–]juaquin 19 points20 points ago

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And chances are they've been searched, whereas you haven't. May not be a bad idea actually, if shit hits the fan.

[–]badmonkey0001 24 points25 points ago

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It's also good recon. Witold Pilecki is a famous soldier from WWII that actually volunteered to sneak into Auschwitz to gather intelligence. Unfortunately, his time after the war did not go well and he was executed by the very country he had been so heroic for.

[–]swuboo 58 points59 points ago

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he was executed by the very country he had been so heroic for.

I'm not sure that's quite how I'd put it. Pilecki fought for the Polish Republic; represented at that time by the government-in-exile in London. It was Communist Poland that executed him; a different entity.

Communist Poland and the government-in-exile were enemies, and remained so until 1990 when they both ceased to exist.

Saying that Pilecki was executed by the country he fought for is like saying a Confederate hanged by the Union was executed by the country he fought for. Kinda, but not really.

[–]treeshadsouls 18 points19 points ago

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Oh I do love some of that sweet, precise History.

[–]buzzbros2002 5 points6 points ago

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Is your name Hogan?

[–]redworm 171 points172 points ago

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now that's what I call a sticky situation

[–]scoops22 8 points9 points ago

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CARLOS!!

[–]mlanslo 5 points6 points ago

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RAMIREZ! Divide by zero!

[–]sirolf 0 points1 point ago

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Is the screaming randomness meme random or is it a reference?

[–]mlanslo 1 point2 points ago

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RAMIREZ! <insane order here> is a meme from the C.O.D games (from the single player) where ramirez (your character) is told to go do everything, all the time, no matter how impossible. Example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkuLj5uCgSk

[–]Jimmg 0 points1 point ago

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Pretty sure that was a joke about the Magic School Bus ;)

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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HEHEHEHEHEHEH

[–]Patass -4 points-3 points ago

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don't worry I caught it and up voted. And lol'd. And Kenny lived.

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    [–]daleus 5 points6 points ago

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    Does that mean Army had a half-day?

    [–]98PercentChimp 2 points3 points ago

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    And by ice cream, you meant pushups...

    [–]omarsdroog 2 points3 points ago

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    Actually, no. We may have really gone for ice cream, I just don't remember if we did that day or another day. This was during a restructuring of the army a few years ago and our unit was being deactivated. Most soldiers had been transferred to other units that were remaining active. Those of us that were left were just "short-timers" that only had a few weeks left on our contracts. We pretty much just slacked off and went to get all our discharge paperwork in order.

    That is until our CSM caught wind of what we were doing and he had us do a pt test. I think I did my two miles at a leisurely pace of 20 mins or so.

    [–]Malgas 1 point2 points ago

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    Army had hide and seek followed by ice cream?

    Are you Buster Bluth?

    [–]Rouglead 0 points1 point ago

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    awe, the army sounded like camp. :(

    [–]diuge 0 points1 point ago

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    I was about to join the army before the last line.

    [–]electricmice 0 points1 point ago

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    i was afraid the sergeants would be pissed off that they got one up'ed and punish you guys. maybe i've been watching too many war movies.

    [–]taalmahret 0 points1 point ago

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    You just got tagged as a BillyCamoBadass... mighty funny right there!

    [–]aBEARica 5 points6 points ago

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    During tag in elementary school, my friend and I would stand out in the open looking as relaxed as possible. The 'it' people were chasing people that ran, and didn't even notice us just standing there like we weren't playing.

    [–]bruint 11 points12 points ago

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    So you were like...the socially awkward kid that refused to play with everyone else?

    [–]aBEARica 7 points8 points ago

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    Nah, we played, but when we got bored me and my friend would just stand and mess with people by going into camo mode

    Yes.

    [–]biggmclargehuge 6 points7 points ago

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    so essentially...you weren't playing?

    [–]aBEARica 0 points1 point ago

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    We really didn't employ that tactic too often. Only if we were the only two left and didn't feel like running.

    [–]lesser_panjandrum 2 points3 points ago

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    A similar tactic works surprisingly well in games of paintball. It is incredibly satisfying to carry out a kind of flanking manoeuvre by casually strolling past the opposing team and then turning on them from an advantageous position.

    [–]othellothewise 106 points107 points ago

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    I was in the ROTC program. I remember once I was walking through campus and my instructor grabs me, and he’s a real big guy, and yells, “It’s been six weeks since I’ve seen you in camouflage class!” I said, “I’m getting good.” – Emo Philips

    [–]direcurves 32 points33 points ago

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    I'm pretty sure the picture in this thread is taken from OCS. Notice the instructor is wearing desert cammis, opposite of the forest cammis the candidate is wearing... well, when I went to OCS in '07, the instructors wore forest cammis just like the candidates. I was taking a shit one fine afternoon after some class, everyone was lined up outside about to move on to the next event, from under the stall I see boots and forest trousers stand in front of my stall, knock, and ask if anyone is in there. I say "Yes". The boots say, "Let's go!" Thinking it's a fellow candidate I reply: "Alright, alright, I'm pushin' as hard as I can bro." To my horror, the boots reply, "What the fuck did you just say to me?" I hurriedly pull my trousers up and walk out to face an angry staff sergeant, I apologize and tell him I thought he was a "fellow candidate." He says, "I ain't no fucking 'fellow candidate,'" kicks me in the ass and out the door I run.

    For the grace of all future candidates, they changed the instructors' cammis to desert the following summer.

    [–]SnuggleTop 2 points3 points ago

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    Yes, this is definitely OCS. Graduated this past august. I have definitely seen this picture before, it may even be from my cycle.

    [–]Pariel 0 points1 point ago

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    It's at least a year older than that, I saw it before going in 2010.

    [–]lifeinprism -1 points0 points ago

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    boot.

    [–]lifeinprism -1 points0 points ago

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    boot.

    [–]Pariel 2 points3 points ago

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    A) How did you have doors on your stalls? B) Why did the SI use the head when candidates were in there? I never saw that happen. C) I laughed so fucking hard. Nothing beats OCS stories.

    [–]direcurves 0 points1 point ago

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    It was one of our classroom facilities; the bathroom stalls in the classroom facilities have doors, the ones in our barracks didn't. The sergeant instructor wasn't using the head, he was clearing it of slow-shitting candidates like myself.

    [–]Pariel 0 points1 point ago

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    That's true, sounds like it happened in the first few weeks if SIs were still clearing the heads.

    [–]baileykm 3 points4 points ago

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    Oh you silly officers and your rough life. Stalls to shit in and nice DIs telling you to hurry up. Days of fitting 4 people to a portojohn are things I am glad I no longer need to do.

    Having done 5 years in the Marines I believe I have earned the right to say, fuck the corps

    [–]luckytobehere 3 points4 points ago

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    Former Marine here: I've known enough people to go through OCS to know that it is much, much harder than bootcamp. Other than the pt being more intense, and everyday, in utilities, you actually have to study and play politics.

    USMC bootcamp wasn't hard (I went to PI during the summer) physically, just really, really annoying.

    [–]usmcpilot 1 point2 points ago

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    The Sergeant instructors at OCS wear whatever the seasonal uniform is; Deserts in summer, Woodlands in winter months. When I reported to OCS in October of 2009, the Sergeant instructors were still in Deserts. Then when daylight savings was over, they went back to woodlands. Candidates are only allowed to wear woodlands though, no matter what time of year.

    [–]GoodLeftUndone 0 points1 point ago

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    Could also be just at MCRD because we would put our woodlands on for Drill while our kill hat, j hats, and senior drill instructor wore deserts. But this is because we went through during summer time and e winter cammie transition hadn't happened yet so our woodlands were still in prestine condition so we used them for our final and initial drill due to them being fully starched and pressed nicely still. Basically just because they looked hot shit and we weren't wearing our dress.

    [–]russman2500 0 points1 point ago

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    I do believe my instructors wore deserts while we wore our woodland once or twice on PI. This was back in 03.

    [–]funkymoose 9 points10 points ago

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    I thought that was hilarious until I watched the guy deliver it.

    [–]Kalium 1 point2 points ago

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    Oh come on. What happened then?

    [–]DoWhile 20 points21 points ago

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    The audience laughed. Video

    [–]iamiamwhoami 3 points4 points ago

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    Oh hey that's Shannon from Home Movies.

    [–]Tylertc13 46 points47 points ago

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    I'm curious as to if you would get punished for saying something like that.

    [–]tadmau5 116 points117 points ago

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    yup. for being a smart-ass

    [–]slickback503 66 points67 points ago

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    Gunnery Sergeant Hartman: Well, no shit. What have we got here, a fucking comedian? Private Joker. I admire your honesty. Hell, I like you, you can come over to my house and fuck my sister! [Gunnery Sgt. Hartman punches Pvt. Joker in the stomach]

    [–]nemesiscw 15 points16 points ago

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    Woof woof woof

    [–]jakeis38 2 points3 points ago

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    well private joker

    [–]MuffinBaskt 17 points18 points ago

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    You aren't supposed to say thank you or sorry.

    [–]gives_you_cookies 64 points65 points ago

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    So thats why the canadian army is so small

    [–]atari_eric 8 points9 points ago

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    They only look small - the rookies don't have their camo skill down yet.

    [–]ShallowBasketcase 2 points3 points ago

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    they're Canadians, not ninjas!

    [–]bacon-o-matic 0 points1 point ago

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    Is there a difference?

    [–]Atomicpaperclip 5 points6 points ago

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    TIL

    [–]Far-Aim 1 point2 points ago

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    They almost always retort with, "Don't thank me for doing my job!". You stop thanking them fairly quickly.

    [–]the_second 2 points3 points ago

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    Yeah. In my time in the german army, a "sorry" was always countered with "A GERMAN SOLDIER DOESN't SAY SORRY, A GERMAN SOLDIER BEGS FOR A SWIFT AND JUST PUNISHMENT!".

    "Thank you" however was generally accepted.

    [–]Alofat 0 points1 point ago

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    I'm curios, did they use the "...auch wenn der Himmel voller Mösen ist." on you too?

    [–]the_second 0 points1 point ago

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    No. We had female soldiers too, so that, and the "Dreieckstuch...Schubsladen...Schamslippen..."-Spruch were kinda out.

    [–]livevil999 3 points4 points ago

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    I wouldn't last in Army.

    [–]krislol22 17 points18 points ago

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    You get named Private Joker and asked to show your war face.

    [–]ShallowBasketcase 18 points19 points ago

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    LET ME SEE YOUR WAR FACE!

    [–]Mephoros 26 points27 points ago

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    That is fucking terrifying.

    [–][deleted] 5 points6 points ago

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    It's worse with sound

    [–]king_of_the_universe 7 points8 points ago

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    This is the video.

    [–]Eluriel 3 points4 points ago

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    What the fuck?

    [–]Mazo 2 points3 points ago

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    The horror....

    [–]Chuymatt 2 points3 points ago

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    Wrong war move, right sentiment.

    [–]therealprotonk 13 points14 points ago

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    You should sign up and try it out. Nothing will happen. I promise.

    [–]Inamanlyfashion 11 points12 points ago

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    The next panel:

    "Get on your face."

    [–]therealprotonk 15 points16 points ago

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    Right after that: "everyone else in this compartment get on your fucking faces because you let this joker mouth off"

    [–]Inamanlyfashion 18 points19 points ago

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    Last day of mail call at OCS before we received mail individually my class wrote our DI a letter of appreciation (we fucking loved the guy). We're all posted outside our hatches at attention as he calls out the names out for mail, and then this happens:

    Gunny: Who the hell wrote me a letter? Since when do I get mail with all of you? You know what? All of you, get on your fucking face right now.

    Class: Aye, sir!

    Gunny: You bitches are 'bout to get slaughtered. Who wrote this letter? Who's got jokes?

    Class: We all did, sir!

    Gunny: I'm gonna find out who wrote this letter. And I'm gonna pop his fucking heart.

    We couldn't see his face since we were all on ours, but he was laughing his ass off the entire time.

    [–]passivelyaggressiver 2 points3 points ago

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    I've heard that if you like your DIs, then they weren't good at their job?

    [–]this_is_satire 1 point2 points ago

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    Not at OCS. At OCS you hate your DI for several weeks, and you grow to respect them and maybe like them near the end.

    [–]luckytobehere 1 point2 points ago

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    You generally have 3-4 DI's: You Senior, with the black belt and the Junior DI's (or Heavies) with the green belt.

    Senior was always the one you feared more but was always the one save you from the Heavies. You never fucked with Senior.

    The Heavies were the hardasses. Generally new DI's with something to prove but without the experience of dealing recruits to know when to be a dick and when not to be. They were always the disciplinarians.

    One thing you learn going through bootcamp/OCS is that being a DI is without a doubt one of the hardest jobs out there. These guys sleep 2-3 hours at most a day for 3 months - everything they do is for the recruits. All of my DI's where top notch - everyone thoroughly respected them - all except for the new DI that joined our platoon toward the end of training. He had just gotten out of DI school and just didn't know how to do his job yet. It was almost embarrasing sometimes because we are toward the end of training so our drilling was outstanding but this DI just couldn't drill worth his life. I'm sure he was just getting his feet wet but even the recruits knew this guy was scared as shit doing his job.

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    [deleted]

    [–]Cain_Ixion 7 points8 points ago

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    I'm curious about the reason you state. Please explain?

    [–]PunishableOffence 9 points10 points ago

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    When the actions of one are punished collectively, the collective tends to ostracize the individual. This is not good for morale, and in some cases, the consequences may be dire. Think school shootings, but with an assault rifle.

    [–]random988 4 points5 points ago

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    It can be argue that it does encourage teamwork.

    You better do your damnest to help the weakest link in the chain get up to par or everyone is going to suffer with him. Which is kind of how it works out in actual combat no?

    It also promotes teamwork in the sense of helping cover for one another. You do not sell out a member of your team. Builds trust I suppose.

    The Sergeants should keep an eye on the team, if one guy is beyond hope, then it might be time to stop punishing the team for his mistake.

    But what do I know.

    [–]expressadmin 0 points1 point ago

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    Rack party!

    [–]patchbag 2 points3 points ago

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    Probably because people have a tendency to retaliate against the kid that fucked up. Especially if he's having problems and fucks up repeatedly.

    [–]torsion_point 8 points9 points ago

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    Being a smart ass during boot/OCS is frowned upon. I was in the Navy. I did something in boot and our company commander (CC for short) took me to task for it. CC: recruit how do you spell team? me: t-e-a-m sir. CC: is there a fucking 'I' in team? me: no sir, but there is an 'M' and an 'E'. what does that spell sir? CC: what the fuck does that spell?! your ass is mine!

    [–]flexiblecoder 5 points6 points ago

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    It sounds like 'M' 'E' spells whatever the hell the CC wants it to. :)

    [–]amichaux 8 points9 points ago

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    I'm curious as to whether one really practices camouflage. Seems like "don't move and let your ghillie suit do the work" would suffice.

    [–]zedoriah 25 points26 points ago

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    You have to move. Just REALLY, REALLY slowly. Get from point A to point B without being seen by the instructors in the tower.

    [–]Eviltechie 6 points7 points ago

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    That sounds really hard because the instructors would know to look for people. It would be different if you had the element of supprise.

    [–]spyson 23 points24 points ago

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    Train to expect the worst.

    [–]SexLiesAndExercise 16 points17 points ago

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    Pffft, the army is a bunch of negative nancies.

    They could at least try to be optimistic. 'Train for the best Tuesdays' would go down a treat!

    [–]masuabie 7 points8 points ago

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    You usually have around 24 hours to do it in some practices. Most places you are infiltrating are looking for people. That's why they have guards.

    [–]daedalus733 6 points7 points ago

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    But it's even better if you can sneak past an enemy that knows you're there.

    [–]riverduck 5 points6 points ago

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    That sounds really fun. Now I want to join the army.

    [–]amichaux 1 point2 points ago

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    Yeah I'm bad at sarcasm in text-form...

    [–]zedoriah 2 points3 points ago

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    yeah. Damn text and it's lack of nuance.

    [–]amichaux 7 points8 points ago

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    Can't tell if you're being sarcastic, or I'm just an asshole... Haha, party on Wayne.

    [–]zedoriah 8 points9 points ago

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    Party on, Garth.

    [–]intertron1 2 points3 points ago

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    My drill instructors had a pretty good sense of humor. They had a lot of fun with it.

    [–]this_is_satire -1 points0 points ago

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    You would still get beat for being a smart ass, even if they thought it was funny.

    [–]Bootprint 0 points1 point ago

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    You wouldn't get any ice cream.

    [–]Sandaholic 45 points46 points ago

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    -Pull Over!...

    -PULL OVER!

    -...NO ITS A CARDIGAN BUT THANKS FOR NOTICING!

    [–]king_of_the_universe 3 points4 points ago

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    I expected "He pulls over, I keep going." (GC)

    [–]Karter705 41 points42 points ago

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    "Vetinari was particularly interested in classical arts of camouflage, defying the guild's policy of all-black dress in favour of dark grey and dark green. He was failed in his stealth course on account of his teacher never seeing him in classes. This, replied Vetinari in his own defence, was to his mind the entire point of the subject."

    [–]Rathum 26 points27 points ago

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    I also like the this version:

    “Dark green,” said the woman. “How strange. I understand, Havelock, that you scored zero in your examination for stealthy movement.”
    “May I ask how you found that out, Madam?”
    “Oh, one hears things,” Madam said lightly. “One just has to hold money up to one’s ear.”
    “Well, it was true,” said the Assassin.
    “And why was this?”
    “The examiner thought I’d used trickery, Madam.”
    “And did you?”
    “Of course. I thought that was the idea.”
    “And you never attended his lessons, he said.”
    “Oh, I did. Religiously.”
    “He says he never saw you at any of them.”
    Havelock smiled. “And your point, Madam, is…?”

    [–]Karter705 0 points1 point ago

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    Thanks! I couldn't find the exact quote.

    [–]chrisbannex 9 points10 points ago

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    Came here hoping for someone to bring Terry into this. Have all my upvotes.

    [–]nothingtoworryabout 8 points9 points ago

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    I think in that same book there was a guy who had the terrifying (not terrific) idea of using stripes like natural predators do. I'm not sure what happened to him (did he get 'disappeared') or did Vetinari get the idea from him, but it was still hilarious.

    [–]Rathum 14 points15 points ago

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    He was eaten by a tiger.

    Bleedwell had worn black. Assassins always did. Black was cool, and, besides, it was the rules. But only in a dark cellar at midnight was black a sensible color. Elsewhere, Vetinari preferred dark green, or shades of dark gray. With the right coloring, and the right stance, you vanished. People’s eyes would help you vanish. They erased you from their vision, they fitted you into the background.
    Of course, he’d be expelled from the Guild if caught wearing such clothing. He’d reasoned that this was much better than being expelled from the land of the upright and breathing. He’d rather not be cool than be cold.
    The guard, three feet away, lit a cigarette with no consideration for other people.
    What a genius Lord Winstanleigh Greville-Pipe had been. What an observer. Havelock would have loved to have met him, or even to have visited his grave, but apparently that was somewhere inside a tiger which, to Greville-Pipe’s gratified astonishment, he hadn’t spotted until it was too late.
    He had done him a private honor, though. He had hunted down and melted the engraver’s plates of Some Observations on the Art of Invisibility.
    He tracked down the other four extant copies, too, but had felt unable to burn them. Instead, he’s had the slim volumes bound together inside the cover of Anecdotes of the Great Accountants, Vol. 3. He felt that Lord Winstanleigh Greville-Pipe would rather appreciate that.

    [–]divinesleeper 3 points4 points ago

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    God I loved Night Watch.

    [–]Draiko 8 points9 points ago

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    There's a movie called "Full Metal Jacket".

    You should watch it.

    [–]stalkinghorse 2 points3 points ago

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    i love that movie

    There's a little cluster fuck in every single scene

    [–]Calquon 109 points110 points ago

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    That's the same picture 4 times...

    [–]Deluxx00 135 points136 points ago

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    Yes; and those little white things are also called chat bubbles!

    [–]My_College 99 points100 points ago

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    False. Those are called speech balloons

    [–]FinalValor 83 points84 points ago

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    Incorrect. Those are called speech bubbles.

    [–]animeengineer 34 points35 points ago

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    not true. Those are called bubbles of speech.

    [–]pokeatthedevil 66 points67 points ago

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    Nope. Those are called talky boxes.

    [–]SatanGetsMe 63 points64 points ago*

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    I major in cartooning (seriously) and there's no official word. We call them "speech bubbles" for the most part, but arguing over it just makes you a douche.

    GOD GUYS I'D THOUGHT I'D GIVE PRO INSIGHT BCUZ NO ONE COULD AGREE. FFFFFUCK YALL ARE MEAN.

    [–]sniffles_snort 5 points6 points ago

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    You major in cartooning? I no longer want to hear college grads moan about not being able to find work.

    [–]Dfnoboy 4 points5 points ago

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    geez guys, what the fuck? He was just offering his original and valid view point. He was creating new content AND adding something personal/unique to the discussion. Don't fucking down vote because your smart ass (did I mention how funny you are, too) thinks it's a whoosh.

    NO ONE knows Reddiquette anymore.

    [–]daedalus733 4 points5 points ago

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    Especially not the automatic downvoting bots.

    [–]Dfnoboy 0 points1 point ago

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    are those a thing?

    [–]pokeatthedevil 3 points4 points ago

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    Not sure if woosh or troll.

    [–]RepostThatShit 0 points1 point ago

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    Appeal to authoritoosh.

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      [–]Keyserchief 3 points4 points ago

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      "I'm walkie and I'm talkie! Are you walkie and talkie, General?"

      [–]SarahResolute 0 points1 point ago

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      Upvote for Brian Regan.

      [–]russkev 0 points1 point ago

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      Yes, this should be their official name!

      [–]amosjones 0 points1 point ago

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      Speech Balloons - Wikipedia

      Speech balloons (also speech bubbles, dialogue balloons or word balloons) are a graphic convention used most commonly in comic books, comic strips and cartoons to allow words (and much less often, pictures) to be understood as representing the speech or thoughts of a given character in the comic

      [–]Bofurkle -2 points-1 points ago

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      Correct. Those are called speech bubbles.

      [–]Deluxx00 2 points3 points ago

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      Not even sure; was just messing around with him :P

      [–]RichardPeterJohnson 2 points3 points ago

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      Except for the moonwalking bear.

      [–]Say_Ocean 0 points1 point ago

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      Agreed, should have used rage faces and "le" for contrast.

      editors note: sarcasm

      [–]tadmau5 16 points17 points ago

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      ahh boot camp.

      [–]DCoxRox69 31 points32 points ago

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      Nah, that looks like OCS, he's not rocking the campaign cover.

      [–]toury 11 points12 points ago

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      Yup looks like OCS

      [–]SHUT_UP_CANADA 10 points11 points ago

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      As someone who renetly graduated Marine Corps OCS I can confirm this. What gives it away other than his cover? Aisle size.

      [–]woodlandBob 1 point2 points ago

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      As someone who graduated from MCRD Parris Island, I can say that the drill instructors were not always wearing campaign covers.

      [–]baileykm 2 points3 points ago

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      confirmed. Once saw my killhat without his campaign cover on and sort of looked at him in a stupid way like whose that recruit in the DI office? I think he said I should look in there during family day as he bangs my mother or something along the lines of that.

      [–]toury 0 points1 point ago

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      Yes, also the squad bay looked familiar.

      [–]ikantspeell -1 points0 points ago

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      are you still a boottenant? I fucking hate butter bars...

      [–]tadmau5 1 point2 points ago

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      good observation. didn't catch that

      [–]only_says_oh_yeah -2 points-1 points ago

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      Oh yeah!

      [–]mrsim0ns 5 points6 points ago

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      Navy Camo

      This is why the Navy doesn't do Camo practice :(

      [–]themooseiscool 1 point2 points ago

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      To be fair they probably blend nicely in nighttime waters.

      [–]MidKnight150 1 point2 points ago

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      I did camo practice every field day.

      [–]usmcthrowaway 7 points8 points ago

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      This was the year I went through OCS, remember it fondly. To say it correctly, that would be Platoon Sergeant, Gunnery Sergeant Angel. Always addressed as Gunnery Sergeant. I was in the other platoon in the next squad bay over on the same side of the quarterdeck. This is from pick-up, as demonstrated by the fact that the candidates are wearing go-fasters (tennis shoes).

      [–]tehnoodles 4 points5 points ago

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      Ha! Go fasters... That takes me back.

      [–]SHUT_UP_CANADA 1 point2 points ago

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      Gunnery Segeant Angel looks like a dick!

      [–]spainguy 2 points3 points ago

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      http://www.cornellpubs.com/Newsletter%20Images/Camo%20Sofa.jpg

      [–]Loserbait 6 points7 points ago

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      Emo Philips anyone?

      [–]Pookie0 2 points3 points ago

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      Yea it's so much better coming from him.

      [–]fireblade45 2 points3 points ago

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      Thats OCS.

      [–]ratmanmusician 2 points3 points ago

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      Got to love Frank Carson.

      [–]theCHENRY 2 points3 points ago*

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      "SNIPER APPROACHED THE INSTRUCTOR BY BEING A SNEAKY BASTARD, SERGEANT MAJOR!"

      [–]funzel 8 points9 points ago

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      "DON'T CALL ME SIR, I WORK FOR A LIVING!" [FTFY]

      [–]MuffinBaskt 7 points8 points ago

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      You call them sir until you earn the right to call them by their rank.

      [–]Inamanlyfashion 2 points3 points ago

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      We called the DI's sir at Navy OCS (until we commissioned). Chiefs were sir/ma'am until the final phase of training, when we could call them chief/senior chief/master chief.

      [–]Zook 2 points3 points ago

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      "DO I LOOK LIKE A FUCKING OFFICER TO YOU?"

      [–]jacobbsny10 1 point2 points ago

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      The second panel. I can't help but imagine the sergeant looking like that all the time, not just when yelling, but when listening to his recruits speak.

      [–]baileykm 0 points1 point ago

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      I had a friend that became a DI at MCRD San Diego and went and visited him a few times. He became weird. They would talk in cadence a lot of times and their voices are pretty messed up for a while because they change their voice to recruits. it was odd to say the least watching him burst out into a running cadence or just saying jokes that only other DIs understood.

      [–]amuuricaa 0 points1 point ago

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      I went to bootcamp and the drill instructors would use their secondary voice towards, later in the week he would have to switch to his regular voice cause he just couldnt talk like he could from all the screaming.

      [–]erbush1988 1 point2 points ago

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      Lol I don't miss those days!

      [–]thewhat 1 point2 points ago

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      Stand up, please...

      [–][deleted] 3 points4 points ago

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      I think it's weird that they roll the sleeves up like that. So much material. They should wear short-sleeved shirts.

      [–]OverfedBird 3 points4 points ago

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      What about when it's cold

      [–][deleted] 3 points4 points ago

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      Change into a long-sleeved shirt.

      [–]SocialIssuesAhoy 3 points4 points ago

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      That would be almost twice as much material... plus rolled sleeves look cool.

      [–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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      Just seems that it's a lot of material and I bet the sleeves have to be rolled perfectly or else!

      [–]SocialIssuesAhoy 1 point2 points ago

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      I haven't been in the military but I was a member of the Civil Air Patrol (USAF Auxiliary). Sleeves are easy to roll, although you're right I'm sure they have to get them perfect or they're screwed hahaha. But out of every element of the uniform, I'd rate rolled sleeves as the easiest to perfect, although we wore the old BDUs which are significantly different from the current uniform and I think now they require a lot less maintenance. CAP switches to the new ones sometime in the next couple years I believe but I'm not in it anymore.

      [–]amuuricaa 0 points1 point ago

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      It's not that the sleeves had to be rolled perfect or you'd get chewed out, but it definitely let others know that you care what your appearance looks like. If you looked squared away, sleeves rolled paper thin, no irish pennants anywheres on your uniform, camis are serviceable with no holes, you were a shithot marine. Otherwise, if your if you looked like shit, you were a shitbag.

      [–]huskers532 2 points3 points ago

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      The Marine Corps actually recently implemented that there will be no more sleeve rolling at all, so it's sleeves down year round now.

      [–]stalkinghorse 1 point2 points ago

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      The cop that pulled me over the other day put on that staff sgt face while asking me why I was so aggressive today

      I was wearing that privates face saying I did have my seatbelt on in fact

      The cop had asked me if there was any reason I wasn't wearing my seatbelt

      I didn't feel aggressive wearing my seatbelt...

      [–]chambow 0 points1 point ago

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      thats a tommy cooper joke

      [–]Ratchaz 1 point2 points ago

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      I thought it was Frank Carson...

      [–]Topbong 0 points1 point ago

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      Definitely the late, great Frank Carson. It was, indeed, a cracker.

      [–]infinitree 0 points1 point ago

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      Though, this could be used for nearly every conversation between two Marines.

      [–]thebiggestone 0 points1 point ago

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      my friend would say that to his sergeant...and get smoked for it

      [–]meantism 0 points1 point ago

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      lolol

      [–]eljefe76 0 points1 point ago

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      REPOST

      [–]amuuricaa 0 points1 point ago

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      sleeves up were the shit back then....

      [–]astrognaw 0 points1 point ago

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      I feel like this is a reader's digest joke translated in internet form.

      [–]ApertureAssault 0 points1 point ago

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      I see what you did there :D

      [–]bobbymcpresscot 0 points1 point ago

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      Hes the only one of them who looks like hes about to cry.

      [–]Bustabloodvessel 0 points1 point ago

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      seen this pretty much word for word in a terry pratchett book 6 years ago. just sayin..

      [–]schpooples 0 points1 point ago

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      sssSSSSHHHHHHHHhHHHhHHH

      [–]nopainkillersneeded 0 points1 point ago

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      This is all wrong, you would never call a Gunnery Sergeant "SIR". Gunnys work for a living god damnit. And if you dont understand this your a fucking boot :)

      [–]I_WIN_DEAL_WITH_IT -3 points-2 points ago

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      ...the fuck is "camouflage practice"???

      [–]boinger 17 points18 points ago

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      Really? You can't work that out?

      Fine, here's a rough summary: It's a training activity wherein soldiers-in-training practice their being-learned skill of camouflage (that is to say, blending in to their environment). This is useful when they are all-the-way-soldiers and trying to not get shot by the other team's soldiers.

      [–]ragrath 2 points3 points ago

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      You go hide in the woods/desert/mountains, and the guys with fancier ranks try to find you. If they find you too easily, you get shit.

      [–]I_WIN_DEAL_WITH_IT -1 points0 points ago

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      They don't do that, unless you're in sniper school. Basic training/boot camp/OCS do not have that because it would be pretty much pointless.

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        [–]fAntom3188 -1 points0 points ago

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        Why the hell isnt that senior wearing his smokey?

        [–]NWCJ -1 points0 points ago

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        relevant? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgOaT4xzdvo&feature=related

        [–]Longstreamofnumbers 0 points1 point ago

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        ಠ_ಠ

        [–]booksforyou -1 points0 points ago

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        Camouflage,: Theory and practice: a summary (Art and war-time publications, Dept. of education, the Cleveland museum of art)

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