Advice to Anyone Thinking about Going Infantry

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I have a dear friend whose son intends to go Army infantry. This post in no way, no how means to discourage the lad from doing that, but is only to pass on some thoughts to my friend’s son.

  1. I will remember more about stuff if/as this thread goes on.
  2. Infantry officers that do 20 or more years will be mentally and physically scarred forever.
  3. Need to know how to street fight because your Marines will and sooner or later stuff will hit the fan.
  4. You will fight (no witnesses) one or more of your troops. If you lose any one of those fights – good luck in them following you into hell and back.
  5. Drink hard, play hard, smoke, dip, chew, & get laid.
  6. Always remember and never forget that your platoon is one sniper round from operating without you.
  7. Pogues are not your friends.
  8. Murphy’s law is always in play.
  9. Helos sometimes land hard or not at all. Jump off of a rooftop with 60-100 pounds on your back to see how much fun that is.
  10. 33 degrees and raining sideways is the worst, but good patrolling weather.
  11. More later.

Semper Fi,

ST

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11 thoughts on “Advice to Anyone Thinking about Going Infantry”

  1. I e-mailed (back in the day) an uncensored, moderator unfriendly version of this to DocJay. I don’t think he would mind my sharing it with d’Ettes and d’Lurkers.

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      5. Yup….Go for it. Your space, your stuff, your rules, ST…Pull the pin, and toss it into the fray. (Query, though: Is our quincenera still aboard?)

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  3. “What do you do in the infantry? You die, you die, you die!”

    (A line from Gilbert Sorrentino’s novel “Mulligan Stew” Which for some reason has stuck with me all these years..)

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