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      They used to but the War on Terror increased the demand for SOF so much that they couldn’t afford to be as picky anymore.

    • JoYo@lemmy.ml
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      who exactly would you trust to do that successfully?

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      They do! To make sure their psychologically unstable enough to be trained as special forces.

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        I feel like the army could just recruit the few who go into Fort Polk sane, then again they would have to acknowledge that base is cursed if they did that. Seriously I aint military but that gods forsaken base has popped up way too many times in my studies to not be cursed, and the worst part I think the general intelligence of that hellhole has only increased with time.

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      it seems like Navy SEALs specifically don’t for whatever weird fucking reason, and that’s how you end up with conspiracy believing dolts who want to eat twinks

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      Sounds like you’ve never met a special forces guy

      I was 12, on base with my dad and there was a SAS guy there for joint ops or something. He proceeded to give me a detailed account of how to turn I beams and c4 into projectiles and claimed they used said tactic in Iraq. Fucker had charts.

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    Give this man a Fleshlight and a mattress and push him out to sea. He ain’t thriving, hangry for that Harris voter balloon knot like it’s a Cracker Barrel steak. Fuck outta here with that Roman empire shit.

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    As someone who is supposed to be there to defend American ideals, shouldn’t he be happy the kids are exercising those ideals and voting? It means he’s doing his job well. And yet this.

    Rather worrisome regarding Trumps future use of the military against Americans he doesn’t like. Shows a willing level of aggression there that is disturbing.

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    Hand grenades are vastly superior fighters compared to Navy SEALs. When hand grenades complete their mission, they simply cease to exist, but Navy SEALs get book deals and apparently twitter accounts

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      When hand grenades complete their mission, they simply cease to exist,

      Non-service connected condition.

      SEALs get book deals

      This is a conundrum…