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Old 03-09-2005, 06:44   #15
NousDefionsDoc
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Originally Posted by Peregrino
How come they always want to blow things up? That's what you teach Bravos - the Deltas are there to count fingers when the exercise is over. If they have the same number when they finished as they did when they started, the Charlie gets a "GO" for instructional technique (for that class). Charlies earn their paycheck building things. They get bonuses (the first cold beer in five months) for supervising major construction projects - like base camps in the Bolivian jungle that the termites won't eat while you're sleeping in it some night. Ask the guys on the first teams into Chimorre how their engineers earned a paycheck. Or for you really old farts - Vietnam. True - breaching, and sometimes bridges, requires a little artistry but that's something you let them do as a reward when their real work is done. Peregrino
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