Military logic is like military intelligence; it seems like an oxymoron until you realize it just follows its own — very weird — rules.
But sometimes, there’s just no way to read the rules that makes sense, and you’re left with these eight moments:
1. Just going to break these new boots in before we get into contact …
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2. In the Air Force’s defense, airmen have a better history of success with planes than dates.
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3. Come on, he left the pin in it.
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4. In their defense, every bag that wasn’t laid out was inevitably incomplete on target.
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5. What they really mean is that it’s too simple to make a good evaluation bullet.
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6. Oh, the quaint old days when the jets cost only $70 million.
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7. What if a truck comes by and can’t see the soldiers in their fancy camouflage?
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8. Long drives are dangerous, that’s why you should only do them in large convoys at night in tactical conditions.
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