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The more things change...

By The Armorer on September 24, 2006 | | Comments (2)

...the more some things just stay the same.

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A visual essay on soldiers and soldiering is below the fold, thoughtfully tucked there for you dial up visitors with long graphic load times. Just click on Flash Traffic/Extended Entry

Civil War sleepers

Mexican Expedition Sleepers

WWI sleeping quarters

WWII Sleepers

Napping in Korea

Catching z's in Vietnam

Sleeping during the March Upcountry in Operation Iraqi Freedom

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By Trias on September 24, 2006 11:08 AM
Nice images there old and new. I've recently realised soldiering involves an awful lot of waiting.
 
By Bad Cat Robot on September 24, 2006 12:14 PM
and mud. Waiting and mud. If mud is for some inexplicable reason not available, it will be trucked in. Grunts always complained about having to fight in the mud, even if the day had started clear and sunny. Then they discovered that the particulates from gunpowder could trigger rain, which information was used to form the basis for cloud seeding technology. The grunts had been right, mud DID follow them around!