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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1
There is a golden rule to the soldier - he doesn't like anything that adds even an ounce of weight to whatever he has to carry around.
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Ain't that the truth. We even used to cut down the handles of our toothbrushes to save weight.
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With that said, if you travel the marching roads of Fort Lewis and bother to look in the bushes, you can find whatever you like, from fully loaded M-16 magazines, to grenades. Soldiers apparently chuck em on their marches to lighten the load
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This part i disagree with. Maybe on the battlefield but not in training.