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Old 04-18-07, 11:47 PM   #7
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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.
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
This part i disagree with. Maybe on the battlefield but not in training.
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