It sounds pretty right on with other things I've heard from ex-military men. Basic training is essentially a brainwashing process. One must train out all the things which make a person civilized in order to get them to shoot another human being on command. After soldiers get their orders to be released, the military has to put them through retraining camps in order to teach them how to behave in civilian society again, because the time they failed to do that (with the Vietnam Vets) you had a whole class of vets who are still known for their anti-social violence and inability to get along with people.
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Date: 2004-05-08 07:43 am (UTC)