And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I haven’t been able to find this (google) anywhere, I think I read it in “Soldier of Fortune” magazine years ago as a personal experience related by a American Veteran:
A Congressional fact finding committee was visiting an infantry training facility. Eventually the tour arrived at the hand grenade training area. After watching the soldiers throwing practice hand grenades, a female senator complained that no female soldiers had been presented. So the question was asked of the senior drill instructor, “Why aren’t any female soldiers being trained on hand grenades?”. The DI replied,” ma’am, our testing has shown that female infantry recruits are unable to throw the standard issue hand grenade far enough to escape injury upon detonation”.
The unnamed female senator began to complain that the army was not doing enough to integrate females into the American armed forces. The DI attempted to explain to her that it was not a gender issue. The DI explained thusly,” when the pin has been removed, Mr. Hand Grenade is no longer your friend. If you are unable to throw it far enough to be outside its lethal radius, you will be killed”.
The senator persisted saying the army should develop a hand grenade for female soldiers.
Reportedly, in addition to a number of red faces and tightly pursed lips. One non-com had to be treated for a hernia.
Beautiful Woman. Beautiful person. If only my son were 10 years older......
ReplyDeleteShe is a beautiful woman, and I can only imagine how she'd look with a full mane of hair.
ReplyDeletePatrick must be a very happy man!
ReplyDeleteCute, but a sergeant? Come on, man.
ReplyDeleteShe doesn't look Irish.
ReplyDeleteOutdoors without her hat? Rules must have changed since I was in, back in the '70s.
ReplyDeleteRules? We don't need no stinkin rules!
ReplyDeleteI haven’t been able to find this (google) anywhere, I think I read it in “Soldier of Fortune” magazine years ago as a personal experience related by a American Veteran:
A Congressional fact finding committee was visiting an infantry training facility. Eventually the tour arrived at the hand grenade training area. After watching the soldiers throwing practice hand grenades, a female senator complained that no female soldiers had been presented. So the question was asked of the senior drill instructor, “Why aren’t any female soldiers being trained on hand grenades?”. The DI replied,” ma’am, our testing has shown that female infantry recruits are unable to throw the standard issue hand grenade far enough to escape injury upon detonation”.
The unnamed female senator began to complain that the army was not doing enough to integrate females into the American armed forces. The DI attempted to explain to her that it was not a gender issue. The DI explained thusly,” when the pin has been removed, Mr. Hand Grenade is no longer your friend. If you are unable to throw it far enough to be outside its lethal radius, you will be killed”.
The senator persisted saying the army should develop a hand grenade for female soldiers.
Reportedly, in addition to a number of red faces and tightly pursed lips. One non-com had to be treated for a hernia.
fake all the way
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