OT - Killings at Fort Hood

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Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b

Yeah, after seeing the past few days, I've had to revise my opinion about him. I thought he was deeply troubled and mentally-ill. But now -- he seems to have been pissed off at the US Government and the US military well before he came into the Army. Strange how he didn't mind the Army paying for his education, huh? He's scum of the worst sort.

It never ceases to amaze me how many soldiers I've met can square their consciences with accepting the Army's money for college but give a poor performance because being in the Army is hard and kinda sucks. I saw them all the time at Huachuca--principally among the new ROTC lieutenants. Having had their college paid for, they were going to coast resentfully through the next four years of service, crossing off each day on the big calendar.

On the plus side, the above observation gives me an opportunity to say something nice about the West Point graduates, which I seldom do. The West Pointers, for all that they tended to believe they crapped gold and roses and that their class rings also functioned as invisible shields, were hard-chargers. They had a LOT to learn about the real Army, but generally they were aggressive and dedicated.

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