Knuckledraggin My Life Away : You had to bet your life to graduate from the Vietnam-era Recondo school

Friday, February 04, 2022

You had to bet your life to graduate from the Vietnam-era Recondo school

Something a little different this week - an article instead of a video.

When Maj. Gen. William Westmoreland took command of the 101st Airborne in 1958, he noticed a severe lack of proficiency in small-unit tactics and patrolling.

So he immediately created a school to fix the problem.

-WiscoDave

Inspirations

"The Spartans do not inquire how many the enemy are, but where they are." AGIS II 427 B.C.

"No, no, I've got 'em right where I want 'em - surrounded from the inside." -- Mad Dog Shriver when told to break up his recon team and evade, that he was about to be overrun by North Vietnamese Regulars.

“The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.” - Thomas Paine

"The policy of the American government is to leave their citizens free, neither restraining nor aiding them in their pursuits." - Thomas Jefferson

"The world don't owe you a living, Boy." - Pops

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Friday, February 04, 2022

You had to bet your life to graduate from the Vietnam-era Recondo school