[ealgeone]

Trying to say Afghanistan bears any relevance to a time-saving trick is ridiculous.

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I think the issue is about discipline...or the lack there of. If you cheat in the small things or don't think they're important you'll cheat later.

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

You're not cheating. You're finding an efficiency that works as long as you're willing to put up with a little discomfort. If you got busted by the upperclass, you'd take your demerits and march for a weekend.

You have to learn to distinguish between the sstuff that matters, and the stuff that doesn't. Training all of your officers to be afraid of violating the tiniest rules is a great way to train self-important martinets. A bit of free-thinking and daring is necessary.

[Gay State Conservative]

I think the issue is about discipline...or the lack there of.

I was Army but I've seen a couple of videos about Navy recruit training. In one a recruit had failed to do something he had been trained to do and the CPO,while chewing him out,shouted something like "what are you gonna do when you're an F-18 mechanic on a carrier? Are you gonna do it your way,or the way you were trained to do it?" He made a pretty good point.