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To: hcmama

The term “Battle Buddy” has been around since the early 1990’s, and started during the drill sergeant scandals. Female recruits could not go anywhere alone, and had to have their “Battle Buddy” with them.

20 years later, I still think they would have been hard pressed to come up with a dorkier term.

But then, the army has been on a campaign to make people brave through language:
- Everyone is now called a “Warrior”
- The work “soldier” must be now capitalized
- Army Reserve drill weekends are called “Battle Assemblies”

..and the list goes on


32 posted on 07/03/2014 7:36:09 AM PDT by AbnSarge
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To: AbnSarge

“work” = word - sorry


33 posted on 07/03/2014 7:37:00 AM PDT by AbnSarge
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To: AbnSarge
But then, the army has been on a campaign to make people brave through language:

And Sir Robin bravely ran away...

44 posted on 07/04/2014 8:07:47 PM PDT by kiryandil (turning Americans into felons, one obnoxious drunk at a time (Zero Tolerance!!!))
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