Rod Speed wrote on 16/3/22 2:39 am:
> Daniel65 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> wrote
>> Rod Speed wrote
>>> Daniel65 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> wrote
>>>> Rod Speed wrote
>>>>> Daniel65 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> wrote
>>>>>> Mighty Wannabe wrote
>
>>>>>>> I am talking about the NEXT war.
>
>>>>>>> I guess your cadets are still learninghow to fix bayonets and
>>>>>>> dig trenches.
>
>>>  Guess again.
>
>>>>>> Yes, I think they do!!
>
>>>>> Nope, no cadets anymore except in a couple of private schools and
>>>>> even those don't fix bayonets and dig trenches anymore.
>
>>>> Ah!! Sorry! I wasn't thinking School Cadets but, rather, actual
>
>>>> Soldiers ... trainees!
>
>>>  Those spend fuck all time learning how to fix bayonets and dig
>>> trenches.
>
>> Yeap, just enough time to be proficient'ish at it!!
>
> Even you should be able to manage that with fixing
> bayonets

Who?? Me?? Nope, haven't had to do it for years!! (30+)

> and they dont bother with trenches anymore.

Oh!! Yeah!! Sure, no one in the Army bothers with trenches any more ....
or any less than they used to!!
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Daniel

On 17/03/2022 12:09 am, Daniel65 wrote:
> Rod Speed wrote on 16/3/22 2:39 am:

>> and they dont bother with trenches anymore.
>
> Oh!! Yeah!! Sure, no one in the Army bothers with trenches any more ....
> or any less than they used to!!

I'm sure that soldiers still know the value of a slit trench for
latrines in an emergency situation. In fact if there is in existence
any rural dwelling middle aged person who doesn't know of their use and
how/when they need to be used, they have been asleep at the wheel for
the whole of their lives.