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What are the worst mistakes to make in the military?

What are the worst mistakes to make in the military?


During basic training, there was a particular guy I remember quite well.

I remember him well because he was an asshole.

Every morning at around 04:30am, my team and I would stand outside our officers quarters, in rows of three with our hands behind our backs, and await the morning orders.

Our officer would step outside and give us our daily morning routines

“By 05:00 I want to see you all here after rooms, hallways and bathrooms are clean. Religious folks meet back here in 20 minutes after morning prayer.”

It was quite annoying that the religious guys would get away with the morning cleaning, but we knew that later in the day they would compensate for the missed work, and that praying was truly important to them.

What infuriated us was when non- religious guys would go “pray” in order to evade cleaning the barracks.

This is where mr. asshole was a superstar.

Despite dating girls, using electronics on weekends and sneaking in non- kosher treats to base, this guy would sneak away every morning claiming “my dad would be infuriated if I don’t pray every morning.”

Although it paid off for him in the short run, when the training got more intense, my teammates would help him less, even ignoring him if possible,

They knew that when the time came and they would ask him for help, he would oblige only if it bettered himself first.

Due to the lack of support, he couldn’t keep up with the intensity of the training, and during the third month of basic training he was kicked off my team.

His mistake was placing his interests and himself before his friends, and even though he gained some extra sleep in the synagogue every morning, he lost the respect of his team.

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The worst mistake to make in the military is taking care of yourself before making sure your friends are all taken care of.

It’s piling up food on your plate before you made sure all your friends have food on theirs.

It’s going to sleep before you made sure that all your guys have a space to crash.

If you are willing to put your friends interests above your own, they will do the same for you, and if the time comes, they will even give up their life to save yours, because they know you would do exactly the same for them.


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  1. Movie fanFebruary 7, 2024 at 8:36 PM

    There;s an old saying from the 'horse calvary'..." You feed your horse first, then your troops... and THEN you eat!"

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