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TEB

(13,657 posts)
Sun Dec 17, 2017, 05:27 AM Dec 2017

This investigation is being led by a former infantryman

Mueller and team it just goes to show as a trooper in the infantry you gotta be sharp. And I personally served with some very sharp warriors. Thinking five moves ahead of the ass clowns your rucking up against. trump and team their out thought out gunned and stumbling blindly into the next kill zone.

And if it goes sideways don’t worry stay cool and solid. As in if trump tries and go Stalin and purge Rosenstein to get to the LT. we already know will be in court challenging the purge. And as well mueller and team their not sitting on this intel. it has been passed around to state level AG. and it will continue because mueller and team is all mission oriented. To take out these traitors and to preserve democracy.

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This investigation is being led by a former infantryman (Original Post) TEB Dec 2017 OP
Mr. Mueller has the appearance of a seasoned combat commander. podex101 Dec 2017 #1
Merry Christmas red leg TEB Dec 2017 #2
And when you run into an obstacle or mobile opposition, call in the tanks! Aristus Dec 2017 #3
Absolutely TEB Dec 2017 #4
Dont forget about Bradley Fighting Vehicles Victor_c3 Jan 2018 #6
I have a lot of respect for the infantry, branch rivalries notwithstanding. Aristus Jan 2018 #9
Quick thinking is right! Dr_Pretorius Jan 2018 #5
I love dumb grunts - I used to be one Victor_c3 Jan 2018 #7
Mueller also was awarded a BSM-V Victor_c3 Jan 2018 #8

podex101

(53 posts)
1. Mr. Mueller has the appearance of a seasoned combat commander.
Sun Dec 17, 2017, 08:26 AM
Dec 2017

As an artillery trooper I was ALWAYS reminded that "Grunt, everything else is support."

Victor_c3

(3,557 posts)
6. Dont forget about Bradley Fighting Vehicles
Thu Jan 4, 2018, 02:18 PM
Jan 2018

I was a mechanized Infantry Platoon Leader. Those things have a lot of punch too.

I had a weird mix in my platoon though. I had two tanks and two Brads. Tanks will rule the day, but those Brads aren’t to be underestimated. Their 25mm will rip up a T-72 with little complaint.

Aristus

(68,261 posts)
9. I have a lot of respect for the infantry, branch rivalries notwithstanding.
Thu Jan 4, 2018, 03:01 PM
Jan 2018

You can go after all the T-72's you want.

But a lot of the Bradley crewmen I knew thought that their TOW missile gave them the ability to take on the M1 Abrams. I had to tell them that in the time it takes for you to get off one TOW shot and possibly miss, we can get off four shots, and hit each time.

Dr_Pretorius

(71 posts)
5. Quick thinking is right!
Tue Jan 2, 2018, 10:19 PM
Jan 2018

Infantrymen are far under-rated for their smarts. Many think they're "dumb grunts."

I rang in the new year swearing it will be the year of indictments, impeachment, and the downfall of Emperor Heelspurs and his cowardly gang of idiots.

Victor_c3

(3,557 posts)
7. I love dumb grunts - I used to be one
Thu Jan 4, 2018, 02:28 PM
Jan 2018

Like you said, dumb is far from true.

Not to pat my own back too hard, but I was a platoon leader in Iraq and I had a degree in Chemistry (they don’t give those to dumb-asses). My Platoon Sergeant had a Masters in British literature and was a local chess champ. I was far from the exception amongst my peers. I worked with a lot of guys who were both very well educated and smart.

You might not need a lot of brains to get into the Infantry, but to be successful you’ve gotta be on top of your game. Quick thinking and being sharp keeps you and your men alive. A lot of the NCOs I worked with might have been rough around the edges and didn’t have a nice piece of paper from a university like I did, but they certainly had brains.

Victor_c3

(3,557 posts)
8. Mueller also was awarded a BSM-V
Thu Jan 4, 2018, 02:41 PM
Jan 2018

That says a lot about a person’s character. He isn’t afraid of shit and he’ll persevere until either his job is done or he is dead.

Combat veterans on either side of the political spectrum have my utmost respect. I believe that only guys who have “been there and done that” should be allowed to send us to war. When you see combat and know what it is like to stuff a body bag of a friend, a man you killed, or the body of a child killed by your actions then you are able to make the decision to send people to war and know what it means.

Draft dodgers like trump have no idea what it means to inflict war on anyone.

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