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an hour long cab ride would be ridiculously expensive haha
the uniform should have his last name and unit, should be pretty easy to identify him with a little bit of research
this is rather impressive considering just how much work service academies entail
considering it's extremely difficult to make it through the academy without making a single friend, as you suffer along with your brothers and sisters in arms almost every day, with an attitude like this i can see why no one likes this guy 😂
considering the lack of women at service academies (the AF has the most to no one's surprise) this is highly accurate
"five and dive" as we call it, is actually quite common (five years of active duty service... we don't count the reserve time as actual service time)
i forgot the most important part! at least when i was attending one of the service academies (recently), the first year was mostly surrounding military history, the broad breakdown of military strategy, and of course the plethora of core classes. of course, they briefly touch on unconventional warfare, but you'd need to major in military strategy to really get into the nitty gritty. As a military, we adapted surprisingly well to an unconventional conflict, but the strategy itself was flawed, not in so much in our tactics and capabilities (we do abide by the geneva conventions, after all... most of the time)
i like how even with limited knowledge on West Point, you've definitely been able to grasp the kind of education there! The first year at West Point is of legendary difficulty, new cadets are called "Plebes" and exist under a very strict regimen that most consider spartan or in-humane. many under estimate the difficulty, zent if you have the chance you should definitely look into it. the library is historically not so much a study spot, and more a refuge for plebes to escape and retain a bit of their humanity
a quick read but certainly enrapturing! good taste!
Hey zent, loving this book so far. I hate to be the crabby old vet, but technically, West Point doesn't have a mechanical or civil engineering minor. unfortunate, i know, and a fact i'm sure no one else that's read this story knows-so it doesn't matter! i just thought you might like to learn that little tidbit. anyways, i'll continue enjoying this story! keep it up!
just read a little more and realized you're definitely right lol, how lazy
that, or it's a joke
came here just to say this
Yet
we used to criticize them openly and as often as we could, bro makes it seem like the military is the thought police 😂
then thats what happened
whatever you say bro 😂
after reading the past two paragraphs, i can now understand why there are people that complain after every paragraph about this book yet still read it. Its a good book, but there are moments like this where the reasoning just straight up doesnt make sense. i can understand giving no quarter in the name of an absolute victory, thats basic warfare 101. but then letting them surrender because they pose no threat? neither did the routing armies that Berengar annihilated! i'm sure they tried to surrender, no rational person wouldn't in the face of such "overwhelming might" as the author has put it a hundred times. so what's different between the two? is it because of the siege? how would that change anything? the fact of the matter is; it doesn't. the way Berengar conducts war and distributes peace is nonsensical, but the hard part to have to deal with is the fact that it doesn't need to make sense - after all, this is a time where looting, pillaging, and r*pe is the norm. so instead of explaining it away as this high and mighty, "this is how civil men wage war" bs - keep it to the facts and stop with the conflicting messages. he isn't merciful because that's the civil way, he is merciful when it's convenient. he didn't run those peasants down because it would ensure a total victory - he doesn't need to as his weapons are literally centuries ahead of anything they've ever seen. he ran them down because he wanted to, because he liked the rush. we hear about how much Berengar loves warfare, killing, and fighting all the time, the author really drives it home over and over again. in fact, he talks to his soldiers about it, as we saw in a past chapter. Berengar isn't civil, he's no saint as the man himself proclaims; so why try to write him as if he is? tldr; 10/10 book and this is my third time rereading it.