After ten years of service in the US Army, numerous deployments and two war zones this is a short list of all the worthless things I learned:
- How to conduct an ambush, raid, attack, company defense, and reconnaissance. This is cool stuff to know if your life is like a Rambo movie, but in real society, it does not even make for an interesting conversation.
- How to foot march 12 miles with a 45 pound pack under 3 hours. This is totally worthless.
- How to navigate through the woods, day or night, with a compass and map. This skill would come in handy if I lived in the woods and I was being chased by some crazed maniac bent on cutting my head off.
- How to handle prisoners. You make them squat on the floor, and place their hands on their heads, and make sure you keep them quiet and separated. If they begin talking, gag them. Don’t leave one soldier alone with them for a long period of time because the prisoners will probably end up dead or abused.
- Once you have been awake for more than 3 days straight you become so exhausted that even the fear of death fades.
- Killing a man for the first time really does make you want to vomit, but the more you do it the less it bothers you.
- When death is close your hands get clammy and you get very anxious
The worthwhile things I learned which saved me:
- Life is a gift granted in order for us to come closer to the eternal consciousness that is Gods thought.
- Politicians, Generals and News Reporters have dangerous egos that if we do not check, will destroy us all.
- The purpose of life is to LOVE, love ourselves, love the Earth, and love every fiber of this universe.
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