I apologize

[Tribesman]

Thanks for the absolution Tribesman.

Absolution? you are like a young kid at confession making up sins , you didn't do nothing out of order.

Hey on the wider thing if it wsn't for stressed out servicemen I wouldn't be able to smoke at Shannon.
Though honestly it is so ****** now that you can't tell the difference between to ones heading to war and the ones heading back, the cycle seems to have reached the point where every plane going either way has lots of people mentally and physicly ****** up.
Scary ****, its a hell of a price to pay for an airside smoking area.
Really, you didn't get this level of screwed upness in GW 1 or the yugoslav crap.
Now its like invasion of the zombies

[KukriKhan]

Absolution? you are like a young kid at confession making up sins...

Sure, and aren't we all, in the end? I/we don't know if the Paters, and Maria's and Glory Be's fix stuff in the long run (and the fixing doesn't matter much either) - but we (or at least I) hope that the telling of sins to our fellows, and owning up to our words and deeds, makes us better men. Men unafraid of humility, not scared of self-reveal, men secure enough in our manhood that saying (and meaning) "I'm Sorry" is just something we do as a matter of course.. On top of whackin' and hackin' our way through our lives?

Uh-oh... I got preachy there. Sorry. :)
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On the drone-like warrior behavior: yeah, even Sgt Doug agrees. There is not a a way to brief the newbies, tell them what to expect, and how to handle it. In the morning, you break down doors looking for weapons. In the afternoon, you "enjoy" tea with a local Strongman; by 1700 you fire-fight your way back to the FOB, where you can expect chilli-mac at the civilian mess hall, and a cold shower (a good thing).

On behalf of the smoking GI's: you're welcome. :)