Welcome to the parade

"Bend the line, don’t break it." - GySgt LJ 'gibb' Gibbs

Welcome, you mutts, you miserable collection of Maggots, Useless Thugs, Terminal Slobs...

I see a lot of soft skin and empty skulls out here. Don't think for a minute I'm here to teach you anything. You heard the man: most of you couldn't grasp the concept of "left foot, right foot" if I drew you a detailed map. You're terminally stupid, and frankly, an insult to the dirt you're standing on.

The few of you with two brain cells to rub together will eventually figure out that I can't teach you squat. Nobody can. We can only facilitate the learning process.

And the Number One, Whore-mighty, Non-Negotiable, First-Thing-You-Will-Learn is how to learn! It's not rocket surgery, but it's more complex than your pea-brains can currently handle.

You'll hear the RoTs, Rules of Thumb, the SOPs, Standard Operating Procedures, the quick-and-dirty guides, and their mutant siblings, the down-and-dirty guides. But understand this, you sorry specimens: this is not a set-it-and-forget-it deployment. Learning is a never-ending endeavor! It's a constant AAR, After-Action Review, of your own pathetic existence.

It depends on your capabilities as of now: What you can do at the moment, which, right now, is precisely jack and squat.

It depends on the context: If you're learning to fix a broken PRC, Portable Radio Communicator in a dry classroom, that's one thing. If you're doing it while taking incoming rounds, that's another, you idiots!

It depends on what you are learning: Knot-tying, land navigation, or how to shut your pie hole when a better is talking.

So, is it "rolling a ball of dung up the hill"? Maybe it is. Maybe that's the point. It's the relentless, miserable, back-breaking effort that forces you to adapt, overcome, and learn just to survive the next five minutes.

Get a grip, listen up, and try not to bleed on my floor. Your journey starts now. Hooah!

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