Contact. Wait out. #31. Subtle Differences.

Contact. Wait out. #31. Subtle Differences.

The old timers will always tell you that they had it harder than you did. Their kit was inferior, the training was tougher, welfare was non-existant, and they got filled in all the time. It seems as though the army in ye olde times was just a place where blokes with inferiority complexes went to punch other blokes with inferiority complexes. Still, it made for proper soldiers with a tough streak.

Nowadays, everyone is talking about their feelings and the new vogue for development is to be inclusive and to find ways to build people in a pink and fluffy way. I never saw the card system in use but I heard about it. It is something that the old timers will bring up when you talk with them about training and you can't help but feel slightly ashamed that it got to that point. Something has to be said for a bit of tough love. Although it is now supposed to be a thing of the past, I can't help but think that some squaddies could do with a touch of more robust development.