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From: jpulliam@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Jacqueline Pulliam)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: camouflage
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Date: 9 Jul 90 02:37:17 GMT
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From: jpulliam@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Jacqueline Pulliam)
>From: bxr307@csc.anu.oz
>
>comouflaging up either yourself, a vehicle or similar item.  In personal
>camouflage we were always taught to be particularly sparing in applying `cam'
>cream to skin, as too much was just as useless as too little.  There was
>nothing worse than seeing a pair of eyes or mouth appearing in the middle of
>a face which had had cam cream caked on it! (something which seems to not 
>concern most American soldiers today who copy the "Ramboesque" style of 
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>covering every square inch of their faces with cam cream and then leave their
>arms bare, not even bothering to roll down their shirt sleeves).  There are 

Brian, I'm tired of seeing you bad-mouth the soldiers of the U.S. Army
while holding the aussie army up as an object of worship.  From now
on, you're going to have to prove each derogatory point you make (if
you'd like, you can start with your comments of last week about the
"own goals" made by U.S. soldiers against Australian soldiers in
Vietnam:  what's your source, or are you just repeating old soldiers'
tales, which you and I both know are 95% fiction and 5% lies?).

Alternatively, you can start with your statement above:  did you
interview "most" of the soldiers in the U.S. Army?  Have you travelled
to most of the dozens of army posts here in the U.S., not to mention
the scores of kasernes in Germany, Korea, Panama and elsewhere?  Or
are you basing your libel on American TV portrayals (like that show
about the Marine Major and family)?  You are obviously _not_ looking
at the photos in Time, Newsweek, Army Times, NATO Review, etc. of real
U.S. soldiers in the field (go find any picture of an ongoing combat
operation from Just Cause; see if you can find one where a soldier has
his war paint on and his sleeves up).

I apoligize to the net for losing my temper.  I just can't stand
people with very limited knowledge trashing the U.S. Army soldier, who
is (in my humble opinion) about as professional as they come.

I look forward to seeing your response, Brian.

John Pulliam
(jpulliam@silver.ucs.indiana.edu)