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braddy

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75. Army basic training should have covered much more than shooting an M-16, mine did at

Sun Dec 11, 2016, 10:59 PM

Dec 2016

Ft. Polk, home of Tigerland, it taught us to not stand up in the open, or at the window looking at bomb explosions, including nuclear bombs and nuclear weapons.

Stand and watch, and wait for the window to hit you, if you want, I won't, and I when there is a threat of a terror attack, or a missile hitting a city, I want people trained as I was.

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Remember these? (if you're an old fart that is) [View all] nini Dec 2016 OP

Yep. First grade maveric Dec 2016 #1

About 1968 for me Liberal_in_LA Dec 2016 #48

Kindergarten in Baltimore, also in 1962 JoeOtterbein Dec 2016 #64

Yep, like it was going to do any good. n/t RKP5637 Dec 2016 #2

Duck and cover is still what you need to do if you see a blast, or tornado, or explosion, etc. braddy Dec 2016 #9

Unless of course, if you are within the total destruction radius of a modern nuclear weapon. A HERETIC I AM Dec 2016 #15

I think we all know that, but it doesn't change the fact that duck and cover is a huge life saver braddy Dec 2016 #24

Yeah. Sure. A HERETIC I AM Dec 2016 #28

No it isn't, a bomb in a city is not a matter of only being vaporized, or unscathed. Countless braddy Dec 2016 #38

I'm sorry but you really ought not kid people into thinking that if they are in range of a nuclear Augiedog Dec 2016 #52

As a veteran you should remember some of your own training in duck and cover. We were trained in braddy Dec 2016 #62

I was in Nam in 65 & 66 Plucketeer Dec 2016 #72

Army basic training should have covered much more than shooting an M-16, mine did at braddy Dec 2016 #75

If you see a "blast" it literally will be the last thing you ever see. Yes, I am a Vietnam vet and I Augiedog Dec 2016 #74

Do as you please, but please don't push it onto the general public, let people try to braddy Dec 2016 #77

Ever heard of Tsutomu Yamaguchi? canetoad Dec 2016 #88

In the two Japanese bombings, odds are 1:1000 on living. Today's are thousands of times powerful. TheBlackAdder Dec 2016 #89

I grew up by a munitions plant, the department of defense, a major aircraft company RKP5637 Dec 2016 #27

Nor was being told daily that the world could end in a flash of unbearable Warpy Dec 2016 #25

See #27, that was my life as a little kid. Also, we used to hear explosions from the munitions RKP5637 Dec 2016 #32

Yes. mercuryblues Dec 2016 #3

They need to read some history books and even current events for that matter nini Dec 2016 #6

I sure do. I had a teacher who would drop a book on your head if it stuck out rzemanfl Dec 2016 #4

I went to Catholic school nini Dec 2016 #5

I have a one question test I use to tell if a woman went to Catholic school. rzemanfl Dec 2016 #7

You got me.. nini Dec 2016 #14

No grade school science classes. rzemanfl Dec 2016 #19

We had some science though nini Dec 2016 #29

I remember we learned stuff like how refrigerators work, the ways houses rzemanfl Dec 2016 #39

Yep, October 1973 (Yom Kippur War) Best_man23 Dec 2016 #8

In 1973, many of us in the military were packed and ready to go, during that global alert. braddy Dec 2016 #11

1989 USSR 286,730,819 inhabitants; 2013 Russia 143.5 million inhabitants FarCenter Dec 2016 #10

"Russia is hardly an adequate boogeyman anymore." nini Dec 2016 #18

Pretty damn good boogeyman to me sarisataka Dec 2016 #23

Agreed pintobean Dec 2016 #26

Do you really think the OP was supporting the desk thing? nini Dec 2016 #45

"hysteria" pintobean Dec 2016 #47

Are those some kind of school desks? HockeyMom Dec 2016 #12

I remember that type of desk in my early years. nini Dec 2016 #16

LOL llmart Dec 2016 #70

Yep, all that praying in Catholic school HockeyMom Dec 2016 #92

Funny but true..... llmart Dec 2016 #94

They had us go into the hallway and stand facing the wall. tenderfoot Dec 2016 #13

It is really idiotic when you think about it nini Dec 2016 #17

Us too...stand pipi_k Dec 2016 #85

This shit's getting silly. pintobean Dec 2016 #20

feel free to move along nini Dec 2016 #31

I'll comment as I please pintobean Dec 2016 #36

LOLOL nini Dec 2016 #41

We never did this in our school. Norbert Dec 2016 #21

Yes ananda Dec 2016 #22

Oh I forgot about that nini Dec 2016 #33

Yup. All through grammar school in CA for me. MineralMan Dec 2016 #30

Many people living in the US today probably have no idea what we're talking about. RKP5637 Dec 2016 #34

I sure do remember those... tosh Dec 2016 #35

Yep, we used to also have these at designated spots in our schools. n/t RKP5637 Dec 2016 #43

This is still done... Mike Nelson Dec 2016 #37

That's so sad nini Dec 2016 #42

Thank heavens for those bomb-proof desks! Cooley Hurd Dec 2016 #40

... RKP5637 Dec 2016 #44

And the underpasses under the streets nini Dec 2016 #46

Drop drills. I recall those from the the 60's. Teacher would yell "Drop" & you assumed the position iluvtennis Dec 2016 #49

Yep. I was in grade school so would be 1950's. leftyladyfrommo Dec 2016 #50

Duck! Iggo Dec 2016 #51

Yes, late 50's Useless in FL Dec 2016 #53

Oh, yeah. Duck and Cover. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2016 #54

yup...I remember! NRaleighLiberal Dec 2016 #55

I remember being shown this video in grade school in the 1970s: Duck and Cover Cartoon Turtle malchickiwick Dec 2016 #56

Wow.. I remember that! nini Dec 2016 #63

Ill probably get a hide for this, but here goes: in the 50s/60s, those guys were a different country jack_krass Dec 2016 #57

I agree they are a different type of enemy these days. nini Dec 2016 #61

Yeah, you probably oughta. Iggo Dec 2016 #90

During those years, every night I would check WhiteTara Dec 2016 #58

I remember October 1962. Dad drove us to the Philly airport and showed us the B-47s lined up, Ford_Prefect Dec 2016 #59

I missed it by a few years, thank goodness. Buckeye_Democrat Dec 2016 #65

A few people who ducked and covered spike jones Dec 2016 #60

Once upon a time progressives questioned the country's paranoia about Communisms onenote Dec 2016 #66

I've been under my desk ever since Trump got elected. tclambert Dec 2016 #67

Ok. i couldn't help myself. montana_hazeleyes Dec 2016 #68

This is why I feel scorn for US billionaires whining about uncertainty. raging moderate Dec 2016 #69

I remember doing those drills. dmr Dec 2016 #71

I remember that they also told us if we we riding a bike to montana_hazeleyes Dec 2016 #78

When I was a child, I learned to hide under my desk at school, TNNurse Dec 2016 #73

Yeah, I know, I NEVER dreamed the person I would have to fear most would be the RKP5637 Dec 2016 #76

We didn't bother, but we had 24 nuclear tipped Bomarc missles a mile down the road. Thor_MN Dec 2016 #79

What about all Texasgal Dec 2016 #80

Oh I remember. Even in first grade, I remember saying to myself "How is this going to save us"? napi21 Dec 2016 #81

We did those up until about second grade(1968-69) Ken Burch Dec 2016 #82

I have heard about that but we never actually did it where I went doc03 Dec 2016 #83

I sure do. 50 Shades Of Blue Dec 2016 #84

For years I had recurring nightmares over these drills! livetohike Dec 2016 #86

in california i remember doing it in the 80s,90s, because of Earthquakes JI7 Dec 2016 #87

Yes, i remember. I was born in 1960. CentralMass Dec 2016 #91

I had such hopes following the breakup of the Soviet Union alarimer Dec 2016 #93