“I get 100 new soldiers,” Kupol said. “They don’t give me any time to prepare them. They say, ‘Take them into the battle.’ They just drop everything and run. That’s it.”
“Do you understand why? Because the soldier doesn’t shoot. I ask him why, and he says, ‘I’m afraid of the sound of the shot,’”
This reminds me of the movie line:
"Be glad to trade you some ARVN rifles. Ain't never been fired and only dropped once." — Cowboy from Full Metal Jacket.
“I get 100 new soldiers,” Kupol said. “They don’t give me any time to prepare them. They say, ‘Take them into the battle.’ They just drop everything and run. That’s it.”
“Do you understand why? Because the soldier doesn’t shoot. I ask him why, and he says, ‘I’m afraid of the sound of the shot,’”
This reminds me of the movie line:
"Be glad to trade you some ARVN rifles. Ain't never been fired and only dropped once." — Cowboy from Full Metal Jacket.
LOL!