{"id":26574,"date":"2011-09-19T13:32:53","date_gmt":"2011-09-19T17:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=26574"},"modified":"2011-09-19T13:33:40","modified_gmt":"2011-09-19T17:33:40","slug":"combat-troops-win-one-against-pogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=26574","title":{"rendered":"Combat troops win one against POGs"},"content":{"rendered":"

USAToday <\/a>runs an article today about some findings by Midwest Research Institute in regards to Gulf War syndrome. i doubt their research, actually, because it’s based on so few Gulf War participants and I’ve always been leery of people who claim to be victims of the ailment. But I’m no doctor, so what do I know?<\/p>\n

Anyway, MRI claims that many of the ailments associated with Gulf War Syndrome seem attached to the use of pesticides that never made it to the frontline troops and apparently were horded by people other than grunts (POGs);<\/p>\n

Insecticides used in rear areas are only considered potential causes. Only Army support troops used a 70% DEET insecticide and lindane powder, which is no longer used in the Army. Insecticides now contain only 30% DEET. DEET contains the same chemical that causes problems in nerve agents, but the Environmental Protection Agency has determined it’s safe as long as it’s used as directed by civilian manufacturers.<\/p>\n

Soldiers also used the insecticide permethrin on their clothing. It’s designed to last through six months’ worth of washings, but the researchers found that improperly trained soldiers applied the solution once a week or even, in some cases, daily. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I never saw any pesticides among combat troops…which wasn’t odd for Desert Storm. Combat troops saw very little of the equipment they needed. For example, we didn’t get our desert camouflaged uniforms until the day before the Ground War started – but every fucking forklift driver in the port had three sets. I couldn’t get socks or boots for my troops until a member of COB6’s platoon went down and hit up his wife in the support battalion for some socks and she gave us enough to replace the socks for every member of the company. I had to go to the IG to get one of my platoon members a pair of boots after he walked out of three pairs because our S-4 NCO (who later killed himself with what I hope was the .45 Colt Commander I threw in the amnesty trailer) said he didn’t have time to look for one pair of boots for one private. While he was being a dick, he had himself at least one brand new pair of desert boots.<\/p>\n

So you pogue fucks that were hording the equipment that was supposed to go to the front finally got what you were asking for – you poisoned yourselves with your greed. And the grunts win one. Not that we would have been pussies and used the pesticide anyway.<\/p>\n

Sorry, i just needed to get that off my chest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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