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Gramps use’ta say
R.L.King2012 #M-3

About: MILITARY SERVICE
(Respect)

“It’s not how many battles you’ve fought,
it’s the manner in which you’ve fought them.”

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BASIC TRAINING
© Copyright 2013 Richard Lee King

Out on maneuvers, during basic training,
the drill sergeant has warned them, no more complaining!

Pitiful wages, and away from home,
surrounded by brothers, yet always alone.

Sleeping in trenches, under the stars,
they’re in a prison, without any bars.

Meals from a packet, they call MRE’s,
roasting their ass off, or damn near to freeze.

Always on alert, awaiting their orders,
a full-blown detachment, defending the borders.

It’s rained since arrival, their clothes ready to rot
and it’s been over a week, since they last saw their cot.

Out on maneuvers, during basic training,
three more years of this crap still remaining.

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