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    612-822-4611

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Boys In The Barracks

Boys In The Barracks

Hassan, Anthony M.
Castro, Carl A.

Paperback

General Military History

ISBN13: 9798988420408
Publisher: Lightning Source Inc
Published: Nov 10 2023
Pages: 444
Weight: 1.30
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
In the most candid description of Army life ever produced, Castro & Hassan vividly capture what soldiers think, say, and do in their ground-breaking book Boys in the Barracks. Presented from the perspective of the soldier, Boys in the Barracks will shock, anger and challenge many perceptions of Army life.

Here is a sample of soldiers' views contained in this innovative work describing Army life from a military cultural perspective:

On Why Soldiers Join: It's kind of a family thing. I couldn't really say.

On Army Standards: I don't understand why everything has to be dressed-right-dressed. I mean it's not like we are at war or anything.

On Discipline: I guarantee you after a couple of sessions behind the tree line...he'd straighten his shit out.

On Promotion: I don't like waiting five or six years to get promoted to do a job that I'm already doing. If I am doing the job, then the Army needs to pay me...

On Garrison Duties: It's either maintenance on a vehicle or literally doing tedious tasks that I find pointless: like sweeping and pulling weeds, moving one thing to another area, and then moving it back because someone didn't like it there...

On Boredom: ...it's a whole lot of hurry up and wait and standby to standby...

On The Barracks: They harp on having clean barracks but you can only polish a turd so much.

On NCO Leadership: A good NCO leads and not bosses. Someone that's going to be right there next to me doing the same shit I'm doing...

On Smoking and Drinking: I've got the worst habits out of everybody here, I smoke, dip, vape and drink. ...everyone's got their habit and that includes alcohol, we've got under aged dudes drinking in the barracks.

On Being on Profile: I can say, 'I got a broken neck.' They'll say, 'You just weak.'

On Mental Health Stigma: People will judge you... Now I feel people think I'm weak.

On Why Soldiers Stay: There's nothing easier than being in the Army, especially if you don't do crap all day.

On Why Soldiers Leave: I hate everything about the Army. Biggest mistake I've ever made was joining.

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