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No one accuses the gunner of maudlin affection for anything except his beasts and his weapons. He serves as least three jealous gods--his horse and all its saddlery and harness; his gun, whose least detail of efficiency is more important than men's lives; and, when these have been attended to, the never-ending mystery of his art commands him.

- Rudyard Kipling

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BTDT
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Been There, Done That. The person that has "been there, done that" in real time. Not someone from a school or course that has only learned the basics, in a class or by theory, but has lived the experience for real.


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Today in Military History

December 23



1900:

The Second (Special Service) Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment arrives in Halifax from South Africa and is disbanded


1935:

Italians begin using mustard gas in Ethiopia




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