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Sorry for jumping on this thread late - I missed the hazing edge, but wanted to add my two cents. I spent four years with the infantry, and you guys could probably back me up on this. There is no room for weakness in the infantry. Smallest guy having the carry the 60 mm tube just shows how much toughness he has. If he can't hack it, his team leader will know how much he will be able to be counted on.
Now I was an officer during my four years, so a lot of what I saw was Sgts yelling and privates and all, but I've seen "weak soldiers" transformed into great soldiers due to the methods a lot of these NCOs use. I had a Pfc come to me who couldn't walk straight for two feet. After months of getting smoked and yelled at by his team leader, he eventually started getting it. After 15 months in Iraq, he was probably one of the most promising E-4 11Cs in the battalion. That's a long way. Had he not be "hazed" or whatever anyone wants to call it, I'm sorry, but he'd probably still be a Pvt rather than a Sgt now.
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