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Originally Posted by doreenjoy
More than excessive profanity, excessive drinking of alcohol bothers me in novels.
I recently read a book with Navy SEAL characters, and those men drank far too much for a group with access to firearms. I kept waiting for one of them to shoot himself in the foot.
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I knew a Seal, over 85 percent casualty rate in hs unit.
Only drank 3 beers, then walked back to where he could ride to the duty station.
Never picked a fight. Never allowed himself to be goaded into a fight.
I was on shore patrol, and got him back to our unit, not Seals, inspite of some dork pretending to be an officer who spent over an hour trying to goad him into a fight.
The twit pretending an officer only had 6 helpers. He would have lost. Probably crippled for life. I got a thank you the next day from the Seal and his officer. And an apology from the twit. Who got chewed out, for over 2 hours from what I heard later. rumor has it an Admiral was Not Happy with the twit, and told him so.
Did the twit make trouble for us later ? He got transferred before he got the chance. I believe he retired early. Years early.
So, no. I am not worried about drunk SEALs.