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Originally Posted by Harry_Y
I'm a Navy vet. When I read a book where the characters are in the military
and every other work is swearing it becomes very clear the author is clueless.
We never swore that much in real life.
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I have to agree. I've worked in the largest Regional Combatant Command Headquarters in the US military for over ten years now and can count on my two hands the number of times I've heard curse words uttered out loud by military officers or enlisted, no matter how tense the situation has become. It is considered very unprofessional and a sign that the curser does not handle pressure well. That's not to say people don't curse under their breath...
On the other hand, I worked in Washington, DC for fifteen years before I moved out here to Hawaii. The civilians, especially those in executive agency positions tend to be
REAL potty mouths.