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Originally Posted by frquixote
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...
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During my stint as an enlisted man I learned to swear, curse, grumble and bitch so much that when I returned to civilian life I had to make a conscious effort to strictly censor my speech for quite a long time. And we - lowly enlisted men - weren't swearing because of some pressure. We were swearing constantly.
I believe you would have been swearing too, if the army (with possible exception of prison where you would have to go if you refused to go to army service ;-) ) was the last place on Earth where you wanted to be at the moment. The most important thing in the life of ordinary private during my time was THE NUMBER. That was the number of days remaining till the end of the service.
But that was, obviously, different time and place.