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Originally Posted by Phogg
Well, then and now it hasn't been all or random 18 to 25 year olds.
It has been screened and mentally conditioned 18 to 25 year olds.
And the less capable retained personnel get shuffled of to wash pots or shuffle papers under close supervision so the damage those troops can do is restrained.
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In good armies.
In other armies, the young ones are told they are "chosen one" and sent to clear minefields. Iran-Iraq war, for one.