Soldier excited to take over father’s old Afghanistan patrol route

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Soldier excited to take over father’s old Afghanistan patrol route

Posted: 8/23/2017 7:18:56 PM EDT

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FAYETTEVILLE, NC—Saying he “never could have imagined” he would have the opportunity to follow directly in his father’s footsteps, 19-year-old U.S. Army Pvt. Tyler Corcoran was reportedly excited Tuesday to take over his dad’s old patrol route in Afghanistan. “It’s just so incredible that I’ll soon be walking the very same footpath as my old man, securing the perimeter of Camp Chapman in Khost Province just like he did so many years ago,” said Corcoran, who explained how, throughout his childhood, he had heard his father’s stories of guarding the forward operating base but never once considered that he would one day be traversing along the exact walls and securing the identical checkpoints his father had during his tours of duty.
“To think that I’ll be monitoring the road between the airstrip and detention facility that Dad always talked about, keeping an eye out for IEDs and any suspicious activity the same way he did all those years ago. Honestly, it’s hard to believe—but, wow, it’s really happening.” At press time, a tear fell from Corcoran’s eye as he hugged his dad goodbye in the very same manner he remembered his father doing to him when he was a toddler.
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Posted: 8/23/2017 7:20:06 PM EDT

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That might be an indicator that we've been in that shit hole too long.

Posted: 8/23/2017 7:20:25 PM EDT

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We've been in that shithole way too long.

Whoa...

Posted: 8/23/2017 7:22:56 PM EDT

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Fucked up when you think about it.

Remember, in two years we will start having kids graduate high school that have never been alive with us not in Afghanistan.

Posted: 8/23/2017 7:28:32 PM EDT

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And in Afghanistan:

Mohammad is happy to take his dad's place in IED manufacturing. His dad trained him as a young child to plant home made explosives. As Mohammad grew older, his dad taught him more and more until he suddenly died at the hands of the American Invaders during an altercation a suicide bomb checkpoint. All that was left was his hat and feet. Mohammad was sad that his father died, but was glad that he showed him the way the chai boy and what a goat's true purpose is.

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Posted: 8/23/2017 7:28:49 PM EDT

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You can say that again.

Posted: 8/23/2017 7:29:28 PM EDT

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Posted: 8/23/2017 7:30:21 PM EDT

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Onion's humor is best when u can't really tell it's fiction...

Posted: 8/23/2017 7:32:41 PM EDT

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You mean in Europe.

Posted: 8/23/2017 7:35:34 PM EDT

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I came to post this same exact thing.

Posted: 8/23/2017 7:38:41 PM EDT

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QFT

Posted: 8/23/2017 7:38:48 PM EDT

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Sad thing is there probably is some truth in it.

Posted: 8/23/2017 7:40:08 PM EDT

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Well, we've got B-52 pilots flying the same planes as their grandfathers, so why not?

Posted: 8/23/2017 7:41:26 PM EDT

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Well it does come from America's finest news source.

Posted: 8/23/2017 7:46:00 PM EDT

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You mean in Europe.

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Posted: 8/23/2017 8:08:46 PM EDT

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I was ready for him to announce withdrawl.

Fuck.

Posted: 8/23/2017 8:33:52 PM EDT

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As an individual accomplishment, he is right to be proud.

As a nation, it's a fucking disgrace that we've been there this long.

Posted: 8/23/2017 8:36:12 PM EDT

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My thoughts too...

There has to be some magical treasure buried there or something, because there sure as shit isn't anything else... but empire after empire keeps going back.

Posted: 8/23/2017 8:38:17 PM EDT

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I wonder how many more people The Onion will successfully troll with this story.

Posted: 8/23/2017 8:38:18 PM EDT

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That's magnificent.

Posted: 8/23/2017 8:41:31 PM EDT

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Ya think? More than 2000 good men (and I assume at least one woman) have died for those useless camelfuckers.

Posted: 8/23/2017 8:42:40 PM EDT

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Doesn't change that the premise is potentially true.

Which is not good.

Posted: 8/23/2017 8:42:52 PM EDT

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You can enlist at 17 with parental consent, which means in just over a year we'll be sending troops off to fight a war that's older than they are.

Posted: 8/23/2017 8:43:03 PM EDT

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The fact it is from the Onion doesn't change the reality one bit. We've been there too fucking long.

Posted: 8/23/2017 8:43:41 PM EDT

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Posted: 8/23/2017 8:53:38 PM EDT

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FPNI

Posted: 8/23/2017 9:51:43 PM EDT

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FPNI

Posted: 8/23/2017 9:56:15 PM EDT

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Wow this is sad

The least embarrassing would be to say you guys didnt click the link

Posted: 8/23/2017 9:59:38 PM EDT

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The Onion???? Really, I mean c'mon man... THE ONION.......

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