Fear not cause chances are very good any statute of limitations has expired on Vietnam Era cadences and for those in circulation for a while afterward. And if you were a DI at Ft. Lost In the Woods Misery in the 21st century force you'd be doing what we see in my Charlie Rock video, i.e., cadences that are centered on work, duty, pride in your work and unit esprit de corps, professionalism, love of getting up before dawn ha and some badass dude nco going Hollywood in leading the calls. Things of this nature -- y'know, military stuff.
The Eskimo stuff being mighty cold as was referenced in scrolling is cute, funny, manly and all the rest of it, as is the one about the general's daughter along with a hundred old time cadences and calls. However, the old time stuff does offend and it had little or nothing to do with a military work ethic, espirit de corps, professionalism, the right stuff attitude and so on that are military specific, mos specific and purpose specific to serving in the uniform and so much more along these lines. So sounding off a cadence about luring a bird and blasting it proves nothing about soldiering. All it does is reveal much unfortunate about the old time enlisted mentality.
There's just no rationale for nostalgia (or fear) either because while nostalgia has its healthy place it can't be set in stone and nostalgia can't apply indefinitely or for the sake of it. Longings are a lost cause because values and mores are organic as are military discipline and professionalism, i.e., they develop along with the society in general that the armed forces serve. Evolution of the armed forces values and professionalism keep the armed forces and the society in sync. Indeed, my video of Charlie Rock is representative of the professionalism of the contemporary Army and of the contemporary all recruited force across the services. After all, Eskimos are people too and they reproduce just fine up there as we've seen over millennia.
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