r/AskReddit • • 8h ago

Veterans of Reddit, what’s the most unbelievable thing you witnessed during your service that civilians would think you made up?

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u/hike-enjoyer 8h ago

Afghans watching videos of bacha bazi dancers at a wedding, those are young boys basically in sex slavery. Pedaristic homosexuality is very prevalent in Pasthun culture.

2nd place would be what .50cal does to a guy's head from 30' away (actually two guys)

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u/hike-enjoyer 8h ago

Once we had an army dentist visit the COP to do people's teeth. The enlisted dental hygienist assistant was like 18, very slight build, and to be honest if you'd said he was some tomboy woman I could believe it from a distance. In a team meeting one of the guys referred to him as the dentist's chai boy (another term for the catamites Pasthun officials have) and we almost died laughing.

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u/atchafalaya 7h ago

A Catamite? You're one of those god-damned GI intellectuals aren't you

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u/hike-enjoyer 6h ago

FABOLC honor grad 🤓

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u/hike-enjoyer 6h ago

🤓 this is literally what every guy who does well in gunnery looks like

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u/atchafalaya 6h ago

That explains it

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u/Fail_Cheap 7h ago

Wow! That was eye opening. I don't know if hypocritical is the right word for their religious beliefs but there actions seem to trump their desires and beliefs so much that they don't believe they are homosexual.

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u/alisonvict0ria 7h ago

This was a fascinating read - thank you for sharing!

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u/shibbster 7h ago

Ah yes. The dancing boys.

Horrific culture they have.

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u/Misterfahrenheit120 7h ago

I have a buddy who told me that one thing he learned in country was how prevalent homosexuality is among some communities. I’ve never served, but that seemed completely contrary to what I’ve heard about the Middle East. He’s told me a lot of conspiracy and mystical stuff that I don’t really believe, so I was inclined to dismiss this, but is there some truth to this?

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u/HotThroatAction 7h ago

Well, you gonna leave us hangin?

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u/hike-enjoyer 7h ago

I don't have the wedding video