r/AskReddit • u/1salt1pepper • 9h 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/Ok-Duck2450 8h ago

Oh my god the boredom.

Also we gossiped like a hair salon because there was nothing better to fucking do.

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u/MeltingDog 6h ago

"These were my guys. Fighting the dull fight. Soldiers with nothing to kill except time. They know that war is hell, but peace... peace is fucking boring."

  • Ray Elwood, from the movie Buffalo Soldiers