My high ranking brother explained it this way, which is the only way it made sense to me:
“Did you know we have amputee paratroopers? We do! They are some of the most bad-ass dudes you will ever meet, and I respect the hell
Out of them. But. Walk into a recruiting office with one arm or one leg and say you want to be a paratrooper? We don’t do that. We are not a community service organization, we do not deliberately take on people who will require exceptional training nor do we take on people who will require life long medical care, since the government will be footing the Bill. Hell, asthma
is a disqualification.”
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My high ranking brother explained it this way, which is the only way it made sense to me: “Did you know we have amputee paratroopers? We do! They are some of the most bad-ass dudes you will ever meet, and I respect the hell Out of them. But. Walk into a recruiting office with one arm or one leg and say you want to be a paratrooper? We don’t do that. We are not a community service organization, we do not deliberately take on people who will require exceptional training nor do we take on people who will require life long medical care, since the government will be footing the Bill. Hell, asthma is a disqualification.”
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