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Old 11-03-2008, 09:41 PM   #26
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Originally Posted by azoomm View Post
Add to that the guys are now invincible. They have been shot at, and people have tried to blow them up for at least a year... they made it out and now can take on ANYTHING.

I don't think it's a training issue. The only reason I state that - Killeen has had that stat (more deaths on motorcycles than the war) for longer than the Marines and the Army has the training requirement taken care of (MSF).

I think it's an adrenalin issue. We're partnering with Ft. Hood and Sam Houston to get the boys to the track... the military is going to pay for entrance AND gear... we are agreeing there is a time and a place for most anything.

We're trying...
I tried pitching that to my command in July. My skipper was willing to give every sportbike rider the oppotunity to go out to the track to check it out. I would try to pitch it here too if I thought this base would go for it.
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