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Okay, I just wanted to say that yes, support, or as we call them outside the infantry combat realms, they're called POGs, P-O-G, personnel other than grunts. Kind of a joking thing. Yeah, they are extremely important. I mean, without them, there's no way anybody could do their job. I mean, you think about it, the majority of the military is support staff. But they see combat too. So let's bring up a little girl named Jessica Lynch. I don't know how many of y'all remember her. I remember her quite vividly. I happened to be there when it happened. She was a, gosh, I'm trying to remember, a truck driver, mechanic, something along those lines, support. And they were ambushed on the side of the road and she was taking POW. Most of her team was killed. Most people, certainly in fighting, take two. I mean, and that's kind of my point, unless you live the life, it's hard for you to understand. The regulations and the standards set forth in the United States military code of justice is for everybody. That includes height, rate, body mass index, a minimum of physical fitness tests that you have to be able to do. It's not selective on sex, job title, branch. It's the standard. And so that's just what I'm trying to get a point. You notice I'm not talking about Trump speech at all. I thought it was stupid. It's like I thought every species puts out basically as stupid. I'm not a big Pete Hegseth fan, but his warrior ethos and his comment about fat generals and admirals is absolutely right. I think most of y'all forget that the entirety of World War Two was pretty much commanded by the commander in chief, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who happened to be confined to a wheelchair. So I don't think the physical appearance, fatness, size matters when it comes to the commander in chief. I mean, he's not going out fighting the wars, right? I mean, that's kind of y'all's point just now about support staff. So I mean, truth be told, Secretary of War or Department of Defense people are probably not going to fight in the wars, yet they should still meet the same standards and set an example. That's kind of my point. I'm not talking about the political side of it at all. I am completely 100 percent just talking about the standardization of the United States military and why it's set like that. KJ Scott of IOKI, back to the next show.
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