100 things I learned from The Messenger

6)You are allowed to drink at a bar in your class As if your job is to notify people about soldiers deaths.

7)It's best to act like a total robot and repeat a army manual sentence to a persons dead spouse or family member instead of like a genuine caring human being.

8)Most infantrymen reclass to POG units and become desk jockeys or mechanics.

9)People from desert storm don't like to wear combat patches.

10)This movie was made before Obama cut the 400,000 dollar SGLI every primary next of Kin received for thier dead soldier.Now the families get nothing lol thanx Mureica!

11)SSG Montogomery likes to wear jump wings on his ACUs but replaces them with Air assault wings on his Class As.

12)Mechanics also receive intense training to fix a broken down Humvee well in the middle of sector lol.

13)Everyone thinks your cool if your some poser bragging about fake war stories at the bar.

14)If your on funeral detail it's ok to have a mullet.

15)Montgomery's fire fight was longer then the captains whole deployment Haha that was awesome.

16)it's ok to use the government issued vehicle to pick up chicks when off duty and gas it up on the taxpayers dime.

I kept count, was given 9 free passes from police for minor traffic violations once they saw the military ID. I'm sure many other military get the same courtesy from cops.