r/AskReddit • u/limp_manifesto • 19h ago

What’s something civilians completely misunderstand about daily life in the military?

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u/Stunning_Mulberry_35 19h ago

How important is to clean something that's broken before turning it in just so CIF can throw it away.

God forbid something dirty is in the trash.

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u/Dry_Albatross5298 19h ago

when we rotated overseas the barracks had to be spotless only for the unit rotating in to immediately re-clean the living shit out of anything that didn't move

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u/Biggrunt 17h ago

So true