We pay a lot of tax dollars for the military. So least they could do for the backbone of the military (the soldiers) is to give the news in a decent manner. So it’s nothing special.
我们纳了那么多税给军队。所以,对军队的脊梁(士兵们)而言,他们至少得用这种得体的方式来通报噩耗。
DrSitson38 赞2025/7/27
I disagree somewhat, not to be argumentative here, but it is special. To show simple decency to the loved ones of the men who died serving, in this day and age, it's pretty special.
Oh definitely. The act itself - special for sure. Taking a moment to do that means a lot. Do I pay good money for it and should expect something like that for our soldiers? Also true.
哦,那当然。这一举动本身——绝对称得上特别。愿意花时间去做到这一点,意义非凡。
NorthAstronaut37 赞2025/7/27
Russia burns the bodies then says your son went AWOL.
俄罗斯那边可是直接火化尸体,然后告诉你说你儿子开小差逃跑了。
TheGreatGamer138918 赞2025/7/27
Ya so they don't have to give you squat and they keep the money.
对啊,这样他们就一分钱抚恤金都不用给你,还能把那笔钱揣自己腰包里。
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In modern times, sometimes the immediate commanding officer will take it upon himself to call the family to tell them himself. They often feel a great sense of responsibility towards their men, as good officers should.
When my first husband deployed the I&I major specifically told us not to panic if he turned up at our house, there were other reasons he might need to be there. I think he'd had a couple of wives faint on him when he just needed paperwork signed.
There is a designated Casualty Assistance Officer (CAO) who has extra training like grief counselling so they can inform and help the families. It's not usually the CO, although they often do a courtesy call or send a letter personally. Source, my aunt was a CAO.
There is an Arleigh Burke class destroyer named The Sullivans. One of the few ships globally named after a family and not an individual. I imagine the crew would be proud to serve under a name like that.
My dad is a plank owner on the USS The Sullivans (DDG-68). I’ve met the Sullivan family many times, they’re wonderful people. I still keep up with one of their granddaughters, Kelly. 😊
My Nan had 8 brothers...they all died in the war!! How strange life is.
我奶奶有8个亲兄弟……他们全都在战争中牺牲了!!生活真是太操蛋了。
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Every war is shit.
每一场战争都是狗屎。
jekyllcorvus43 赞2025/7/27
Not for the rich fucks who don’t serve and get all the money
对那些不用上战场还能大发横财的有钱混蛋来说,当然不是咯。
CryptoNerdSmacker27 赞2025/7/27
We should come together and pit the rich against each other in a Hunger Games type setting.
我们真该团结起来,搞个《饥饿游戏》那样的场子,让那帮富人自相残杀去。
Kaffe-Mumriken127 赞2025/7/27
That woman had a uterus of steel
这位母亲的子宫简直是钢铁铸就的。
RestlessNightbird86 赞2025/7/27
She was so lucky when entire families were decimated during wars. I'm so glad that all her boys came home to her.
在那个动不动就整家整家被战争灭门的年代,她得有多幸运啊。真庆幸她所有的儿子都能平安回家。
daneelthesane56 赞2025/7/27
In WWI some genius in the British military decided that units should be comprised of people from the same town or village in order to foster unity. This, in a hideous war of attrition where millions died. Entire towns essentially lost an entire generation of young men as a result. Interestingly enough, JRR Tolkien was in one of those units, but he was down with trench fever when most of his unit got wiped out.
She deserves a medal. She raised 8 soldiers who fought for their country. I have two kids and I find that overwhelming, I have no idea how she could raise 8.
Back then you could just lock them outside all day and they'd figure out what to do.
那时候,你把他们放出去,他们自己一整天就能玩得好好的。
ImHappy_DamnHappy17 赞2025/7/27
I often wonder if more unsupervised play for kids might be a better system than our system of being expected to watch our kids 24/7 that we have now🤔
我常在想,让孩子们多一些放养式的玩耍,会不会比我们现在这种24小时不间断盯着孩子的模式要好呢🤔
anal_opera15 赞2025/7/27
Outside has been replaced with social media so yeah I'd say it's much worse today.
户外活动都被社交媒体取代了,所以说啊,我觉得现在情况差远了。
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GinaBinaFofina33 赞2025/7/27
She spent 6 years pregnant. That's like 5-10% of her life depending on when exactly she died. Assuming back to back kids she spent basically half of her existence raising children.
The opposite of Mrs. Sullivan, who lost five boys. The SS The Sullivans is docked in Buffalo, NY, and is named after those boys. I go down and see it occasionally (blocks from where I work). Special meaning to me as I have five sons, no daughters. I can’t even imagine losing them all.
8 sons, both survived childhood and the war? Impressive work.
8个儿子,都活过了童年和战争?真了不起。
Objective-District3915 赞2025/7/27
She looks quite proud of them
她看起来挺以他们为荣的。
theliability108 赞2025/7/27
"You guys brothers or something?"
“你们是兄弟还是怎么着?”
Helpful-Archer-66257 赞2025/7/28
Makes me wonder about that Russian mom who lost her 7 sons in WWII
这让我想起了那个在二战中失去了7个儿子的俄国母亲。
soyonsserieux7 赞2025/7/27
I know of many stories in France of families losing all of their sons to world war 1. I feel happy for this mother who must have spent a few years being very afraid.
法国也有不少家庭在一战里赔光了所有儿子的。真替这位老妈高兴,之前肯定担惊受怕好几年。
MajorMorelock7 赞2025/7/27
Service dates between WW2 and Korean War, that’s why that all came home.
服役时间在二战和朝鲜战争之间,所以他们都活着回来了。
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He's the cross dressing ninth brother, not the mom
他是那个女扮男装的老九,不是他妈
ztreHdrahciR3 赞2025/7/28
Thank you for your cervix
谢谢你的子宫
TheYallPolice3 赞2025/7/27
I’d say rare is an understatement surrounding this story
这事儿,“罕见”俩字都算轻描淡写了
chicharrofrito3 赞2025/7/28
Dad was only shooting Y chromosomes
老爸只射了Y染色体
HugeAnimeHonkers3 赞2025/7/28
I have no idea about math and stuff... What are(were?) the odds of having all 8 sons came back alive? Is possible to calculate that somewhat accurately?
我对数学什么的都不懂……八个儿子全活着回来,这概率大概是多大?能算得比较准吗?
glorious_reptile3 赞2025/7/27
She butchers a cow everytime they come to family night
家里聚会的时候,她每次都得宰了头牛
BenNitzevet2 赞2025/7/28
Lucky family
幸运的一家
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Technical-Memory-2412 赞2025/7/28
I had 5 uncles that served and they all came home safe, my grandmother would set a plate every night till they all came home.