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My initial understanding was that "babies" referred to the 60s period when they opened the doors to guys under E5 and no time in service.
Most SF guys at the time were old professionals with extensive and varied service.
They had spent time in conventional units and foreign armies.
They knew a lot about "soldiering."
We knew little or nothing and needed a bit of coralling.
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When I arrived at 10th Group in late 1969, I had three SP4's on ODA 32 who had flashes. They were continuously in trouble for one reason or the other and I was not much better myself. One of them decided he did not feel like being a soldier anymore and just quit showing up for formation. We just marked him as AWOL and never thought about him again.