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Originally Posted by MILDOT
Sad news! Just talked to an SF Trooper that graduated from the "Q" Course yesterday. They are no longer issuing the Yarborough Knife to the graduates.
This was a fantastic tradition and I hate to see this way of honoring Luitenant General Yarborough and our troops going away. While I didn't receive one when I graduated I was always happy to see new troopers get one. It was a way of letting the troopers know that they were now a part of the Regiment.
With all the fraud waste and abuse that goes on and the fact that this guys give so much in a time when not all are required to serve, I find the situation very sad.
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So true.
Only the honor grads will now get the Yarborough Knives.
I guess after spending a year and a million dollars training a soldier headed for combat, giving him a $300 knife was too much.
This should save the command as much as $200,000 per year, or about one contractor.
TR
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