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2021-07-26 // day precision

Starting a JRRB is like concrete boots

Posted by Dan Cary

Original source text

The Office same-picture meme compares starting a JRRB with putting concrete boots on a brigade marching toward the fight.
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The Office comparison template equates starting a JRRB with putting concrete boots on troops headed toward a fight. This is a satirical claim about perceived delay; no real unit or operation is identified. SOURCE DISCUSSION — transcribed original comments 2021-07-26 — Rob Campbell: Love it! Coverage: Captured count matches displayed count at selected review; hidden/deleted comments remain unknown. Thread grouping follows source thread-root links; unknown immediate reply parents are not inferred. Dates preserve the displayed day, with timezone unknown. The heading, alt text and opening historical explanation are AI-assisted editorial interpretation. The original caption, preserved image renditions and transcribed discussion are source material. Public images are metadata-stripped display derivatives of Facebook-served files; the original upload files and edit history were not established.

Topics: Early Years, July 2021, Expeditionary contracting, Bureaucracy, Mission support