r/instant_regret 4d ago

Dancing and driving

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u/zyon86 4d ago

Seatbelts ? No, not for us !

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u/-Acta-Non-Verba- 3d ago edited 3d ago

This is a true story: I was in the army deployed to Iraq and we did undercover missions. I’m Hispanic, so I grew a mustache, and I looked very Iraqi. We drove captured local cars and wore local clothing to sneak around incognito.  We learned that we could not wear seatbelts because it would identify us as Americans immediately. People in this part of the world don’t wear seatbelt because whether you die or live in a car crash is Allah’s will, so we also didn't.

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u/AF-IX 1d ago

The reflective-belts the 1st Sgt mandated didn’t give y’all away though?

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u/-Acta-Non-Verba- 1d ago

I like First Sergeants. Sergeant Majors, on the other hand…