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Originally Posted by mikem317
RIP.
I was doing a research project on rider fatalities. And one of the sources did a great piece on military rider deaths. There's a lot of young servicemen that are seemingly coming home from service and picking up the biggest and baddest machines with little or no rider training. Part of the issue (according to the article's author) is the untaxed income while serving (surplus of income), a mode to release stress (from combat, post-traumatic stress, etc.) and the bravado associated with teenagers and young men in their early twenties.
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Exactly Mike...exactly.
I have several buddies who teach on base here in SD and try to talk to the guys.
My Grandfather does some Christian ministry work on Miramar and MCRD and I tell him to refer any Marine to me who is a new rider or thinking about getting into it.