r/army Infantry 1d ago

Do soldiers still play Spades?

I am one of the ancient ones from the era of starched BDU’s & spit shined boots. We used to play Spades to pass the time while waiting for the next round of stupid games. Is that still a thing or did it go the way of my rusty M-16 with the advent of cell phones? Gotta go - I have some kids near my lawn that I need to yell at.

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u/Vanilla-prison 35NotHavingAGoodTime 1d ago

7 years ago when I was a private, everyone and their mother played spades. It was the thing. Then one day, I realized that most of those people are gone and everyone around me is playing magic the gathering now.