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re: What motivated you to join the military?
Posted on 5/27/14 at 9:42 am to Darth_Vader
Posted on 5/27/14 at 9:42 am to Darth_Vader
I see my downvote buddy has arrived. I was starting to wonder if he (or she) was going to log on today.
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Posted on 5/27/14 at 9:46 am to ASTL
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If you never go into a combat zone, then you had a job with a physical requirement be met.
Simple as that.
I was Submarine Force, went through special training where they weed out the weak, spent a total of one year of my life under water...was never in a combat zone. i guess i just had a "job", huh?
idiot
just curious...what branch did you serve in?
This post was edited on 5/27/14 at 9:53 am
Posted on 5/27/14 at 9:50 am to Darth_Vader
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Our maintenance guys followed right behind us in Desert Storm. And while we were in massive M1A1's, they were in lightly armored 88's.
Without them doing what they did, we would not have been able to do what we did.
That looks like the terrain in/around 73 Easting...
Had a few missions up there, got "bit" by a ZSU there.
Posted on 5/27/14 at 9:53 am to ASTL
There are plenty of reservists/guardsmen that have seen a lot more combat than many active duty guys.
Posted on 5/27/14 at 9:58 am to Choctaw
Good for you. That is actually more advanced. But if you can't admit that there are tons more soliders just hanging around stateside, that never did anything hard, then you are lying.
Posted on 5/27/14 at 9:59 am to fnchdrms87
One of my regrets in life was not joining. Could have traveled, done awesome stuff like shoot guns, jump out of planes, etc, but I was a pussy. Would've had close to 20 years now if I would've joined. I jelly.
Posted on 5/27/14 at 9:59 am to lsu_tiger_az
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That looks like the terrain in/around 73 Easting...
You got to see more of the terrain that I did. This is what I got to see for the most part....
Posted on 5/27/14 at 10:00 am to ASTL
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But if you can't admit that there are tons more soliders just hanging around stateside, that never did anything hard, then you are lying.
i never said that...all i said was those people still serve.
Posted on 5/27/14 at 10:07 am to Choctaw
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.all i said was those people still serve.
definitely not trying to stir this pot, nor disparage anyone who served, but there was a pretty good post a few weeks back from an enlisted army guy who talked about the dregs of society the he trained with, that were in because they had no where else to go, but refused to take advantage of the opportunity and better themselves/learn a vocation, or get education, I'm sure there's a fair amount of that, particularly around '07-'08 when unemployment was peaking
This post was edited on 5/27/14 at 10:10 am
Posted on 5/27/14 at 10:08 am to Choctaw
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i never said that...all i said was those people still serve.
If they did a job that enabled the people on the front lines to do theirs then they get the same credit. I was in disbursing in the Navy, I'll bet you arse they 1st time your wife didn't receive the paycheck to pay the bills you would think I was important to you. That being said.
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The Defense Department said the USS LaSalle, a 14,650-ton command ship, reported being fired on with automatic weapons from the two unidentified small craft at 8:25 a.m. (1:25 a.m. EST).
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Posted on 5/27/14 at 10:09 am to Darth_Vader
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You got to see more of the terrain that I did. This is what I got to see for the most part....
Damn....
Couldn't you open a hatch?
Posted on 5/27/14 at 10:12 am to ASTL
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But if you can't admit that there are tons more soliders just hanging around stateside, that never did anything hard, then you are lying
Whats your definition of hard?
There are many that stay stateside but have to leave their families, grow apart from loved ones back home, work long hours on holidays rain or shine.
Its still a commitment no matter which way you look at it. Theres no calling in sick or over sleeping and getting away with it.
Just bc not everyone has been to "Iraq", doesn't mean they don't contribute in their own way.
Posted on 5/27/14 at 10:15 am to lsu_tiger_az
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Couldn't you open a hatch?
The gunner is the one crew member without a hatch. I'm sitting down in the bottom of the turret in front of the tank commander just to the right of the main gun....
Posted on 5/27/14 at 10:15 am to fnchdrms87
Wasn't ready for college. Did my 4 years then went to school.
Posted on 5/27/14 at 10:16 am to ASTL
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Also, not everyone is cut out for combat and I understand that. If they still report for their duty and do their job well, then good for them. But learning to do tank maintenance state side isn't "serving". It is called having a job, like millions and millions of other Americans.
Well there are more POG's than Grunts. It takes up to 4 people to support someone in combat. Still in this joint force purple people who might do the simplest of jobs are getting put into shite that is not their primary training when deployed.
Posted on 5/27/14 at 10:18 am to Choctaw
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I was Submarine Force, went through special training where they weed out the weak, spent a total of one year of my life under water...was never in a combat zone. i guess i just had a "job", huh?
idiot
just curious...what branch did you serve in?
He's clueless.
Posted on 5/27/14 at 10:22 am to Choctaw
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spent a total of one year of my life under water
I count this as being deployed..
Posted on 5/27/14 at 10:24 am to JAXTiger16
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JAXTiger16
I consider you deployed
Posted on 5/27/14 at 10:25 am to GrammarKnotsi
shite i've never had a permanent duty station stateside 
Posted on 5/27/14 at 10:26 am to StraightCashHomey21
You've had it better than stateside troops.
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