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Reserve & National Guard "deployed" overseas
Posted on 5/8/18 at 11:56 am
Posted on 5/8/18 at 11:56 am
I see and hear it all the time, "My (husband/wife/son/daughter/etc) is in the National Guard. They have been activated and stationed overseas!"
I'm thinking they are in Afghanistan or Iraq. Then I find out they are in Germany, Italy, Spain, etc.
I think to myself, wow, they must be really suffering, having a European trip on the government's dime.
They are not deployed, they are active, working a cush job.
It reminds me of the comedian who said he was tired of thanking everyone for their serve. There's a difference between a guy flying a jet off an aircraft carrier, dodging missles and bullets, to deliver bombs, and the guy standing on the flight deck pointing the way, "The battle field is that way!"
Also, why does the news have to mention that the victim is a veteran? Does it make a difference. Like when the two LSU players kicked that guy's arse. The news had to say over and over that he was a Marine veteran.
I'm thinking they are in Afghanistan or Iraq. Then I find out they are in Germany, Italy, Spain, etc.
I think to myself, wow, they must be really suffering, having a European trip on the government's dime.
They are not deployed, they are active, working a cush job.
It reminds me of the comedian who said he was tired of thanking everyone for their serve. There's a difference between a guy flying a jet off an aircraft carrier, dodging missles and bullets, to deliver bombs, and the guy standing on the flight deck pointing the way, "The battle field is that way!"
Also, why does the news have to mention that the victim is a veteran? Does it make a difference. Like when the two LSU players kicked that guy's arse. The news had to say over and over that he was a Marine veteran.
Posted on 5/8/18 at 11:57 am to theantiquetiger
then quit complaining and join
Posted on 5/8/18 at 11:57 am to theantiquetiger
Oh boy, this thread is gonna go over great like a fart in church.
Posted on 5/8/18 at 11:58 am to theantiquetiger
You anti military son of a bitch
Posted on 5/8/18 at 11:59 am to theantiquetiger
quote:Jacques Doucet started that clusterfrick.
Also, why does the news have to mention that the victim is a veteran? Does it make a difference. Like when the two LSU players kicked that guy's arse. The news had to say over and over that he was a Marine veteran.
Posted on 5/8/18 at 11:59 am to theantiquetiger
shite is overdone, similar to when a cop is killed, like the crime is more serious or the cop’s life is worth more than the next guy’s
Posted on 5/8/18 at 11:59 am to theantiquetiger
You attempting to use LSU stories to relate to other people's service in the armed forces is sad. If you didnt serve you wouldnt understand.
Posted on 5/8/18 at 12:00 pm to theantiquetiger
Agree. The real heros are offshore and in dusty towns near Midland keeping this country going.
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This post was edited on 5/8/18 at 12:05 pm
Posted on 5/8/18 at 12:00 pm to theantiquetiger
I'm not sure if OP has a family or not, but the hard part of a deployment is not where you go, it's that you have to leave your family behind. Some locations are certainly more austere than others, but being away from your kids for a year is a motherfricker.
Posted on 5/8/18 at 12:00 pm to theantiquetiger
You don't talk that way about muh troops!
Posted on 5/8/18 at 12:01 pm to JBeam
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Jacques Doucet started that clusterfrick
That's just one instance. It's happening in the news right now. That kid that was stabbed to death in KC, over a road rage fight. They say several times he served overseas and is a veteran. Why does that matter?
Posted on 5/8/18 at 12:02 pm to theantiquetiger
You sound really salty. Does every military job put lives in danger? No. But, they are all needed to keep it going. All part of the team to keep America #1 in the world.
What type of team are you a part of?
What type of team are you a part of?
Posted on 5/8/18 at 12:03 pm to terriblegreen
During the first gulf war I was watching the news and the story was about an army guard unit in Shreveport about to get deployed, they had the cameras out while they were loading up, families there all boudeting , very touching scene, turns out they were being “deployed” to Ft. Polk for the weekend
Posted on 5/8/18 at 12:04 pm to East Coast Band
quote:
What type of team are you a part of?
The 1%
We meet quarterly
Posted on 5/8/18 at 12:05 pm to theantiquetiger
quote:
think to myself, wow, they must be really suffering, having a European trip on the government's dime. They are not deployed, they are active, working a cush job.
You're not wrong. Goes for Japan trips too
Posted on 5/8/18 at 12:08 pm to East Coast Band
Just a FYI, I am a vet, served in Desert Storm. I was in the National Guard at the time. I know what it's like to be deployed, I was deployed twice, Desert Storm and Panama in 1988 for three months.
I'm not saying the people deployed in Europe are not doing anything. For every person on the front line, there are 100 people backing him. Just quit acting like he/she is dodging bullets every day.
There hasn't been a draft in 45 years, so everyone of them joined knowing they could be deployed.
I'm not saying the people deployed in Europe are not doing anything. For every person on the front line, there are 100 people backing him. Just quit acting like he/she is dodging bullets every day.
There hasn't been a draft in 45 years, so everyone of them joined knowing they could be deployed.
Posted on 5/8/18 at 12:11 pm to theantiquetiger
I agree with you to an extent, but some of those NG/Reserve units got sent to some real shitholes and torn the frick up in the middle and latter part of last decade. They aren't all sitting in Spain or Japan. I believe there was a Pennsylvania NG unit that really took it on the chin in Iraq, as an example.
However, there is a good line in the book Black Hearts about how the "thank you for your service" culture doesn't really discriminate between the different pieces of the military. Having an all-volunteer service and having only a very small portion of our population actually serving these days means that the vast majority of people can't distinguish between sitting on BIAP or KAF for six months versus ground-pounding Mahmoudiyah for a year. It might not be fair, but it isn't changing.
I do think it does a disservice to the guys who really had it rough, and I can be cantankerous to people sometimes when they talk about PTSD or how rough they had or whatever, and I've had to teach myself to tone it back. "What unit were you in, what year, and where?" usually isn't the best response in that situation.
However, there is a good line in the book Black Hearts about how the "thank you for your service" culture doesn't really discriminate between the different pieces of the military. Having an all-volunteer service and having only a very small portion of our population actually serving these days means that the vast majority of people can't distinguish between sitting on BIAP or KAF for six months versus ground-pounding Mahmoudiyah for a year. It might not be fair, but it isn't changing.
I do think it does a disservice to the guys who really had it rough, and I can be cantankerous to people sometimes when they talk about PTSD or how rough they had or whatever, and I've had to teach myself to tone it back. "What unit were you in, what year, and where?" usually isn't the best response in that situation.
This post was edited on 5/8/18 at 12:14 pm
Posted on 5/8/18 at 12:11 pm to theantiquetiger
Damn dude. You sound like an 88M fucjed your girl.
...I'd be salty to if a 88M could pull my girl from me.
...I'd be salty to if a 88M could pull my girl from me.
Posted on 5/8/18 at 12:11 pm to theantiquetiger
Go spend 12 months away from your loved ones doing a shite job for minimal pay and then come back and talk shite.
Yes, they volunteered to sign up but that doesn't make it easy.
Complaining about them the way you did makes me think you are one big a-hole.
Yes, they volunteered to sign up but that doesn't make it easy.
Complaining about them the way you did makes me think you are one big a-hole.
Posted on 5/8/18 at 12:13 pm to theantiquetiger
I like the guys who say " I fought for my country" all the while they were am admin clerk doing paperwork.
Fighting for country actually involves slinging lead and stackin bodies.
Serving your country involves serving the ones who are fighting.
Unless your a puddle pirate. You get no say so in the matter.
Fighting for country actually involves slinging lead and stackin bodies.
Serving your country involves serving the ones who are fighting.
Unless your a puddle pirate. You get no say so in the matter.
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