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re: So my son wants to go into the military
Posted on 5/29/21 at 6:01 pm to Wolfhound45
Posted on 5/29/21 at 6:01 pm to Wolfhound45
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Wolfhound45
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Posted on 5/29/21 at 6:01 pm to Kafka
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does it have to be the US military?
I hear Poland is not very woke
This post was edited on 5/29/21 at 6:02 pm
Posted on 5/29/21 at 6:01 pm to Ted2010
Are you sure he isn't trying to tell you he wants to be your daughter?
Posted on 5/29/21 at 6:02 pm to Ted2010
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Ted2010
Posted on 5/29/21 at 6:02 pm to Ted2010
First, you should be very proud of your son. He clearly loves his country!
I have a 13yr old and I would NOT want him to serve. Like you, 20 years ago I would have been enormously proud.
However, when you consider our proud military has been distorted by the endless wars of the military industrial complex... i wouldn’t support it.
Take me back to the good ole days of “Speak softly but carry a big stick”
I have a 13yr old and I would NOT want him to serve. Like you, 20 years ago I would have been enormously proud.
However, when you consider our proud military has been distorted by the endless wars of the military industrial complex... i wouldn’t support it.
Take me back to the good ole days of “Speak softly but carry a big stick”
Posted on 5/29/21 at 6:03 pm to Bulldogblitz
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Are you sure he isn't trying to tell you he wants to be your daughter?
Damn
Posted on 5/29/21 at 6:03 pm to Ted2010
To be a conservative type, governed by The UCMJ, serving under an ever more progressive chain of command, is a recipe for disaster.
Posted on 5/29/21 at 6:03 pm to Ted2010
My $0.02, there may be some top-level virtue signaling going on with the military right now because of the woke figs currently at the controller of the drooler-in-chief, but overall the US armed forces as an institution would be more of a safe bet than sending him off to learn from these freaks teaching at college. Teaches structure and discipline, and four years or whatever he decides thereafter, sounds like the Air Force will give him a head start if he wants to go to college later (at which point he'll have a better chance at shrugging off the woke indoctrination).
My dad wasn't too thrilled when I signed up for the Marines when Billy was CiC, but the grunts pretty much shrugged off the PC bullshite that he started at the time.
My dad wasn't too thrilled when I signed up for the Marines when Billy was CiC, but the grunts pretty much shrugged off the PC bullshite that he started at the time.
Posted on 5/29/21 at 6:04 pm to Reservoir Ag
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First, you should be very proud of your son. He clearly loves his country!
Absolutely
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have a 13yr old and I would NOT want him to serve. Like you, 20 years ago I would have been enormously proud.
However, when you consider our proud military has been distorted by the endless wars of the military industrial complex... i wouldn’t support it.
Take me back to the good ole days of “Speak softly but carry a big sti
Thus my concerns
Posted on 5/29/21 at 6:05 pm to Ted2010
It's not worth it. He will be led by a commander-in-chief who will blunder into a war and cost the lives of more young people.
Posted on 5/29/21 at 6:06 pm to Ted2010
quote:Best wishes to him. He can make it. But he has to stay with the values you passed along to him. Stay true to who he is.
He graduates next year and wants to go Air Force for computer and data/intelligence stuff.
Posted on 5/29/21 at 6:06 pm to Ted2010
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Very good post. He has put thought into this for a couple years and done his research and such. I’ll support him in whatever decision he makes of course. I know he wants to serve and that makes me proud
Thanks, and in the spirit of full disclosure, I do not speak from a position of being a veteran of the military. I speak from a position of recurring regret over not having taken my chance. There is a rub though, particularly that perhaps I wouldn't have the beautiful family God ultimately blessed me with had I done so, but still even up until just a short time ago I would experience almost physical pangs of regret for not having done something I'd always thought I was maybe born to do. Maybe that's a little extreme sounding, but completely accurate.
Posted on 5/29/21 at 6:06 pm to PhDoogan
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PhDoogan
Really good post
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would be more of a safe bet than sending him off to learn from these freaks teaching at college.
Good point. I currently teach at a secular university. It’s a mess and ridiculous. It’s just about gotten unbearable. I’ve been offered a position at a well known Christian university here; same pay with slightly less benefits. I’m seriously considering it.
Posted on 5/29/21 at 6:07 pm to Wolfhound45
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Wolfhound45
BTW....congrats on retirement and thanks for your service.
Are you looking to work or truly retire?
Posted on 5/29/21 at 6:07 pm to Ted2010
The only upside is that your son’s skills will be highly marketable after he leaves the military.
That fact that he won’t be laced with $60 to $80k in college debt is significant upside.
You did your part Pop, sounds like you raised a fine young man!
That fact that he won’t be laced with $60 to $80k in college debt is significant upside.
You did your part Pop, sounds like you raised a fine young man!
Posted on 5/29/21 at 6:08 pm to Wolfhound45
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Best wishes to him. He can make it. But he has to stay with the values you passed along to him. Stay true to who he is.
Thank you. He’s got a great head on his shoulders. But I know how much pressure there is to confirm in the military of course. I don’t want him confirming to this woke BS
Posted on 5/29/21 at 6:11 pm to Bulldogblitz
quote:I have applied for both non-profit and civil service work. A couple of interviews. No job yet. Was interviewed (informally) for a nice paying contractor job at Fort Bragg (we own a home in Fayetteville) and was offered the job on the spot. However, it was not a good fit for me (civilian personnel management, not a strength of mine). I turned it down. Looking to do volunteer work right now but will still keep my resumes going out.
Are you looking to work or truly retire?
Posted on 5/29/21 at 6:12 pm to Ted2010
He going to have to wade through the foolishness in college as well.
Posted on 5/29/21 at 6:12 pm to Ted2010
quote:Despite my frustrations over these past eight months, I am confident he can do it.
I don’t want him conforming to this woke BS
Posted on 5/29/21 at 6:13 pm to davyjones
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Thanks, and in the spirit of full disclosure, I do not speak from a position of being a veteran of the military. I speak from a position of recurring regret over not having taken my chance. There is a rub though, particularly that perhaps I wouldn't have the beautiful family God ultimately blessed me with had I done so, but still even up until just a short time ago I would experience almost physical pangs of regret for not having done something I'd always thought I was maybe born to do. Maybe that's a little extreme sounding, but completely accurate.
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