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Dao Jones
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Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 8:39 am Post subject:
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Most people I know who joined the military regretted it as well. But no one I know who served and left has said "man, I really wish I hadn't joined up."
So you may go through a phase of not liking it, but ultimately you'll be glad you did it.
Now go out there and PK some nub foreigners.
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zarc
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Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 9:31 am Post subject:
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they already told me if combat was what i was looking for...then i was out of luck with the career i was choosing. It was pretty funny. School is pretty much what my military career will consist of...which is what i planned on doing anyway. Now i just dont have to worry about having a place to live, food to eat, or finding a job...and im getting payed.
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Wank
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Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 3:06 pm Post subject:
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Quote: | I've had several friends join the military, and each of them have regretted it.
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Sounds like your friends are punks. Explains a lot though.
Everyone goes through the "that fucking recruiter lied to me" stage, it's mostly due to shock.
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skulls
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Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 5:54 pm Post subject:
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About the only place they get in your face is in basic training..Because I played by the rules and really wanted to get into the next four years my company c.o. didn't even know my name for the first 2 weeks until I was named rcpo for hard work and laying low..I graduated from basic training as an e-3..All my enlistment was carrier duty except for a 9 month stint at Olangopo Naval Air Station..Since all my work was on the flight deck the only schools I attended were fire fighting and bomb n' missile disposal schools..
Have a positive attitude, pay attention (your instructors are real pros) and dont listen to the losers..yeah there their to..GL in your new career..
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zarc
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Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 6:06 pm Post subject:
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it seems that everyone has the same thing to say...dont stand out in basic. Be invisible, be a shadow, be respectful.
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Grim04
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Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 7:39 pm Post subject:
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Wank wrote: | Quote: | I've had several friends join the military, and each of them have regretted it.
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Sounds like your friends are punks. Explains a lot though.
Everyone goes through the "that fucking recruiter lied to me" stage, it's mostly due to shock. |
Or because they're going back to Iraq after leaving once.
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skulls
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Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2008 8:31 pm Post subject:
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Just stay home Matt..theres enough who care and understand...so you can keep your freedoms..even speech..
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Grim04
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Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 2:21 am Post subject:
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skulls wrote: | Just stay home Matt..theres enough who care and understand...so you can keep your freedoms..even speech.. |
Political debates can be fun.
Except we haven't been in a war where are freedoms were in jeopardy.
WW1? No, we joined because other factors.
WW2? No, Japan bombed us because we cut off their oil.
Korea/Vietnam/Iraq/Iraq again? No.
Don't give me this, our soldiers fight for our freedoms. They fight for politics... especially this war. This war has nothing to do with our freedoms at all. But ya, propaganda can be fun.
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skulls
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Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:31 am Post subject:
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Grim04 wrote: | skulls wrote: | Just stay home Matt..theres enough who care and understand...so you can keep your freedoms..even speech.. |
Political debates can be fun.
Except we haven't been in a war where are freedoms were in jeopardy.
WW1? No, we joined because other factors.
WW2? No, Japan bombed us because we cut off their oil.
Korea/Vietnam/Iraq/Iraq again? No.
Don't give me this, our soldiers fight for our freedoms. They fight for politics... especially this war. This war has nothing to do with our freedoms at all. But ya, propaganda can be fun. |
ahhh..isnt free speech wonderful..
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zarc
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Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:41 am Post subject:
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skulls wrote: | Grim04 wrote: | skulls wrote: | Just stay home Matt..theres enough who care and understand...so you can keep your freedoms..even speech.. |
Political debates can be fun.
Except we haven't been in a war where are freedoms were in jeopardy.
WW1? No, we joined because other factors.
WW2? No, Japan bombed us because we cut off their oil.
Korea/Vietnam/Iraq/Iraq again? No.
Don't give me this, our soldiers fight for our freedoms. They fight for politics... especially this war. This war has nothing to do with our freedoms at all. But ya, propaganda can be fun. |
ahhh..isnt free speech wonderful.. |
fortunately infantry doesn't have much use for us navy folk, much less NF
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Dao Jones
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Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:11 am Post subject:
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Grim04 wrote: | Except we haven't been in a war where are freedoms were in jeopardy.
WW2? No, Japan bombed us because we cut off their oil. |
I might disagree on this point. Countering the spread of Nazi/Fascist imperialism was probably a wise idea. While we can debate the reasons for getting into the war, we can likely all agree that limiting totalitarianism is a Good Thing. Isolationism helped us, but inevitably it would have come to our shores. (If for no other reason than that we were partially to blame for Germany's sorry state after WWI.)
Quote: | WW1? No, we joined because other factors.
Korea/Vietnam/Iraq/Iraq again? No.
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People fight wars for many reasons. Your cynicism isn't entirely misplaced, but there were good reasons for going into all but Vietnam and Iraq2. And I noticed you left off Afghanistan, which was a conflict we were entirely justified, and even lauded, for fighting.
Having a standing military isn't simply about protecting freedoms for Americans. It is about advancing our ideals and protecting our interests throughout the world. This has *always* been the job of a nation's army. All war is political; it's the nature of war.
At least, until the aliens invade.
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DiPLOMAT
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Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 12:28 pm Post subject:
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just for the record.. if you show up lookin like you do in yur avatar... you're gonna get fuckin hammered... show up with a basic white tee shirt, blue jeans, comfortable shoes.. no crazy shit... definately pre shaved... might wanna do something with your hair too... di's look for anything to give u shit..
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zarc
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Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 12:31 pm Post subject:
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DiPLOMAT wrote: | just for the record.. if you show up lookin like you do in yur avatar... you're gonna get fuckin hammered... show up with a basic white tee shirt, blue jeans, comfortable shoes.. no crazy shit... definately pre shaved... might wanna do something with your hair too... di's look for anything to give u shit.. |
oh i know, lol. im growing out my beard and my hair till basic and then shaving it all off the night before.
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Grim04
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Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 3:43 pm Post subject:
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I also left out Grenada and other conflicts.
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Goky
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Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 4:09 pm Post subject:
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I think Grim's just pointing out how the common retort to most anti-war arguments is some sort of rhetorical "Well it's because of them that you're even allowed to protest right now!" kind of comment. In recent years, our freedoms weren't in any sort of immediate jeapordy in the sense that a lack of action would have caused us to be taken over by crazy dictators that wouldn't let us speak. Ironically, it's been our own government that has had the most nay-saying in our freedoms lately.
Not to say that a standing army and involvement in war doesn't serve a valid purpose, and that Grim is being a bit of a douche about it.
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