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Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Done what? Vietnam era?
This is different. For one thing you have lawyers all over the place
second guessing you. I tried to tell folks here about that several
years back. They could not understand back then that we military did
not have unlimited rules of engagement (ROE). Our ROE today is more
like law enforcement.
Also you did two years in service then out. Now it is 8 years minimum
(some active, the rest either reserves or IRR). And this last tour
was 15 months! And it was my fourth tour. But then this is an old
man's war. Most of the kids just are too babied to fight (3 out of 4
kids in America these days can not even meet minimum military
standards and never will). But then most of you could not do what I
am doing either. Most of you have let yourselves go, are way too fat
and have huge health problems.
Gunner, you are not that much older than I am. And yes, the kids in
the ranks feel uppity. However, we are producing a mindset in our
young (between high school and the sitcoms on TV) that makes them very
cruel. In most of the Islamic world life is already cruel, so cruel
that there is very little that we Americans can do that is worst.
When people use Opium to overcome hunger then beating them is not
going to have any effect.
What we old soldiers bring to the table is that we understand
kindness. Not the touchy feely stuff but rather kindness as a
weapon. You show kindness to most Muslims and it has an effect. Just
the opposite of what Americans would do. Americans are ungrateful but
if you kick their ass they roll over like beaten pups. With Muslims
you can beat them all day and not much effect but they are very
grateful for little acts of kindness.
I have had Muslims in many countries come to me, after they have
gotten to know me, and state that they would die for me. They are
that grateful for the little things that I have done for them. I wish
that I had the time to go into detail.
Our kids are taking too long to grow up. Their mommies baby them. We
can not afford a 30 year childhood. Europe is worst. We have to get
tougher. We need, individually, a sense of faith (something to hold
on to), we need to be physically in shape, we need mental toughness.
And all of that is lacking in the US and Europe. We would not be
talking about surviving on this group if we thought that our fellow
citizens were tough. We face that the facts that at least half our
citizens would surrender rather than face hardship.
On Mon, 3 Mar 2008 04:05:15 -0800 (PST), Soldier in a Combat Zone
Indeed. Fortunately..the remaining half is made up of the "rough men"
that Orwell spoke of.
"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men
stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
George Orwell
We have had the same problem through most of our history, with the
start of every war.
Fortunatly...when we suddenly find ourselves out on the sharp end, we
respond magnificently. Lets hope that continues, for when it ends, the
country is done.
Thank you for your long service to our country.
God Bless you.
Gunner
And God bless you too, Gunner - your an outrageous winger, probably as
mad as a hatter, but you would be welcome in my home. You did your
duty, you didnt wimp it (or go to Oxford, or join a long range nuclear
bomber interceptor reserve squadron). Irrespective of the rights and
wrongs of a conflict, I can and do respect that.
Got a Yankee friend locally here - he was in the AF (yours) in
Vietnam. I asked him why he volunteered - he replied
"Because I knew I was going to be drafted anyway. I had figured out
the AF was the only service where it was the officers who were doing
the actual fighting. So, they trained me as a maintenance engineer,
and apart from the occasional long range attack on the airfield, I got
through Vietnam OK.."
This has got nothing to do with the thread, of course. BUT - I love
the military build stuff, nicely built, well documented, - hours of
entertainment to creatively ferret into.....the artillery round, well,
even I wouldn't want to fiddle with it...although the fusing and
firing mechanism would be an interesting piece of electronic
design...now, what could I convert it into..... am currently making a
optical chopper using precsion parts salvaged from dead VCR's....
Got another friend, a Latvian, who got drafted into the Russian army
at 18 (compulsory national service, very few get "exemptions" - is
that democracy at work, or what?)
He got blown up in Afghanistan - the story is too long to tell here -
fixed him up, then sent him to Chechnya(SP?).
When he was discharged, he said he wore his uniform and ribbons for 2
years = always got him free drinks and meals as the people had respect
for those who went and fought, even if they did hate the war anyway.
And the Russians had (still have?) a system whereby if you are injured
in combat, on discharge you are eligible (still on army wages) to do
ANY university course you want , paid for, the normal entry
requirements waived. Sounds like they treat their vets OK.
Andrew VK3BFA.
Couple of problems. You were AF, not a ground pounder. Not the same
level of hardship. Even today AF and Navy only spend 6 months in
country compared to 15 months for the Army. And we use the AF and
Navy for support roles rather than direct contact (though there Navy
folks going on patrol these days).
Sorry but there are levels of service and risk out there. And your
health problems make it difficult for you to fight the battle that is
coming on US soil.
You're right. The guys I served with in Alaska at thr uuS Army cold
weather trianing center BEGGED to go back to Vietnam. they all said
they wout rater be shot, than freeze to death.
I was to send 12 to 18 months in Vietnam, before my orers were
changed. About two months later the TV station I was to be assigned to
was overrunn and the staff killed, so shove it. i was ready and
willing, but my orders changed.
yeah, anyoine who doesn't come home in a boybag didn't serve. i know
the type. i see a lot of disabled veterans who had that hammered into
them, and are convinced that the VA won't help them.
I could outhoot my instuctor in basic, with a worn out M16 that had
no rifliling in the barrel. i hit over 80% of the targets, and he
didn't hit anything. You don't have to be able to stand to hit your
target.
I guess that it's my fault for assuming someone 60 years old and
still in the service would know they US Army had lots of copters, and
that the Air Force rain the control towers. How silly of me. I will
admit you had me fooled, for a while.
PLONK
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Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
it was in iraq, not south of the border, fool ! you may be able to
read a dns but you sure as hell can't read english, can you ? 2nd
language perhaps ? what are you, al queada ? read my original post
again, or maybe ask a nurse to explain it to you
So, you still don't know how to read a DNS lookup? That's no
surprise. It clearly states the message was posted from Canada through
a broadband cable connection owned by Rogers. Looks like you need to
see your nurse, or more likely, the team of shrinks.
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Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Sure, but what's your point? The post was made through that computer,
even if it's a zombie. Only criminals and terrorists need to post
through proxies, so which are you?
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Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
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