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Frogm4n · « **Reply #15 on:** April 07, 2003, 03:25:24 PM »

hell my grandpa and all his brothers told me they would beat my bellybutton if i joined the military. they told me they fought so my generation wouldnt have to see the carnage they did.

AKIron · « **Reply #16 on:** April 07, 2003, 03:29:13 PM »

"The Price of Peace is Eternal Vigilance."

General of the Army, George C. Marshall, 1947

Martlet · « **Reply #17 on:** April 07, 2003, 03:34:17 PM »

I was assigned to an SOS unit in South America for the war on drugs.

It didn't take me long to realise that it was a political battle, and unwinnable. I lost a few good friends down there.

However, I also learned that our actions did help. We did some good for the people there, and there are many political side affects to every battle that aren't directly related to it. Politics are extremely complicated, and there are often things most of us don't understand, because we don't have the big picture.

As an example, yet sort of off topic: Awhile ago someone posted about the budget being slashed in the area of VA benefits. I read the link, and saw it was correct. This bothered me, for obvious reasons. I talked to a friend of mine that is high up in the VA. He explained to me that the VA affects and is effected by many different organizations, and that when you put everything together, the VA actually had a 7.8% increase in funding. (slam me on this if you want, I can't prove it since I didn't even fully understand it, but I take him at his word, since he'd be irate if it weren't true.)

I guess I'm just saying that there are good and bad to every military action. It isn't up to the person on the front line to decide which has more weight.

Skuzzy · « **Reply #18 on:** April 07, 2003, 03:45:34 PM »

I have not met anyone that served in the armed forces that did not hesitate to say it made them better, in some way.

Do not chastise what you cannot comprehend.

midnight Target · « **Reply #19 on:** April 07, 2003, 03:50:50 PM »

"A man thinks a little meaner of himself for not having served"

Oliver Wendel Holmes Jr. - Supreme Court Justice and Civil War Veteran.

I think this is true.

Frogm4n · « **Reply #20 on:** April 07, 2003, 03:52:03 PM »

Eh your right i should leave that up to my father. He was in the airforce in the 70's so he could get college money. When i ask him about his experience's in the military all he talks about is the corruption and hypocrisies. Blackmarkets and such.
Of course the people he was refering to are the guys that are in it for life. Officers and such.

john9001 · « **Reply #21 on:** April 07, 2003, 03:55:54 PM »

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Originally posted by Frogm4n
hell my grandpa and all his brothers told me they would beat my bellybutton if i joined the military.

strange, my dad was proud i joined the marines

Martlet · « **Reply #22 on:** April 07, 2003, 03:55:54 PM »

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Originally posted by Frogm4n
Eh your right i should leave that up to my father. He was in the airforce in the 70's so he could get college money. When i ask him about his experience's in the military all he talks about is the corruption and hypocrisies. Blackmarkets and such.
Of course the people he was refering to are the guys that are in it for life. Officers and such.

john9001 · « **Reply #23 on:** April 07, 2003, 04:02:02 PM »

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Originally posted by Frogm4n
He was in the airforce in the 70's so he could get college money. all he talks about is the corruption and hypocrisies.

joined the AF to get college money and calls other people hypocrites.

no comment

Frogm4n · « **Reply #24 on:** April 07, 2003, 04:02:50 PM »

its most likely due to our familys personalities. We like to argue, and always question authority. Dosnt result in a good experiance in the military i would assume. Had a great uncle that recieved a bronze star in ww2 but refused to shake MacAuthurs hand. The reason he got it was partly in due to his buddies dieing, because of a poor decision on Macaurthurs part. of course he is 78 years old and could be just ranting.

Russian · « **Reply #25 on:** April 07, 2003, 04:09:44 PM »

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Originally posted by Frogm4n
Eh your right i should leave that up to my father. He was in the airforce in the 70's so he could get college money. When i ask him about his experience's in the military all he talks about is the corruption and hypocrisies. Blackmarkets and such.
Of course the people he was refering to are the guys that are in it for life. Officers and such.

Yeh, I see corruption everyday here.

Frogm4n · « **Reply #26 on:** April 07, 2003, 04:11:37 PM »

it was the 70s things have changed a tad. i have alot of friends in the military now that it was the best thing for them.

udet · « **Reply #27 on:** April 07, 2003, 05:58:28 PM »

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As a result, I would enthusiastically vote for a mandatory 2 years in service. I think it would be a favorable experience for every American.

lol good luck with that one

Martlet · « **Reply #28 on:** April 07, 2003, 06:12:44 PM »

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lol good luck with that one

heh, it would never happen. I just said I'd support it, although I'd most likely be the only one. Well, me and that guy that hangs out in Gov't Center T station with the sandwich boards proclaiming Bush is Jesus, and we should all join the army of Christ.