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Military Service Experiences
#3843254 - 02/27/05 07:29 PM (18 years, 10 months ago) |
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Is anybody here in the military or used to be in? Or are you close to someone who is currently in or was in?
I was kind of curious about what people who are in the military think of it. Did they like it? Do they hate it? What was it like?
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: RandalFlagg]
#3843277 - 02/27/05 07:35 PM (18 years, 10 months ago) |
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I've been in the military family all my life. Many of my friends are now in the military.
It sucks, for various reasons in any position, but there are plenty of benefits, as well.
All in all, I hate it (which is why unlike many of my friends, I didn't follow the rest of my family into the military).
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: delta9]
#3843308 - 02/27/05 07:41 PM (18 years, 10 months ago) |
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Good answer without incriminating your identity, Delta!! Threads like this, I tend to avoid, no offense.
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: delta9]
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I liked it, but i was young and stupid... i was less of a free spirit back then... plus i really like guns, and you definitely get to play with all the guns you want...
the downside- no privacy, small-town like living conditions where everyone knows everyone elses business...
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: delta9]
#3843317 - 02/27/05 07:42 PM (18 years, 10 months ago) |
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It's not just a job...it's a lifestyle. I live on a military base, I'm engaged to a soldier, all my friends are either in the miltary or related to one.
It's a great job for a kind of person who doesn't want to be doing paperwork or stuck in an office or retail or any other menial job. It's for the campers, the backpackers, the travellers. They will take care of you, of your family, but they'll also take you away from your family and send you overseas for 6 months at a stretch.
It's good because you get to get out there in the world and be a part of what is going on. You get to learn REAL skills. You make friends for life. It's bad because some people have moral issues with it, families get torn apart...
Personally, I don't think I could ever join the army. But for my fiancee, it's perfect. He'd shrivel up and die working 9-5 for some shumck on a power trip.
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: CherryBom]
#3843360 - 02/27/05 07:48 PM (18 years, 10 months ago) |
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CherryBomb said: It's a great job for a kind of person who doesn't want to be doing paperwork or stuck in an office or retail or any other menial job. It's for the campers, the backpackers, the travellers. They will take care of you, of your family, but they'll also take you away from your family and send you overseas for 6 months at a stretch.
There are plenty of jobs in the military that involve doing paperwork, being stuck in an office, and even retail and other menial jobs.
Infantry is but one of many MOSes.
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: delta9]
#3843388 - 02/27/05 07:51 PM (18 years, 10 months ago) |
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delta9 said: I've been in the military family all my life.
Same here. The moving around kinda gets to you, but I've pretty much seen the US and a lot of the world....
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: delta9]
#3843451 - 02/27/05 07:58 PM (18 years, 10 months ago) |
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Infantry isn't the only field job. There's all kinds of trades that people could get into. Sure there are desk jobs, too. I'm just sayin that if someone wants to make a unique career and travel a bunch the military may be the way to go.
Hell, I thought about joining up for a desk job. The thought still crosses my mind from time to time, but I really don't think I am military material.
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: RandalFlagg]
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military wasnt for me, thats for sure. my cousin is now finisghing up his third year in saudi arabia, and hes pretty much gone "loopy" if you will. hell i was in before any of this "war" business started and i went loopy.
it can be very boring and menial and tiring... there is always someone telling you what to do, where to do it and not always why you should beyond "i am your superior".
the military for young recruits is the ego trip of the serjeants and officers.
i say dont do it, but who knows you may like that srt of thing. many do.
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: RandalFlagg]
#3843489 - 02/27/05 08:04 PM (18 years, 10 months ago) |
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I was in the army and have a buddy in the air force and a buddy in the navy. Most people's opinions of the army depend on where they are. I was at fort hood and most people thought either, "screw this" or,"It was a good experience but I'm going to do my time and get out." People I worked with who were in Germany or fort bragg love it. Most soldiers will agree that financially its awesome but it comes at the price of your freedom. Most soldiers don't have the sense of honor and integrity they try to portray on the tv. All of these opinions are based off soldiers that did my same job(combat engineer) so other soldiers doing other jobs will have different experiences. My air force friend hates his job (air craft mechanic) but loves being in japan. My navy friend (solder technician) loves his job because he doesn't do much. Most Pepe that initially join (including me) join the military to use it as a stepping stone. If I could go back I wouldn't have changed anything I did. Hope this gave you the info you were looking for.
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: lonebuddha]
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Oh yeah the best part is all the interesting people you meet and make friends with.
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: Todcasil]
#3843508 - 02/27/05 08:08 PM (18 years, 10 months ago) |
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i just recently got out. it sucked, not for me at all. but to each hiw own. but if you ar ea freespirit and dont like strict rules then i would stay away.
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: lonebuddha]
#3843775 - 02/27/05 08:40 PM (18 years, 10 months ago) |
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lonebuddha said: Oh yeah the best part is all the interesting people you meet and make friends with.
As some one else noted... It's a big small town. "The military world is a small world". I have been in Fort Hood and Germany with the military. I probably know some of the same people you do, or at least, some people that THEY know.
This is not a bad thing, per se, just an oddity of military life - you will forever find people later in life in the weirdest places, almost as if they are being recycled in your life...
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: lonebuddha]
#3843894 - 02/27/05 08:53 PM (18 years, 10 months ago) |
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How physically demanding is the military?
I have a friend who used to be a marine, and he told me about these insane tests he had to do, such as running 25 miles with full equipment on and such. Perhaps that's just the marines, I doubt the normal army would be anything near as strenous as the marines.
How is the drug situation also? You could eat mushrooms and acid in the army because they don't show up on a drug test eh?
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: Ravus]
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they can test for acid and do. the hardest things i ever had to do was ruck 12 miles in 3 hours(40lb. rucksack), run 10 miles, stand in -15F for 2 hours. in freezing cold rain up to my waist move 4 big tents (enought to sleep 50+ people) then pull 2 hours of guard in the cold cold night right afterwards, i self diagnosed myself with hypothermia that night, had all the symptoms, then after the guard i had to give medical attention to all my 200+ soldiers, and then i finally was able to sit down and warm up. as i was warming up i started to to convulse and being the only medical person around for several miles so i had to put up with it. just a quick history of my time in but there were times that were good but the bad out weighed them by far.
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: lemon_lw]
#3843979 - 02/27/05 09:06 PM (18 years, 10 months ago) |
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your experience rivals mine...
ITS SO TRUE.
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: Todcasil]
#3843998 - 02/27/05 09:09 PM (18 years, 10 months ago) |
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share your story tod.
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: RandalFlagg]
#3844010 - 02/27/05 09:11 PM (18 years, 10 months ago) |
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I nailed down two differant Govt jobs because of my past service in the Navy...the job i have now is fuckkin choice
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: PawPaw]
#3844030 - 02/27/05 09:13 PM (18 years, 10 months ago) |
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what did you do in the navy paw paw?
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: RandalFlagg]
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I was i the marine corps, two words..it sucked. If you are willing to kill on command, ready to kill anyone at anytime without question, the military is for you, in my opinion, so is the pyhc ward. It was fun at times, but when it came down to it, you new you were there to do any thing the government wanted, and YOU WOULD. It is a serious mind fu#k. I have very strong feelings against the millitary, it turned me into a person i didnt ever want to be almost. I had 2 friends in the Marines with me, one is the biggest jerk i know now, and half crazy. The other almost lost his mind and got out on a technicality. (dont ask)
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: Kada]
#3844191 - 02/27/05 09:34 PM (18 years, 10 months ago) |
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Well that not all military just generally the combat mos's though.
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: lonebuddha]
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Killing people is necessary
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: lonebuddha]
#3844238 - 02/27/05 09:42 PM (18 years, 10 months ago) |
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here's a picture of what I mostly did in iraq.
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: faslimy]
#3844242 - 02/27/05 09:44 PM (18 years, 10 months ago) |
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faslimy said: Killing people is necessary
I'm not so sure that it is. I have really mixed feelings about the American military and what they are doing with the power that they have.
The Canadian military (I can hardly wait to hear the jokes...) are not killers. From my experience anyways... They are doing some really wonderful things all over the world. Helping people and stuff.
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: lonebuddha]
#3844243 - 02/27/05 09:44 PM (18 years, 10 months ago) |
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what made that big boom? looks bigger than at4.
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: CherryBom]
#3844248 - 02/27/05 09:45 PM (18 years, 10 months ago) |
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imagine. all the armies turn into peace corps.
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: lemon_lw]
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iraqi amunition we spent most of our time destroying it.
Edited by lonebuddha (02/27/05 09:46 PM)
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: lonebuddha]
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True, kind of. i was a Combat engineer, explosives. That was fun, but i never did get over the shit they gave me threw boot camp. if they wouldnt have been so evil, it might have left a better impression on me. They didnt just train you and work you hard, that part was easy. The hard part was how they did it, and what they put you threw, it wasn't just pushing you to do things, it was breaking you and making everything you were go away. i liked myself and my lifestyle when i went in, maybey that was the problem. The first week i was there i knew i didnt belong there, but the fastest way outta boot camp was to get threw it. once they had you there, they wouldnt let you leave till you were wearing a uniform. Im just trippin on the negative parts tho. To tell you the truth, im glad that i made it threw it and became a marine. I did alot of things and had a lot of experiences i would never have had any other way. Id do it again, just because. does that make me crazy? lol
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: Kada]
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Yeah I agree I was thinking, "this sucks and I want to get out" but now I'm like, "some of that stuff was pretty cool."
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: lemon_lw]
#3844291 - 02/27/05 09:50 PM (18 years, 10 months ago) |
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lemon_lw said: imagine. all the armies turn into peace corps.
I realize that the world is full of really ugly things, but there is a part of that beleives the military can do really great things for the world.
Can you imagine if all those leaders stopped struggling for power and put all their resources towards something like peace? We live in a really great time right now, there so much room for change.
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: CherryBom]
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but its all just a dream. but wait somebody had a dream one night. i think his name was MLK. but a good question is would we know of MLK if he didnt die that day? maybe its time for a shift in a great kinda way. if only i knew what to say. hey! that was gay. but i can still dream.
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: CherryBom]
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It would be awesome but one group of people always feels like something belongs to them or they just want to take it.
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: lonebuddha]
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lonebuddha said: here's a picture of what I mostly did in iraq.
yeah, looks like something the Buddha would do
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: Kada]
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lordofchaos, you didn't do live fire breaches? You didn't do road craters, door charges, or tree cutting charges? I guess they just treated you like a grunt.
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: lemon_lw]
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sad but true story: The world will never be at peace, it is not in our nature.(maybey a few of us, but someones always ganna be doing something inhumaine and stupid, that reqires their death. And someone has to always be ready to deal some sort of justice out. I mean look, why did we come over and founded america, we wanted to be free and get away from procecution from the government, to be free to do what we wanted, we had to kill some indians to do it.(hipicritical i know.) But america just turned into what it was tring to run from. and were better at it that the ones we ran from in the first place. am i wrong? if i am i plead that im sleepy and on medication.
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: lonebuddha]
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we did do training on it, but i was mainly speaking of my anger twards boot camp. after that is when i had a bit of fun. a few good times.
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: Vvellum]
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yeah, looks like something the Buddha would do
lol I'm working on it. I was and am still young and loved the excitement but peace and serenity is what I go for now. Besides that was the destruction of ammuntion that could be used in a harmful way like road side bombs.
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: lonebuddha]
#3844435 - 02/27/05 10:27 PM (18 years, 10 months ago) |
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gotcha man.
I just thought it was odd that someone with Buddha is his/her name was all excited about blowing shit up while in the American armed forces.
I am also trying to find peace perhaps I should be less judgemental and argumentative. good luck to you on your path
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: lonebuddha]
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Well yes LordOfChaos America did run away and it WAS paradise for a while. America is still controlled and owned by Europe however. America is like the power in the public eye whilst really the hierachy goes higher into Europe, standard tactic really... the guy publicly in power is never the real person pulling the strings for safety reasons.
Actually the people in power don't give a flying fuck about the American people, or any people for that matter... we are all just pawns used in a game for total power and control.
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: faslimy]
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We think alike, about us being pawns by our gov. But i highly doubt Europe has any influences in our government. Strings are pullin, and the pres is just a moron puppet, but a puppet of congress and the corperate america. America is a creature of its own, it has been for a looooong time.
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: faslimy]
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considered going into the millitary. its a good choice for some people. sure, ya might be fighting in something you can't win, but it opens doors. that is, if ya survive (which is probable)
many benefits: 3-4 years of costless living (no expenses really besides booze) enlistment bonuses department of defense loans- 1% APR on a $30K loan (300 dollars interest!) employment oppurtunities after service- not just gov't. jobs... if you have "marines-4 years" on your resume, it looks great! seriously- many employers consider that the same as going to an Ivy league school- not bullshitting. it'll get you jobs you wouldn't have landed if ya went to a great college... SERVING YOUR COUNTRY is very admirable. it has serious pull in the corporate/professional world- if thats what you're going for.
good luck in whatever you decide.
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: ]
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yep I will be getting a grand total of over 40,000 for going to school full time for 4 years.
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: ]
#3844588 - 02/27/05 10:50 PM (18 years, 10 months ago) |
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jono1 said: many benefits: 1.3-4 years of costless living (no expenses really besides booze) 2.enlistment bonuses 3.department of defense loans- 1% APR on a $30K loan (300 dollars interest!) 4.employment oppurtunities after service- not just gov't. jobs... if you have "marines-4 years" on your resume, it looks great! seriously- many employers consider that the same as going to an Ivy league school- not bullshitting. it'll get you jobs you wouldn't have landed if ya went to a great college... SERVING YOUR COUNTRY is very admirable. it has serious pull in the corporate/professional world- if thats what you're going for.
extra advice from what you said, i agree with you 100%. but there are things about that to know. 1.agree 2.i never got mine, my recruter lied to me make sure its in writing. 3.good if you get injured on duty, i got medically discharged due to falling off a ladder not on duty. so, no loans for me  4.i blew things up, that was pretty much it, if you do want to help you after the military, do somthing other that dumb grunt.
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: Kada]
#3844651 - 02/27/05 10:59 PM (18 years, 10 months ago) |
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LordOfChaos said: sad but true story: The world will never be at peace, it is not in our nature.(maybey a few of us, but someones always ganna be doing something inhumaine and stupid, that reqires their death. And someone has to always be ready to deal some sort of justice out. I mean look, why did we come over and founded america, we wanted to be free and get away from procecution from the government, to be free to do what we wanted, we had to kill some indians to do it.(hipicritical i know.) But america just turned into what it was tring to run from. and were better at it that the ones we ran from in the first place. am i wrong? if i am i plead that im sleepy and on medication.
isnt it ironic. dont you think? quote halfbaked not the song.
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: lemon_lw]
#3844662 - 02/27/05 11:01 PM (18 years, 10 months ago) |
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So now we have a chance to break the cycle. We have to do it eventually, why not now?
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: CherryBom]
#3844669 - 02/27/05 11:03 PM (18 years, 10 months ago) |
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I think that most countries want to do that. The problem comes with all the rebel forces.
Edited by lonebuddha (02/27/05 11:30 PM)
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: CherryBom]
#3844671 - 02/27/05 11:03 PM (18 years, 10 months ago) |
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already wrote my little speech not it it has to start somewhere it has to start somehow what better place than here what better time than now
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: lemon_lw]
#3844759 - 02/27/05 11:15 PM (18 years, 10 months ago) |
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lemon_lw said: isnt it ironic. dont you think? quote halfbaked not the song.
Hu? i dint know i was quoting anyone.
-------------------- ~The Cultivators Motherload~ "I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do." -Robert A. Heinlein "There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness."-Dalai Lama Live long and prosper.
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: Kada]
#3844776 - 02/27/05 11:17 PM (18 years, 10 months ago) |
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nah you misundertoos me. i was quoting "isnt it ironic dont you think" form the movie halfbaked not that song by that singer. i guess i wasnt to clear on that i do that sometimes, sorry for the confusion.
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: lemon_lw]
#3844796 - 02/27/05 11:19 PM (18 years, 10 months ago) |
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LOL, i think im just tired. I didnt make the connection. LOL
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: Kada]
#3844840 - 02/27/05 11:26 PM (18 years, 10 months ago) |
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sorry you got screwed outta your enlistment bonus, but yes, you can get one verified and get maybe $7-10k me thinks.
of course, you have to be more than just a grunt, but if you are capable and intelligent, you can move up the ranks in 4-5 years and make officer throught ocs or whatever its called. that has major pull in many areas, that with individualized training helps alot,
i went to highschool with a couple of twins. smart kids, each soon has 4 years of service in front of each of em, one navy, one army, and they have job offers right now- they're real smart, but more than anything, capable army/navy officers. that, and plenty of gov. options in front of em, from loans to jobs both civilian and millitary.
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: RandalFlagg]
#3844853 - 02/27/05 11:29 PM (18 years, 10 months ago) |
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I was in the Navy ...I retrospect it was the best time of my life...but at the time, it sucked.
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: ]
#3844858 - 02/27/05 11:29 PM (18 years, 10 months ago) |
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see, i just dived in, no one really sat me down and explained things. Ingnoance sadly is my excuse. and thats always a sad excuse. But hell, im doing all right now. I have no complaints.
-------------------- ~The Cultivators Motherload~ "I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do." -Robert A. Heinlein "There is no need for temples, no need for complicated philosophies. My brain and my heart are my temples; my philosophy is kindness."-Dalai Lama Live long and prosper.
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: Kada]
#3844865 - 02/27/05 11:30 PM (18 years, 10 months ago) |
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night all. nice thread
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: Rono]
#3844874 - 02/27/05 11:31 PM (18 years, 10 months ago) |
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I retrospect it was the best time of my life...but at the time, it sucked.
If it was the best time of your life and it sucked....what does that say about your life now?
Or do you mean that you didn't know how "good it was" back then? And only once you got out you realized the cool stuff about it?
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: RandalFlagg]
#3845032 - 02/28/05 12:07 AM (18 years, 10 months ago) |
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I didn't appreciate the good stuff about it back then....the comaraderie, the travel, the chicks...etc.
I didn't mean to imply that my life sucks now...nothing could be further from the truth...but hindsight is 20/20.
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Re: Military Service Experiences [Re: Rono]
#3846356 - 02/28/05 11:37 AM (18 years, 10 months ago) |
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I was in the NAVY. In an Engineering rate. The military was equally cool and shitty. Cool for the fact that I traveled around this whole planet(literally), and met many cool peoples, and saw many cool sights around the world. Shitty for the fact that it's not really though work(in my particular rate), but there is ALWAYS work. I had fun in the military though. Spent half my enlistment in schooling the other half traveling. N-Never A-Again V-Volunteer Y-Yourself.
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