October 17, 200816 yr Well that was fucking gay. This thread is so unfunny. I thought there might be some humor here. This More funny, less "serving your country blah blah" faggotry bullshit, please. Edited October 17, 200816 yr by NegrOFiiL
October 18, 200816 yr Captian.. hope you come back a Paraplegic :naughtyd: what is with trolls failing completely these days? I miss the good ol' days where trolls were pretty good at what they do. Light up the Kevin Mitnick signal.
October 18, 200816 yr Ok, I have a little time on my hands now so I'll answer some of your questions, John, since your last posts have been of a more serious mentality and not just spouting troll crap. Why did I join the Military? Well, as far as I can remember it had always been something I pictured myself doing eventually. I honestly think First Person Shooters as a kid might have even been an influence. A huge part of it was seeing how much my mother and father got out of their service. The Army paid for my fathers college degree, the Navy paid for my parents house, multiple cars, motorcycles, ect. It provided me with an amazing childhood living in many different places and experiencing different cultures by living in other countries. It was probably this travel and experience of different cultures that gave me such a huge appreciation for the opportunities and freedoms Americans are afforded, thanks to our military for ensuring us such a lifestyle of plenty. I come from a military family, but was never pressured into serving other than my parents suggesting it as an option when I was having trouble figuring out what I wanted to do with my life. My mother served for 22 years as a Naval Officer and is a Gulf War Veteran, my father served as an enlisted soldier and is a Vietnam vet., and my grandfather served in the Army and is a WWII vet. My parents wanted me to go the officer route. I wanted to continue my education and earn a degree, but did not want to wait to join until after that. I compromised by joining the reserves. It allowed me to fulfill my goals of education, while serving(which paid for much of my education), and I got to stay here in San Diego. My mother wanted me to join the Air Force or the Navy to get some good technical skills (and although she never said it, I knew she wanted to keep me far from the front lines). But I choose the Marines; for a few reasons: -Mainly because of their reputation. For many Americans merely hearing the word Marine makes them think of a hard-chargin', meat-eatin', heart-breakin', life-takin' mother fucker. And that reputation isn't something someone just made up one day. It has been earned with our blood, sweat, and sacrifices since 1775. -Also, we have the coolest uniforms(even many people from other branches don't argue that point). And we are the most handsome. -As I was single at the time, another reason was chicks. I did alright with girls through high school; and although I have met a few chicks that specifically refused to date Marines, on the whole simply being a Marine can get you laid a lot. (worked for me, as I am now very happily engaged) -Another point on the reputation the Marine Corp holds, is that I wanted to help defend this country by fighting, not as a support role.(if such a time came where I would be pulled into an Active role) And if I was to be fighting, I wanted to fight along side the best. (not saying anything bad about any other branch, as I believe inter-service shit talking is stupid. I'm just mentioning my thinking at the time) I have been very lucky in not having to go to the sand box yet, because as my contract is about to end, and I am going active duty, I managed to stay here in San Diego by being accepted into a temporary B-Billet as a recruiters assistant.(until my papers and everything officially goes through for my transfer to Active Duty and reassignment to my new MOS on Dec. 1) My former unit was told they were to be deployed and started their work-up for it about 3 weeks later. (They are currently OCONUS, in a very sandy place) I got my degrees, met a lot of life long buddies, got some amazing and hilarious stories, met my soon to be wife, and learned a lot of new skills. I liked it enough to go Active Duty on a 5 year contract I just signed. Who knows, after that maybe I will stay in and finish out another 11 years so that I can retire.(@ 38) As for me and my duty/actions being worthless : My actions, and the actions of all service men and women currently serving and those who have served in the past are the reason you can do what you are currently doing. We have earned for you the right to bitch and complain and talk down to. In other countries you might post similar things and be woken up in the middle of the night by men in black and hauled off to a prison never be seen again, like the Taliban did to many who openly talking negatively about their rule. Our actions and ideals founded this country, and provide the rights that you so happily enjoy. You have the right to voice your opinion of the POTUS, and of our military, and anything else you may want to complain about. You have these rights because men and women have died to ensure that you get to do these things. And while on the topic of actions: What actions are you taking? Besides sitting on a computer and typing out whiny complaints while offering no realistic suggestions to better any of the things you complain about. Ending our military and removing all foreign bases ect.: What do you think would happen to you, and your rights if this were to happen? We would be destroyed. If you were to survive do you think the dictator and his new government would allow you to post such negative comments about them? As for every single country abolishing their military and living in peace, is a complete impossibility, and always will be. Even if everyone did it, one leader would eventually decide that America is a lot nicer than his country, and would break the peace treaty to rectify this problem of his. Once again, what do you think would happen to you if that happened. Let the world solve its own problems : Oppressed people are oppressed because they CANNOT solve their problem. That is why they are called oppressed. They do not have the ability to fight back and help themselves. It is therefor necessary for another nation or group of nations to step in. (That is a general statement, not referring to any specific/current conflict, so don't bother trying the "we went for oil, not to help the people of Iraq get rid of Saddam" crap) We must learn to love each other and not kill! With time the other countries will advance to the same notion. : Already covered this. As stated before, no, they will not. There will always be one(realistically hundreds, but I'll say one for the sake of this argument) that will decide we have nicer things and better resources and locations than he does, and he will then realize that we have no way of defending ourselves, and he can easily have all of our nice things for himself. The idea that we can all live in peace is a wonderful one, and one that would probably be supported by our fighting men and women more than you or any one else. But it is a pipe dream for reasons I just mentioned. If there is anything I didn't cover or you have any more questions post up and I will answer/discuss anything you wish, no holds barred.(as long as it doesn't violate OPSEC/PERSEC) Stay Classy. Edited October 18, 200816 yr by Captian
