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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: I'm a 22 year old Airman. [View all]VulgarPoet
(2,872 posts)14. Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen, hell, as much as we shit on 'em
even the Coasties. Sure, the military's got it's own bucket of issues that to be honest with you, I didn't know about coming in. What kind of recruiter's gonna tell you "oh yeah, there's currently a rape epidemic going on and the JAG docket's almost always filled with heinous shit" straight out of the gate?
But at the end of the day, it was the choice I made for my future. I can't stomach the idea of voting for the antithesis of what I was taught, no matter how many people harp on that it's just what's "practical", or that "everybody's doing it".
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I think that is precisely WHY the OP cannot vote for someone who is FOR all those 'wars' that have
sabrina 1
Feb 2016
#38
Good for you, neither have I. And couldn't agree more with your OP which is excellent.
sabrina 1
Feb 2016
#45
Hey, MM--my dad was a 19-year-old enlisted airman at a little base called Pearl Harbor,
tblue37
Feb 2016
#67
"You mean wipe it with a cloth?" Well fuck us for giving a shit what you do with public property.
whereisjustice
Feb 2016
#23
Bernie has the Veterans, they are in fact a big part of the driving of his campaign. Repubs, Dems,
sabrina 1
Feb 2016
#40
Sembach reopened as an HQ/admin location for Army Installation Mgt Command
bigbrother05
Feb 2016
#69
The problem with military sloganeering is it doesn't apply all that well even in the military
Major Nikon
Feb 2016
#81