good news / bad news
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BeardofPants
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As much as I am (and always will be) against this war, my thoughts go out to those on the frontline.
rrfield
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Re: re : good news/bad news
From what I can tell, a lot of people who enlist in the military don't have an opinion one way or another about the war because there isn't much they can do about it, they just follow orders.
My brother and many of his friends went into various branches of the military. Most, if not all of them, went in because it's a guarateed job for 3-5 years out of high school and it gives you lots of options once your original enlistment is over. My brother, for example, probably couldn't have gotten into college, didn't have the grades. He did, however, work on cars. He enlisted and now he's a tank mechanic. He is working on certifications (ASE?) while stationed in Germany. He was second in his AIT class, the first time he really ever did well in any type of school, probably because he was interested in what he was learning.
I don't remember hearing a political word come out of his mouth. Ever. He doesn't want to go to Iraq though, and he's not alone, but he will because at this point he doesn't have a choice. He will do whatever is asked of him, and do it well, because that's the kind of guy he is.
rrfield
breaky said:that really bites.... i just hope they believe in what they are doing, it's only when you start to doubt what is right that everything starts going wrong and all turns to poo, and you end up shit creek without a canoe
From what I can tell, a lot of people who enlist in the military don't have an opinion one way or another about the war because there isn't much they can do about it, they just follow orders.
My brother and many of his friends went into various branches of the military. Most, if not all of them, went in because it's a guarateed job for 3-5 years out of high school and it gives you lots of options once your original enlistment is over. My brother, for example, probably couldn't have gotten into college, didn't have the grades. He did, however, work on cars. He enlisted and now he's a tank mechanic. He is working on certifications (ASE?) while stationed in Germany. He was second in his AIT class, the first time he really ever did well in any type of school, probably because he was interested in what he was learning.
I don't remember hearing a political word come out of his mouth. Ever. He doesn't want to go to Iraq though, and he's not alone, but he will because at this point he doesn't have a choice. He will do whatever is asked of him, and do it well, because that's the kind of guy he is.
rrfield
