I'm not surprised.
The armed services lie to recruit people
Where are the republicans now?
"ultimately I think the burden of proof is on those who are vocal supporters of this war and this President. If I counted myself among them, I'd certainly think long and hard about joining. During World War II, men and women rushed to enlist regardless of money, career, family, or draft. People are needed right now, and if you think Iraq is an important part of the war on terror and thus vital to our national security, anything else is just conversation. Period."
Saddle up chickenhawks, or are you too cowardly? Yeah, I thought so.
Seriously, if you promoted this war, argued with your friends and family for it, then what the fuck are you waiting for? An engraved invitation? Here's a bunch of them for you, now get going.
The armed services lie to recruit people
Where are the republicans now?
"ultimately I think the burden of proof is on those who are vocal supporters of this war and this President. If I counted myself among them, I'd certainly think long and hard about joining. During World War II, men and women rushed to enlist regardless of money, career, family, or draft. People are needed right now, and if you think Iraq is an important part of the war on terror and thus vital to our national security, anything else is just conversation. Period."
Saddle up chickenhawks, or are you too cowardly? Yeah, I thought so.
Seriously, if you promoted this war, argued with your friends and family for it, then what the fuck are you waiting for? An engraved invitation? Here's a bunch of them for you, now get going.
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I'm going to try to make it out if I can get D's sister to watch the kids. So we'll see.
It doesn't matter if I score over 150 on my IQ tests...not being able to finish a 1.5 mile run in 12 minutes excluded me from the Air Force Academy. A pair of broken ankles that didn't heal quite right as a kid did me in.
I talked to an officer recruiter in 2003 and was well on my way to joining...then cancer struck.
My father served 20 years in the Navy. I have an uncle currently serving in the Air Force. Another uncle served in the Navy around Vietnam. A third uncle spent 20+ years in the Air Force. My paternal grandparents both served in the Air Force - my grandfather joined when they were just splitting off from the Army Air Corps and became one of the first recruits to work his way up to the highest enlisted rank of Chief Master Sargeant. My maternal grandmother just retired as a court reporter for the Air Force. My father-in-law is a high ranking officer at the Pentagon.
Military life is in my blood. I've never been pressured to join any branch of service, but I've always wanted to serve. In fact, I was in talks with the Navy to get me into one of my dream jobs working at the NSA when the whole fucking cancer issue came up. That officially killed the last hope I had of military service.
I can bust my ass and eventually work through the pain in my ankles long enough to get my physical scores high enough. There's shit I can do about lymphatic cancer.
I've known many people who would give up their current jobs for military support roles, but even stateside military personnel must pass the physical requirements.