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Military!!!
Just thought i would throw this out there and maybe get some good feedback. Just wanna see who served and if you went to war at any point let us know. I did 6 months over there and lost a wife over it......she wasnt cut out for it. I'm an Air Force guy but all my respect to anyone who is/has worn the uniform and served.
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From: Back in Ft Bragg, NC
13 years in the Army. I've done two tours in Iraq and one in Afghanistan since Sept 11. I'm pretty lucky becuase my wife has stuck with me through them all. I've been gone a lot more than I have been home the past 4-5 years. I think after you get the first tour over it gets easier for the wife becuase they know what to expect. Anyway hopefully I'll get to spend at least a year at home this time, we'll see. Sorry to hear about your marriage. I have seen it happen to a lot of good friends in the past few years.
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Did my time in the Navy.
And to all you guys/gals over there in Iraq thankyou for your time, and dispite what
you here the majority of us Americans are with you all the way. RED WHITE & BLUE.
And to all you guys/gals over there in Iraq thankyou for your time, and dispite what
you here the majority of us Americans are with you all the way. RED WHITE & BLUE.
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From: Drummonds, TN USA
20 and out, USN. Been around the world, seen a lot of stuff, put up with a lot of things no civilian would, got to the top of my trade, and wanted my TACO BELL!
I would not have missed it for anything...
It can get old after a while, but you learn to make stuff happen.
I would not have missed it for anything...
It can get old after a while, but you learn to make stuff happen.
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US ARMY from 89-93. 8 months in saudi/kuwait for operation desert shield/storm( we should have finished the job then,regardless of political pressure to leave) and 14 months in Korea a year after that. 
If I had stayed in,i could retire in 3 years,that is my only regret.
If I had stayed in,i could retire in 3 years,that is my only regret.
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8 year Seabee during the Regan era - nobody really foolish enough to mess with us during that time. FEX (field exercise) combat training was cool, I got to shoot all kinds of weapons, M-16, M-60, M203 grenade launchers and LAW rockets with some memorable tank and armored vehicle 'kills' on the target range. The closest I got to real action was guarding aircraft at the airport in Antigua during operation "Urgent Fury" a.k.a. the Grenada invasion. Best we could tell the biggest threat was either crazed rastafarians with machetes climbing the airport fence or hormonal 17 year old females with loaded M-16's on our own side. Maybe the girls scared off the rastas....
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well,Bikerwithtruck,you would have thought I was "cool". I carried an m16 with the m203 grenade launcher attached,and frequently shot the squad's m60. didn't get much action with the .50 cal,but what little I shot it,i enjoyed
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Originally Posted by cjben
well,Bikerwithtruck,you would have thought I was "cool". I carried an m16 with the m203 grenade launcher attached,and frequently shot the squad's m60. didn't get much action with the .50 cal,but what little I shot it,i enjoyed