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Gee, I would have served in the mid 80's but the best advice I ever got was given to me by my old man..... "Don't join anything you can't quit." Back then you couldn't give Marine boot camp a "test drive" and pack it in after a couple of days with no consequences like now. So, that being said and alot of deep thinking around the bonfire drinking a 6-pack, I decided not to join. Not because of a lack of desire to serve, there just wasn't any reason to go join, like there is now. Next best thing was join the cops, so here I am.
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HC, I agree with you...I haven't served in the military because, like you, there was nothing "big" going on and I had a good job when I was of age.
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Garda,
Good points but I chose not to enlist in the 80's because everybody knew that veterans preference was not being handed out and hadn't since 1975. Those who served in Panama & Grenada were Special Forces or other specialized units. Marines who were in Beirut were only a small fraction of the USMC. I am not sure of numbers, but only a very small fraction of the Armed Forces in this time frame saw actual combat. |
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Garda,
Please, please, PLEASE, don't link me to any Clinton-esque statements. Thems are fighting words in my book. Klinton had his chance to nip this whole terrorist thing in the bud but chose to ignore it. |
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