Military Retirees
Wednesday, February 27, 2008 by WOM | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Looking at another thread got me curious.
Who is retired from the US armed forces. Which one and from, to.
US Army...feb. 1969-Oct 1989....20 3/4 years.
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messiah1
Reply #22 Friday, February 29, 2008 11:42 AM
Jarhead, Bait, Bullet Sponge...I've heard them all.
Sticks and stone may break our bones, but you'll still call us when you need stuff blowed up. 
Reply #22 Friday, February 29, 2008 11:42 AM
Messiah1, we had 2 names for marines Jarhead & Bait
Jarhead, Bait, Bullet Sponge...I've heard them all.
Sticks and stone may break our bones, but you'll still call us when you need stuff blowed up. 
Philly0381
Reply #23 Friday, February 29, 2008 11:48 AM
Reply #23 Friday, February 29, 2008 11:48 AM
messiah1, what's that make of tools slogan, "The right tool for the right job".
WOM
Reply #24 Friday, February 29, 2008 2:31 PM
Reply #24 Friday, February 29, 2008 2:31 PM
I heard that for shit details, the Navy calls in the Marines. Also, if they were worth their salt, they would be a branch of their own, not part of the Navy.
Also, if they were worth their salt, they would be a branch of their own, not part of the Navy.
messiah1
Reply #25 Friday, February 29, 2008 10:19 PM
You can't expect those nancy's to get their dungarees dirty. If we were a branch on our own, who'd chauffeur us around to all the shit details. Plus, when an enemy sees Navy ships coming they're like "ooooh, not the Navy". Then they crap their pants when a batallion of Devil Dogs hit's the beach looking for a fight. If you've never seen a Marine amphibious assault, you've missed a fantastic display of military prowess. I may be biased, but only a little.
Ronny said it best:
"Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world, but the Marines don't have that problem."
There's a reason we're the "first to fight".
Reply #25 Friday, February 29, 2008 10:19 PM
I heard that for shit details, the Navy calls in the Marines. Also, if they were worth their salt, they would be a branch of their own, not part of the Navy.
You can't expect those nancy's to get their dungarees dirty. If we were a branch on our own, who'd chauffeur us around to all the shit details. Plus, when an enemy sees Navy ships coming they're like "ooooh, not the Navy". Then they crap their pants when a batallion of Devil Dogs hit's the beach looking for a fight. If you've never seen a Marine amphibious assault, you've missed a fantastic display of military prowess. I may be biased, but only a little.
Ronny said it best:
"Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference in the world, but the Marines don't have that problem."
There's a reason we're the "first to fight".
WOM
Reply #26 Saturday, March 1, 2008 8:50 AM
Reply #26 Saturday, March 1, 2008 8:50 AM
Hum, I wonder why! 
But I don't remember any Marines hitting the beaches on D-Day. Just those puny islands in the war pacific.
But I don't remember any Marines hitting the beaches on D-Day. Just those puny islands in the war pacific.
sleepydawg
Reply #27 Saturday, March 1, 2008 9:50 AM
172 division Alaska.WWW Link
We trained Airborne and Marines. Seen em both break down and cry. We ain't scared of nothing. (Except maybe Cyborg Skinners)
Reply #27 Saturday, March 1, 2008 9:50 AM
and the Army is scared of us.
172 division Alaska.WWW Link
We trained Airborne and Marines. Seen em both break down and cry. We ain't scared of nothing. (Except maybe Cyborg Skinners)
pmulcahy11b
Reply #29 Saturday, March 1, 2008 10:30 AM
Reply #29 Saturday, March 1, 2008 10:30 AM
US Army 1983-93 -- mostly as a 11B Infantryman, and about half of that Airborne. Medically retired at 100%. My hair's still military short, I'm as fit as I can manage to be, which is nowhere as much as I'd like to be. I still miss the Army -- I wanted to join since I was a kid, and fought to avoid being retired out. (Figured I could at least do paperwork or something!) Though I think that Bush's invasion of Iraq is probably the absolutely stupidest thing any American president has ever done, I'd still rather be there than here on the sidelines. I can understand how Prince Harry feels...there's a lot of reasons why a person enlists, but you actually fight for your buddies.
That said, no one should be ashamed if they haven't served -- not everyone is cut out for military service. Everyone has their strengths and weaknesses. My brother is regarded as one of the best legal researchers in the Southwest US, he's in charge of everyone at his firm except the lawyers themselves, and his boss pays him enough and gives him enough benefits that he's sliding into the lower levels of the upper class. He's not cut out to be military -- but he should be damn proud of his accomplishments. (I can't convince him of that, however!)
Civilians can't understand what it is like to be military -- it's not that they are bad, they just don't have any frame of reference. I can't really understand the kinship my mother feels with fellow Holocaust survivors -- it's the same thing. I don't have the frame of reference to even begin to imagine what she survived. It does anger me when civvies criticise the military for who they are, though -- they're blabbering about something they know nothing about, while acting like they actually do know what they're talking about. You just have to think of them as you would any other know-nothing, and go on.
That said, no one should be ashamed if they haven't served -- not everyone is cut out for military service. Everyone has their strengths and weaknesses. My brother is regarded as one of the best legal researchers in the Southwest US, he's in charge of everyone at his firm except the lawyers themselves, and his boss pays him enough and gives him enough benefits that he's sliding into the lower levels of the upper class. He's not cut out to be military -- but he should be damn proud of his accomplishments. (I can't convince him of that, however!)
Civilians can't understand what it is like to be military -- it's not that they are bad, they just don't have any frame of reference. I can't really understand the kinship my mother feels with fellow Holocaust survivors -- it's the same thing. I don't have the frame of reference to even begin to imagine what she survived. It does anger me when civvies criticise the military for who they are, though -- they're blabbering about something they know nothing about, while acting like they actually do know what they're talking about. You just have to think of them as you would any other know-nothing, and go on.
killajosh
Reply #30 Saturday, March 1, 2008 11:07 AM
Reply #30 Saturday, March 1, 2008 11:07 AM
I was raised in the military...Army brat. My grandfather was in the Army (WWII and Korea), my father was in the Army (Vietnam). My brother was in the Army (medical discharge -blew his knee out heli-jumping).
I wanted to be the smart one. Being a "bullet sponge" just isn't my cup of tea.....
I have a great respect for our military, and find it rather insulting when people disrespect the people who serve their country. Where would we be without the brave soldiers who defend our freedom???
I wanted to be the smart one. Being a "bullet sponge" just isn't my cup of tea.....
I have a great respect for our military, and find it rather insulting when people disrespect the people who serve their country. Where would we be without the brave soldiers who defend our freedom???
Philly0381
Reply #31 Saturday, March 1, 2008 11:38 AM
pmulcahy11b I couldn't agree with you more. There are many ways a person can "Serve Their Country". Unfortunately there usually are only a handfull of folks that ever make that commitment, yet everyone at some time will need the help that the few volunteers provide.
But a little off subject. Come on you military retirees, we know you are out there!
Reply #31 Saturday, March 1, 2008 11:38 AM
That said, no one should be ashamed if they haven't served -- not everyone is cut out for military service.
pmulcahy11b I couldn't agree with you more. There are many ways a person can "Serve Their Country". Unfortunately there usually are only a handfull of folks that ever make that commitment, yet everyone at some time will need the help that the few volunteers provide.
But a little off subject. Come on you military retirees, we know you are out there!
BONEHEADdb
Reply #32 Saturday, March 1, 2008 12:29 PM
Reply #32 Saturday, March 1, 2008 12:29 PM
Army 1972-1975. The war ended while I was in basic training. I spent most of my time at Fort Carson. Got paid for camping in the rocky mountains. Easiest job I ever had, wish I would have stayed for 20 now.
63 foxtrot: Recovery and Evacuation(tow truck driver)
63 foxtrot: Recovery and Evacuation(tow truck driver)
precedented
Reply #33 Sunday, March 2, 2008 10:06 AM
Reply #33 Sunday, March 2, 2008 10:06 AM
I spent 4 years in the Army. Did basic & AIT at Ft. Knox and was stationed at NTC for the rest of it all. If I could go back, I would have done more years. Unfortunately, I suffered from extremely poor leadership the whole time I was in, and it spun me out. I went into it with every expectation to put in 20 years. I never would have made it for 20, because I've got messed up feet (metatarsalgia pes planus [deformed bones and tightened muscles]), but I'm sure I could have managed 8-10. I was a 45E (no longer an MOS): M1A1 Abrahams Tank Turret mechanic. Of course, at NTC, I became a diesel mechanic, working on those M551 Sheridans. ha ha NTC was great fun. Hardly a day goes by that I don't miss it.
highlander
Reply #34 Monday, March 3, 2008 10:45 AM
Reply #34 Monday, March 3, 2008 10:45 AM
US Navy, 1975- 1979, not retired but I still get disablity checks every month for a shipboard injury. One word for the marines (jarheads), thanks for guarding out gates so very well!
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Reply #21 Friday, February 29, 2008 10:43 AM
Messiah1, we had 2 names for marines Jarhead & Bait