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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 04:18 PM Original message |
DUers who never served in the military: Do you think you could have survived it? |
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Luciferous (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. Nope, I also have issues with authority... and I wouldn't like being told |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
2. You'd be surprise who can make the cut. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 04:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. This is true -- however I also remember reading about Jerry Garcia in the military |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 05:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. A general is one notch down from an honorable. |
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Kali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 04:39 PM Response to Original message |
3. physically I probably could have in my late teens early 20s |
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GoCubsGo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 04:54 PM Response to Original message |
4. Not so sure. |
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Rhythm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
5. I wanted it bad... but i was unapologetically out, and this was pre-DADT |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 05:00 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Man you think about how many missed opportunities due to DADT |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 05:32 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. A lot of good people were thrown out, too. |
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some guy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
8. Dunno, probably not. |
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mysuzuki2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
10. Sure, millions have survived the military. |
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MrScorpio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
12. I'm about as much of a loner as you can get and I lasted 22 years |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 08:02 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. Just about the same story here |
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JonLP24 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
13. I don't think it is a big deal |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
14. Sure, as well as anyone else. |
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Tuesday Afternoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 05:55 PM Response to Original message |
15. yes. n/t |
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rrneck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 06:42 PM Response to Original message |
16. I was told once |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
17. No; I dislike every hierarchy. I hate notions of authority. |
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Tom_Foolery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
18. Probably... |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 07:04 PM Response to Original message |
19. No, I can't stand being around people all the time |
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femmocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 07:14 PM Response to Original message |
20. No, I was too rebellious when I was younger. |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
21. Only as an officer. I have long wished I could have done so, but the allergies and asthma said no. |
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Bladian (308 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
22. Nope. |
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Bladian (308 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 08:00 PM Response to Original message |
23. Nope. |
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nolabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 08:12 PM Response to Original message |
25. I was just an Air Force Brat. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jul-08-11 08:14 PM Response to Original message |
26. I assume you mean enlisted |
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