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Stinky The Clown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 06:36 PM Original message |
Veterans: What motivated you to join? |
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Islander Expat (180 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 06:44 PM Response to Original message |
1. I joined Uncle Sams canoe club to get the hell out of Pasadena Texas |
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HardWorkingDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. Needed a job, college loan payback and afraid of heights... |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
3. I didn't have money for school, |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 07:07 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. Same here |
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hootinholler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 07:13 PM Response to Reply #11 |
14. From one non degreed IT professional to another: |
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magellan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 07:34 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. And from one Kucinich supporter to another |
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Toasterlad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 07:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
12. Me Three. |
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BobRossi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
4. Enlisted 1971 USAF |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
5. I joined in '66 |
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HardWorkingDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 01:15 AM Response to Reply #5 |
25. You are a special person.... |
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sampsonblk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
6. I didn't have money for school |
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NYVet (822 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
7. My grand-dad fought in the 2nd World War |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
8. In 1969 Iwas 19, 1-A and my number in the lottery was 98. |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 07:02 PM Response to Original message |
9. It was my chance to get away from my family and go somewhere |
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lynnertic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 07:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. I joined for similar reasons. |
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Doc_Technical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 07:03 PM Response to Original message |
10. Considered joining Air Force or Navy after High School. |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 07:17 PM Response to Original message |
15. thank you for your service |
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sarge43 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 07:37 PM Response to Original message |
17. I signed on with Uncle's Balloon Corps because |
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dogman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 08:20 PM Response to Original message |
18. Seemed inevitable at the time. |
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Squatch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 08:26 PM Response to Original message |
19. It was my sense of duty that got me to sign, it's my sense of duty that keeps me in. |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 08:35 PM Response to Original message |
20. No job. No home. No chance of college. Facing the draft. And, false advertising. |
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Bigmack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
21. 1962... |
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Tierra_y_Libertad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 09:12 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. "You'll beee soorrrrryyyy!! |
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Release The Hounds (341 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 09:10 PM Response to Original message |
22. I didn't want college or a factory job |
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rasputin1952 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-11-07 11:39 PM Response to Original message |
24. To be honest, I had screwed up a perfectly good life... |
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HardWorkingDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 03:33 AM Response to Original message |
26. kick...nt |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-12-07 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
27. 1963. Looked for the best deal I could find. |
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