Military?

Both my parents are in the force.I'm in JROTC and when i'm finished with high school I'm going into the air force as a 2nd Lieutenant.The military will pay for my college education then I'm going to be an engineer.

The traveling part is the best! In just a few short years I was able to go to Alaska, Japan (every base there at least once), England, Diego Garcia (a tropical island in the Indian Ocean), Russia, and several other places. I was also suppose to go to Hawaii but that trip got canceled at the last moment after an "unwanted incident" between Japan and the United States.

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

Funny timing on this thread, just yesterday I was telling my g/f the story of the day that I was promoted to corporal and received my blood stripes ... if you were in the corps you know what I'm talking about ... ouch!!!!! :P

Semper Fi Marine!

-adam

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LOL do you want the rank or the experiance ?????

Adam do you remember which yellow foot prints were yours?????

Im in the Air Force right now, only been in for 1 year and a half.

My husband is a Lt. Col. in the AF and has been in for 17 years now. (We got married right before he went active, so I've been "in" that long, too. ;) ) He leaves for Afghanistan for a six month tour this fall/winter. I'm gonna miss him like crazy, but I also know that his heart is to serve his country and he would be so disappointed if he didn't go. There just aren't words to express how proud I am of him....not to mention how much respect I have for every man and woman who serves our country, and the families that let them go.


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Well i was born into the air force. my dad joined before i was born. he did 21 years. and in the 18 years i lived with him we have been to mississppi, north carolina, japan, new mexico, and wisconsin. and than when i turned 18 i joined the air force. i served for 6 years. and in that time i have been to saudi arabia, the united arab emerets, and to cyprus. man those were some fun times and i do miss them. but i'm glad i did it i taught me so much.

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U.S. NAVY 1988-1994 (Dang I'm old). 3 deployments to the Gulf (Desert Shield, Desert Storm, Desert Watch) Went to work for Lockheed-Martin (We were Martin-Marietta back then) after I got out and still with them. :salute:

Have never been in the Military but my prayers and heart goes out to them everyday.
Doesn't matter what your political beliefs are we all MUST support our people/military who risk it ALL for our freedoms!

Thank you and God bless :salute:

weekend warrior here, deployment likely to happen soon.

I am just curious about some thing. I know since I served I have changed my view on a great many things. I am just wondering to the people who have served did your views change after service one way or the other. I first and foremost want to say I don't want this to turn into a political debate :colbert: or a clash of views in any way. I have found most people believe how they believe and its a waist of breath to split hairs over it. My dad is a Doctor, I could have stayed in collage and pulled up my grades. I decided I didn't want to do collage right then. I enlisted in the Navy, I wanted to work on jet and more so than anything serve my country. Well I ended up with Helicopter but I sure got to serve my country, oh by the way Forget about jets for me Helicopters are one of the most amazing piece of equipment ever invented. Anyway in the Military I did well for myself and could have stayed if I wanted. I needed to go I was getting married and I was going to see my kids grow up. I have a deep sense of patriotism to my country and its people not my government anymore. I was just wondering if I was alone there. I am not just talking about how bad Iraq is going either it way deeper than that.

Chuck