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10-23-11, 04:27 PM
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Re: The military service thread
I been around the Army almost all my life, my dad was in the army until late 2008 was in Iraq in 02-03, I was going to go in 02 but had a change of heart when i met my husband who is in the army now for 8 years and going overseas early 2013 
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10-23-11, 05:31 PM
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Re: The military service thread
A few people in my family served. Air Force mostly. 
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10-23-11, 06:21 PM
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Re: The military service thread
I got a grand father severed in armored, father and 2 brothers served in Infantry, I served in Navy for 2 years.
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Last edited by infernalis; 10-23-11 at 06:35 PM..
Reason: corrected spelling
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10-23-11, 06:56 PM
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Re: The military service thread
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I got a grand father severed in armored, father and 2 brothers served in Infantry, I served in Navy for 2 years.
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Thank you. For serving that is.
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10-23-11, 07:08 PM
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Re: The military service thread
I was all ready to join the Marine Corps. had already been talking to a recruiter and everything when I was 17. When I sat down and told my family about it my mom looked at me and pretty much said in not so many words if I joined she would disown me. Her father served and she swore she wouldn't never let her kids serve. I was upset she wouldn't let me do what I wanted with my life but I stayed home because a relationship with my mom is more important then anything. Now that I'm 3 years older I'm actually glad that my mom stopped me. Not only have I become extremely ill in the past few years and service would have been horrible I never would have met my fiancé or started my reptile collection. When it all comes down to it everything happens for a reason and I was obviously meant to stay home. I have the utmost respect for anyone who serves no matter what country it is it takes a truly brave person to do it and I thank you all for your service. In my mind every soldier should be saluted and treated like royalty but really the US government screws over a lot of ex-soldiers and don't help them and not enough people respect them. I have multiple friends who have done tours and currently have a friend over in Afghanistan. Anyone who is a soldier is my hero.
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10-23-11, 07:17 PM
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Re: The military service thread
Where is randyrhodes? this is his kind of thread...
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12-06-11, 12:36 AM
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Re: The military service thread
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Where is randyrhodes? this is his kind of thread...
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Here I am 
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Sadly my father was messed up in Vietnam, so he was a poor example of a parent.
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Sorry you had to go through that. I can only imagine, but I think I can do so with a decent idea of what kind of hellish toll that would take on a kid. (or soldiers wife, oops  )
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A true love story...
My Grandfather on my biological dads side was a serviceman during WW2 and his unit liberated one of the Nazi death camps, He fell for Anastasia (My grandmother) who was scheduled to be gassed.
Her only crime was being Estonian. They got married in Europe and she was automatically granted US citizenship.
I used to love listening to her talk, she had the sweetest accent, the way she rolled her R's was really cool to listen to.
They were together all the way to the end.
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That's a beautifull story Wayne. Reminds me of Enemy at the Gates, only way more romantic and rare.
2-506th Infantry Band of Brothers, CURRAHEE!!! Haha....
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12-06-11, 07:12 AM
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Re: The military service thread
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good to see your back mate
cheers shaun
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10-23-11, 07:25 PM
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Re: The military service thread
I had someone on my mom side in a Germany army in ww2 that went MIA still don't know what happend to him.
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10-24-11, 06:29 AM
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Re: The military service thread
Wayne,
Thank you so much for splitting the threads. That was very touching.
Jenn,
Hang in there love. I know it's hard and it gets harder before it gets easier. I use to turn the volume on my PC to full blast, fall asleep with the speaker next to my ear, just incase my husband was able to log in and message me. I still get heart flutters when I hear the AOL sign on noise. The memories are bitter sweet. Bitter because we spent so much time apart, fearing when (if) we'd get to hold each other again, and Oh - So Sweet because we may have lived our days separately, but we lived them for sole chance to talk at the end of the day. We still have all the letters and emails we wrote when he was over seas.
Everyone else,
I love seeing the support you have voiced and the stories you have shared. The good and the bad. It means a great deal to the long timers. And I thank you on behalf of all our Service Members.
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10-24-11, 06:46 AM
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Re: The military service thread
We have a young man here on the forum who was shot in Afghanistan, He has stories to tell...
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10-24-11, 06:48 AM
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Re: The military service thread
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We have a young man here on the forum who was shot in Afghanistan, He has stories to tell...
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99% of my friends are Military and sometimes they make me cry like a baby. Other times it takes years to get them to open up and those are the worst [stories].
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11-20-11, 04:22 PM
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Re: The military service thread
I just watched WW2 in HD.
Spectacular. I was weepy eyed through most of it.
Bizarre thing is I felt for the casualties on all sides.
Germany was all but destroyed because of the ideals of ONE MAN, and a good percentage of the Nazi soldiers (many committed suicide) were only following the orders handed down to them.
Same with Japan, The residents of Hiroshima & Nagasaki did nothing wrong, but their entire cities were obliterated. Dropping the nukes was a necessary military strategy, and all I can say is I am forever thankful for our modern technology that permits "surgical strikes" to military targets with minimal collateral damage.
This is a fantastic recount of one of the worlds darkest hours.
See it if you can. It's soul stirring.
Much of it was narrated by the recently deceased Andy Rooney.
Andy Rooney dead at 92 - CBS News
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11-20-11, 04:30 PM
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Re: The military service thread
You should feel for the losses of both sides. It doesn't matter what side they were on it's someone who was lost (a Son, Father, Brother, Husband, ect)
Like you said it Wayne it's because of one persons idea's that so many good people were lost.
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11-20-11, 05:30 PM
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Re: The military service thread
The sheer history that was destroyed during times of war is sickening.
England still has some rubble piles that used to be castles and historical structures that were knocked out by the Luftwaffe and buzz bombs.
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