[quote]Irish Muscle wrote:
dollarbill44 wrote:
CaliforniaLaw wrote:
Dedicated wrote:
Not taking anything away from the 82nd as they are hardcore Airborne Infantry, but many guys go through their ranks. It’s not the same as someone claiming their part of Seal Team Six or Delta Force.
I agree. But the OP is enamored with the idea. So rather than debating whether they are “hardcore” or not, it’d be better to help him determine if the guy is a fraud.
The OP is the one who said he doesn’t “fit” his own impression of what an ex paratrooper should be. But, aren’t we talking about this kid doing a background check on a potential lifting partner? Are you fucking kidding me??? How many of partners does one go through before the age of 25 anyway?
By encouraging this kid to file a fucking formal request for a guy’s personnel file is stupid and is just plain old wasting taxpayer dollars for a frivolous request. Not to mention, I find it to be deceitful on the OPs part, especially after he wrote how he has to have an open and honest relationship with his lifting buddies (give me a break).
And I still don’t see what being 82nd has to do with being a good lifting buddy.
DB
DB, thi is the first time i seen you annoyed.
Therefore i arrive at the conclusion that you are ex military.
so can i be a pest and ask you which branch you served in, and wer you spec ops.
if you wernt then ignore my post.
actually ignore it any ways, its really non of my bussiness im sorry.
ah crap just tell me
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I admit, I’ve been cranky lately - must be adrenal fatigue.
I spent a total of 12 years in the Army (+4 ROTC). I didn’t do anything heroic, didn’t serve in any combat zones and I didn’t even do very much active duty time - I will be upfront about that so that no one accuses me of making outlandish claims. But I did get to do some pretty cool things and experience a lot of things that most people nowadays don’t get to experience.
My MOS was 91B - Tank/Materiel maintenance officer, although my first assignment was a staff officer. Then I moved on to a transportation company, then as a training officer in the reserves before resigning my commission. Most of my time served was spent with senior officers and NCOs from the Army and Air Force.
These men and women had very diverse backgrounds - from Vietnam search and destroy missions and recon patrols to combat jumps in Panama to “field-testing” and “recovery” of experimental munitions during Desert Storm. The nature of my jobs was that there was a lot of downtime to talk to many different people and hear some of their stories. Some were the typical crazy guy eating glass stories, some were eye-opening and others were pretty emotional for the story-tellers.
For example, one Colonel, during his retirement lunch, opened up and told us a story about Vietnam that he had never spoken about, not even to his wife of 30 years. It was something that he needed to get off his chest and get some closure. It was a profound and somber moment, to say the least.
So, maybe you can understand when I get a little worked up over some jackoff who thinks he owes it to himself to pry into a guy’s past, which should be private imo, because he wants proof of the guy’s military service before he asks him for some fucking training advice.
This is probably the last I’ll post on this thread because I think I’ve now said my peace and have devoted too much time on this subject already. I’ve got to get back to the Sex and Male Animal thread to pester some kid who wants to know what it feels like to have sex with a real woman.
DB
