For you pundits that pontificate your unique world view
based upon your military experience or political viewpoint.
Here’s your own thread.
Enlighten us!!!
dave & gloria said:As a US Navy Ballistic Missle Submariner, let me just say we can drill thru glass almost as easy as sand and rock....... :)
For you pundits that pontificate your unique world view based upon your military experience or political viewpoint. Here's your own thread. Enlighten us!!!!
If you throw out the yarn, I will spin it into something…
I had a 33-year long career in the Army, but fortunately I personally can’t talk about any of it.
You CAN read about some of it in two books though.
As for politics, I leave that to politicians, but am always aware of a congressman’s advice to his son, who was also making politicing his career.
‘Son’, he said gravely, ‘a career in politics is based on mutual trust, loyalty and sincerity. The most important aspect is sincerity, and if you can fake that, you’ve got it made.’
tac
Ottawa Valley GRS
Terry A de C Foley said:
I had a 33-year long career in the Army, but fortunately I personally can't talk about any of it.You CAN read about some of it in two books though.
As for politics, I leave that to politicians, but am always aware of a congressman’s advice to his son, who was also making politicing his career.
‘Son’, he said gravely, ‘a career in politics is based on mutual trust, loyalty and sincerity. The most important aspect is sincerity, and if you can fake that, you’ve got it made.’
tac
Ottawa Valley GRS
TAC,
As in “Watch my lips!”
Sincerity eh!!!
…and there is silly old me thinking they get elected because they buy their way in.
I am Sooooooo disillusioned.
Tony, what’s the difference? It was sincere money…
I had a 2 year career in the Marines as a basic rifleman. Then I became enlightened and joined the Navy and became a Hospital Corpsman (medic to the dogfaces) because I thought that “Doc” had an easy job. I forgot that when the Gunny called for a break on the forced march and the rifleman got to sit down that “Doc” had to go around checking for blisters. Gunny’s signal to Saddle-Up was when “Doc” finished taking care of the blisters and sat down. Silly mistake. Still, it was fun to keep the fact that I was also a Marine a closely guarded secret. It made them wonder… “Where did “Doc” learn to shoot like that?”
I did that for about 9 years, then shifted over to the gray side of the Navy and served aboard “shooters” for another eleven years. I put in my papers because I decided that I didn’t want to make a career of it.
Most of the stories that I tell happened ashore. I can’t talk about what we did, either. Mebbe some day, if I still remember.
Wife, “Where did you go?” Sailor, “Out.” Wife, “What did you do?” Sailor, “Nothing.” This doesn’t make for romantic talk around the candlelight diner. Perhaps that is why so many sailors are so good at the “Sea Story.”
My official story is that during my 22 years, there were 14 or 15 official gunfights, and even though I was on the pointy end of the spear for 20 of those years, I didn’t get invited to any of them. That is what I call a highly successful military career.
madwolf