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Re: Requiem for an IDIOT
Author: Counterpoint
Date: 01-09-2012 - 17:41
NOT [..CSX..] Wrote:
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> Who needs a "clue" - when one has actual
> experience! - a genuinely successful experience in
> the military! (four years, 2-1/2 in Nam)
Three years, one in South Korea.
>
> It ain't that hard to make military life work to
> your own benefit.
Started out as a PVT left as an SP5.
> But it's you losers that didn't
> (and still don't) have a clue.
> Like much of life
> anywhere else, it's all about attitude. And the
> understanding that the world don't owe you a
> living; you get that in exchange for something of
> worth - like hard work and determination.
In a way, this is true; but, unless you were in a different military than I was, your career path, despite all your hard work and determination, was ultimately determined by a clerk who needed to fill a spot.
> Military life may be quite spartan, full of high
> expectations, duties and work ethic;
You DID serve in a military other than the one I served in! I swear, "high expectations"? "Work ethic"? There were none of this anywhere I served, absolutely none, from the time servers to the career people. We had a POL dump in S. Korea that never had fuel. Work ethic when you can't fuel your truck? One of my company commanders whined because the back window of his Saab cracked!, that was his worry, not the company.
> but that is
> all it takes for anyone to be successful in the
> military.
During my 3 years, the only things that mattered to my fellow soldiers were booze, B girls and who got the clap.
> They take care of all the rest FOR YOU
> - including meals,
I remember the mess hall lifer who was caught substituting powdered milk for the real thing,
> housing,
yeah, right
> and all the training
> in life skills and the trades that you could ever
> need;
> to secure a good future when you are
> discharged.
Yep, big honking demand for cannon cockers, and gun bunnies.
>
> Only idiots, slackers, and troublemakers couldn't
> make a go of it! But then, such losers never
> quite get a clue anywhere else either, because of
> their foul attitudes - just keep on acting stupid,
> sluffin off, and makin trouble for everyone.
>
> - And Whining!
>
>
> Me - I've got all the clues I ever needed - to
> succeed and be happy. So it's your turn to get a
> clue!
GI Bill, college degree and a 40+ year career.
Frankly, brother, I compare your essay to my experiences and observations of military operation gained over 3 years of service and I am lead to believe that either you weren't in the Army (maybe you were "lucky" and got into the Air Force), or that you based your essay on an Army "Be all you can be" commercial. Your essay sure doesn't reflect reality!
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> Who needs a "clue" - when one has actual
> experience! - a genuinely successful experience in
> the military! (four years, 2-1/2 in Nam)
Three years, one in South Korea.
>
> It ain't that hard to make military life work to
> your own benefit.
Started out as a PVT left as an SP5.
> But it's you losers that didn't
> (and still don't) have a clue.
> Like much of life
> anywhere else, it's all about attitude. And the
> understanding that the world don't owe you a
> living; you get that in exchange for something of
> worth - like hard work and determination.
In a way, this is true; but, unless you were in a different military than I was, your career path, despite all your hard work and determination, was ultimately determined by a clerk who needed to fill a spot.
> Military life may be quite spartan, full of high
> expectations, duties and work ethic;
You DID serve in a military other than the one I served in! I swear, "high expectations"? "Work ethic"? There were none of this anywhere I served, absolutely none, from the time servers to the career people. We had a POL dump in S. Korea that never had fuel. Work ethic when you can't fuel your truck? One of my company commanders whined because the back window of his Saab cracked!, that was his worry, not the company.
> but that is
> all it takes for anyone to be successful in the
> military.
During my 3 years, the only things that mattered to my fellow soldiers were booze, B girls and who got the clap.
> They take care of all the rest FOR YOU
> - including meals,
I remember the mess hall lifer who was caught substituting powdered milk for the real thing,
> housing,
yeah, right
> and all the training
> in life skills and the trades that you could ever
> need;
> to secure a good future when you are
> discharged.
Yep, big honking demand for cannon cockers, and gun bunnies.
>
> Only idiots, slackers, and troublemakers couldn't
> make a go of it! But then, such losers never
> quite get a clue anywhere else either, because of
> their foul attitudes - just keep on acting stupid,
> sluffin off, and makin trouble for everyone.
>
> - And Whining!
>
>
> Me - I've got all the clues I ever needed - to
> succeed and be happy. So it's your turn to get a
> clue!
GI Bill, college degree and a 40+ year career.
Frankly, brother, I compare your essay to my experiences and observations of military operation gained over 3 years of service and I am lead to believe that either you weren't in the Army (maybe you were "lucky" and got into the Air Force), or that you based your essay on an Army "Be all you can be" commercial. Your essay sure doesn't reflect reality!
