Posted on 03/21/2008 10:19:58 PM PDT by Judith Anne
I've heard several times that B. Rocko Bama's Rev. Wright served as a Marine.
Does anyone have any idea when or where he served? What kind of discharge he got? Did he get any medals? In other words, I am starting to wonder.
Right, evidently after his two years active duty in the Marines, he went to school, became a cardio-respiratory tech, went into the Navy and served at Bethesda; was serving when LBJ had heart surgery, and got 3 presidential commendations.
I was just wondering, since the B. Rocko campaign mentions “Marine” so much when talking about Wright, what and where his Marine service was.
How can it take 2 years to make PFC? My daughter made PFC by the time she got done with Parris Island boot camp.
I think PFC is E2 which is exactly one step above recruit. Upon graduation from boot camp in the Navy, everyone was moved to E2. Most everybody made E3 in the Navy without problems. In the Marines, I believe an E3 is a Lance Corporal, not an automatic advancement.
So the guy’s a Marine. So was Lee Harvey Oswald. Not much difference that I can see.
Wright just killed Obama's chance to become president.
I went in with a husband-of-three-years...who also enlisted at the same time.
In basic training—from a bay of 40 recruits—I would guess that the lesbian to hetro ratio would have been about 5/40...or 1/8.
Loose women would have been a ratio of about 8/40...or 1/5.
The rest of us had various reasons for enlisting. Not the least of which was to do our part.
Not everyone made it through: One broke a leg, one got pregnant, a couple couldn't make it through the physical demands, and a couple didn't have the psychological stamina to make it.
My husband went through basic at the same time I did (Men and women were separate back then.); but I don't know what his ratios were.
We weren't all sluts, and we weren't all gay...but I do have to admit that I did encounter some prejudice for my military service at the time. I didn't care because I knew me.
Well, as I said above, my father’s strong aversion to my enlistment, because of his viewpoint about military women, is what kept me out in 1965.
In my experience, things have changed a lot, and from my son’s Army experience in the 90s, there were a number of very respectable, very competent women serving.
In my family, the tradition is, women do not enlist, men do. So far, that’s the way it’s been...
And on behalf of me and my family, thank you for your service to our country.
That was also my family tradition. I broke it.
My father’s acceptance was only due to the fact that I was entering with a good husband.
Well, I was 17, no husband in sight for another 5 years. :-D
He was a corpman involved I think in providing food. But don’t remember where I heard that.
opps, strike that.
Thanks. I remain curious, since so much mention has been made of it.
I was older! In fact, I was the second oldest in my bay.
I wish you could have had the experience. It is one I treasure.
One of my son’s biggest laments is that he is unable to serve due to medical issues.
Thanks, Bannie, I wish the same. I thought of working at the nearby base, Ft. Leonard Wood, and I also thought of working at DOD in Iraq after my husband died, but the rheumatoid arthritis I have now disqualifies me, as far as I can tell.
It’s “Corps.” The “s” is silent.
INBN
E-2. Better get to the honing wheel yourself.
Well, I’m used to the Army.
E-1 = Private (PVT)
E-2 = Private (PVT)
E-3 = Private First Class (PFC)
I got PFC out of bootcamp for having college hours; Most people start at E-1, or Private. I think it takes 6 months of breathing to get promoted to PFC. There a lot of reasons why it could take longer, like PFT failure, disciplinary action, etc. However, I never knew anyone who took two years.
As a rule, if a person served honorably, his military service should be off limits for criticism. This simple protocol not only honors the service of those with whom Freepers might disagree on political questions, but it also avoids creating the appearance that modern conservatives are nothing more than pajama clad wannabees.
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