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5/16/05 | Guard Dog

Posted on 05/16/2005 8:38:26 AM PDT by Guard Dog

I just read a post on conservative blog that stated few freepers were veterans (implication was that we were chicken hawks). Having conversed with many of you and met a few, I do not believe that is the case. But it did get me wondering, who among us is active or prior service veterans? Awright you freeper vets SOUND OFF!


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KEYWORDS: marinecorps; marines; military; psudeoconservative; usmc; veterans
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To: Guard Dog

LANG 92-98.

95B10

Of the Troops, for the Troops!

We exist for the sucess of our young, not ourselves.


341 posted on 05/16/2005 10:32:39 AM PDT by BayouCoyote (The 1st victim of islam is the person who practices the lie.)
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To: Guard Dog

U.S. Army
Active Duty 1992-1996
USAR 1984-91; 1997-Present

Attended Boston Public Schools, 1973-1984

I found the latter to be more harrowing.


342 posted on 05/16/2005 10:33:06 AM PDT by Airborne1986 (Well, You can do what you want to us, but we're not going to sit here while you badmouth the U.S.A.)
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To: Guard Dog

I was in the US Navy in the 1980s.


343 posted on 05/16/2005 10:33:12 AM PDT by Travis McGee (----- www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com -----)
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To: Guard Dog

Just a brat/slimy defense contractor so I guess that makes me a chicken hawk but at least I'm not a REMF or an arm-chair General.


344 posted on 05/16/2005 10:33:17 AM PDT by Theophilus (Save Little Democrats, Stop Abortion)
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To: Valin

In my four years in the A.F. I never knew anyone who made more than E4 in 4 years.


345 posted on 05/16/2005 10:33:37 AM PDT by Graybeard58 (Remember and pray for Spec.4 Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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To: Guard Dog
Ft Stewart, GA
Ft. Benning, GA
United States Army Support Group, Pan Mun Jom, S. Korea
Ft. Carson, CO
April 1975 - April 1979
medically discharged
Rangers Lead the Way
346 posted on 05/16/2005 10:33:39 AM PDT by MajorTom56 (Do it right the first time, every time)
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To: Guard Dog
It is not from DU, I do not post or even lurk there. If I wanted to vomit, I'd put my own finger down my throat. It's easier than reading the inane drivlings of people who actually believe they can create their communist utopia right here in my contry.

I have been looking for the words to express the feeling that came over me the 2 or 3 times I went there, usually through links on FR. Thank you for describing my sentiment.

347 posted on 05/16/2005 10:33:52 AM PDT by Just A Nobody
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To: Guard Dog

Marine Officer 1998-present
2 tours in Iraq (OIF I, II)


348 posted on 05/16/2005 10:33:57 AM PDT by TUAN_JIM (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: Guard Dog

USMC 81-93


349 posted on 05/16/2005 10:35:46 AM PDT by jonno (We are NOT a democracy - though we are democratic. We ARE a constitutional republic.)
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To: Guard Dog

U.S. Navy 1955-1959; Principal sea duty USS Hawkins (DDR-873)


350 posted on 05/16/2005 10:36:36 AM PDT by leprechaun9
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To: Guard Dog

Active Duty Marine here!
Desert Shield/Storm
Southern Watch
Enduring Freedom
Iraqi Freedom


351 posted on 05/16/2005 10:36:39 AM PDT by TheGunny
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To: Guard Dog

USMC 3/5 Heavy Machine Guns. 85-89. USMCR 90-92


352 posted on 05/16/2005 10:36:50 AM PDT by BBell
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To: Graybeard58
I'd puff up and start wheezing, precursor to anaphylactic shock. A shot of epinephrine would burn it off with the side effects of shakes and high rev hart rate. Anyways, I went on a therapy of increased bee venom injections and built up a tolerance such that I just get a dollar size welt. On the other side, I've developed a allergy to beer, 12 or 16 pints also ends up giving me the shakes. Oddly, MSM news does the same thing. Must be psychosomatic.
353 posted on 05/16/2005 10:37:52 AM PDT by Leisler (Eurabia, The Next Goat Continent.)
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To: Guard Dog

USAF '70-'77


354 posted on 05/16/2005 10:37:56 AM PDT by Balata
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To: baseballmom

I’m retired Army – 25 Oct 65 through 2 July 86. That included Viet Nam 1966-1968.


355 posted on 05/16/2005 10:40:47 AM PDT by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
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To: Darksheare

MarCorps Active and Reserve retired awaiting pay.


356 posted on 05/16/2005 10:41:04 AM PDT by xone
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To: Darksheare
Family:

Grandfather (Maternal) Us Marine - Fought in the battle of Tarawa and spent the rest of the time in the South Pacific

Grandfather (paternal) - US Air Force

Cousin - US Marine 8 years mostly spent in the Philippines

Cousin - US Air Force

Brother - US Navy CVN 71 USS Carl Vinson

Cousin - Army, currently deployed in Iraq.

On the other side of the family:

Grandfather (ex husbands Paternal) US Army

Grandfather (Ex husbands Maternal) US Marine

Cousin - Just graduated from the Air Force Academy

Cousin - Currently deployed in Iraq.

And many , many friends and loved ones in the service also. Most have been deployed with one or two tours and a lot of my friends these days are just returning home.

Gotta love a man in uniform.

I have a great friend who just returned home from Iraq in March and is being shipped out again in August.

Does this count? LOL

357 posted on 05/16/2005 10:41:21 AM PDT by Bethbg79 (God bless our Troops and their families!)
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To: Guard Dog

I was Navy 85-89 and National Guard 89-92. I served in Desert Storm. Member of VFW Post 9377.


358 posted on 05/16/2005 10:41:24 AM PDT by hildy123 (Navy)
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To: Guard Dog

USN, '81 - '84 Honorable Discharge


359 posted on 05/16/2005 10:41:35 AM PDT by Parthalan
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To: TheGunny
I was in a operation called "Thermal Gale". When I pointed out to a staff officer that in simple words it meant a lot of hot air I was told to keep it to myself. I think this incident, and maybe another or so, kept me from the fast track of Sargent Major of the Army, which is why todays Army vehicles don't have cigarette lighters.
360 posted on 05/16/2005 10:43:04 AM PDT by Leisler (Eurabia, The Next Goat Continent.)
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