what's truly fucked up about that, is that I "encouraged" my 2 older sons (22 & 24) to join the military - the Air Force more specifically, because I didn't want them following in an Infantryman's foot steps in these fucked up times.
They're doing well...one's an A-10 Mechanic and the other is an Intelligence analyst. We will have the talk about separating from the AF when we are together again in person
God...that's truly the fucked up thing right?! Dude, for my whole time in, I was too busy training my guys, deploying, fighting, redeploying without really thing about "the why"
I really didn't get "woke" till a year ago when I retired which is a bit pathetic...if it had been earlier, I might have been a conscientious objector...lol
man...such a great and inspiring reply brother. I think my, and other Vets' struggle now understanding we were really serving the interest of elitists and not our freedom.
I'm not saying we didn't kill some bad people over there, but it seems pretty clear now that we over there for other reasons.
I appreciate your last point about not letting it "eat me alive" - I do try, but fuck...this is just a doomer day for a lot of us so it gets pretty hard.
thanks pede, but definitely not. I've got twin 14 year old daughters at home and I'll never make my dad legacy a person who "tapped out" too early.
many do, no doubt. But I'm not giving up on this president who has done more to bring the military home than any other in my lifetime. I'm not losing hope yet.
dude...such a great point. It feels like any servicemember who would take part in taking back our country domestically, would be doing more to protect our freedom since WWII.
God, and to think about all of the places overseas, the money spent, etc - what could we do with those resources if we pulled them all back home.
I told myself and my family I'd never carry a gun again because I've seen the impact. Since covid, I purchased my own AR, dialed it in, and purchased a bunch of ammo in reserve.
I still don't want to carry or shoot a gun, but for fuck sakes how can any of us allow what's going on to move forward.
bro...I'm not throwing in the towel til the 20th so I hope all options are on the table.
I still find it hard to believe that DJT, knowing the corruption, the connections to the CCP, the fraud, and the fact that we will never peacefully get our country back with a bden presidency would not exhaust every means available to stop it.
Great point brother (or sister). I think there was a time USA was the defender of freedom and democracy, but in recent years, the real motive of war was hidden by the MSM and politicians under the guise of "freedom"
It's frustrating as fuck, but that's the way I've come to believe it.
What's crazy fellow grunt, is that I had no clue WTF was really going on. In fact, I didn't even get into politics until after DJT was elected - I couldn't believe it because the MSM kept saying how bad he was.
If you think about it...our job was to train, deploy, redeploy, and over and over again....I didn't have time to get into politics.
I really didn't understand wtf was going on until after I retired because I had time to figure shit out. I got to tell you, if I knew then what I knew now, I would've been much less comfortable with deploying.
As a recently retired infantryman, with a lot of mech infantry time, I can't tell you how many times I loaded bradleys and abrams onto/off of trains to ship them to NTC (desert training), overseas to germany/iraq, or even to exercises in southern colorado to save gas.
Unless you get an actual tip on where they're going, you can assume it's for one of the things above.
Sorry to be a downer...I want military intervention more than anything right now.
great point, brother. I now work for a Veteran non profit who helps Vets/Spouses with employment. Each time one tells me they want to work in Defense Contracting, I cringe because I know what they are supporting