Originally Posted by junkyard racer

mind elaborating on this? im a retarded Marine and don't quite get it.

calling it like it is?
What have you called?

Forget there are sill people in harms way?
No one forced them to be there....

empathize...
again, no one is there forcefully, and at the end of there contact, they can get out. People are enlisting, re-enlisting, and actually...the military is paying perfectly good troops to get out...

Originally Posted by Joseph Davis

That's a retarded question. You don't join the military to not go to war, or to make subjective morality judgements of government or military policies.

Originally Posted by dtrain

so your telling me iraq is full of volunteers.....right....if your in the military...and general blowcock says...we're going to iraq....are you telling me that i can stand up and say " i dont wanna...i just wanna stay here" then major suckdick says....thats ok...you can stay here.....


tell me this...if your commander told you that you have to go to the front lines of iraq but you want to stay in japan....what can you do? honest question.

Originally Posted by junkyard racer

I just got back from talking to the "career planner" and they offered me this:

1. I can go to Mainland Japan.
2. I can take my wife, and our little doggie.
3. I cant get a different job, but if I stay in the job I have right now, they will give me a $6900 sign on bonus (before taxes)
4. and I will probably be in a non-deployable unit meaning I would stay in Japan.


dam, i scored huge.

the only part I dont like, if I re-enlist, they could possibly send my back to Iraq now.

Originally Posted by junkyard racer

Also, i would bypass going back to iraq. hopefully
(as of right now, no round 2 for me in iraq)

Originally Posted by junkyard racer

read the link below...its worth it.

http://www.military.com/NewsContent/...ml?ESRC=dod.nl

might not be a bad idea to enlist if you are worried, this is what happened before Vietnam. They tried to increase the military personel numbers, but no one enlisted, so they resulted to the draft. If you enlist, they will give you the GI Bill, possibly a bonus....
-a draft, you would get shot at, then a discharge, and thats about it.
-If you enlist, you can pick your job...pick something that will keep you somewhat safe. Be a mechanic or something like that. Then when you get out, you've been a mechanic on desiel vehicles for 4 years, who wouldnt wanna hire you for some decent pay?-plus you have a GI bill to furthur your edcuation. thats what Im doing. Im going to Wyo Tech in Oct of 2005, for 100% Free.

-draft, your gonna go to the front lines. You weigh out your options...

-Im a Marine. Ive been to Iraq. Been shot at, returned rounds, kicked some arab ***... Wanna know anything, ask me.

Originally Posted by junkyard racer

is there a problem? I'll ------- kick your *** like I did Iraqi's. ---- you.

Come home or die? Ive been there, and would love to go back.

Originally Posted by junkyard racer

I only know of one person who works ATC, and he works on Kadena. Capt Owens though...that rings a bell for some reason. Ive seen that name somewhere...
I work at the group building back by the Armory. I don't work the flightline.

So I was right then. 06-Comm, 03- Grunts, 02, intel.....I didnt guess MP's though. Speaking of MP's, theres a gate guard on Kadena...a japaneese guard, shes SMOKIN!

I would be pissed had I gotten out and forced to come back in, but I think its kinda funny....almost all of my Marines in my old shop WANTED to go to Iraq. 95% begged me to go. "If you hear of anything, put me on the list"......and yet they report on the news "due to people not vol. to go, they have to do a recall"...thats horse ----. Marines dont join the Marine Corps to sit on their ***. 95% of Marines beg to deploy. You know that as well as I do.