Posted on 02/10/2009 6:30:47 AM PST by theruleshavechanged
"I'm nervous, scared," Cornell said, wiping puffy eyes beneath his sunglasses Monday at a Savannah hotel after a three-day bus ride from Seattle. "I'm just not a fighter. I know it sounds funny, but I have a really soft heart."
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That is why there is the Air Force...
I’m sure that’s not the only thing that’s soft.
I asked the same question.
Did this guy somehow think that he’d never be deployed to a dangerous place and never be faced with the possibility of combat?
Give him a general discharge and make him pay back the cost of his basic training.
That's okay, dude, the Army has plenty of latrines that need scrubbing.
Let me tell you how tough it was in the Air force...One time in the chowhall, we ran out of pumpernickle and had to eat marble rye! Now that is suffering!
My former Army Ranger/SF friends love that one!
At least he has two dragon tattoos! What a wicked cool guy!
How the heck does anybody get through his first visit to the recruiting office without getting some sense that the military is, fundamentally, about killing the enemy and breaking his toys?
And he smokes Marb Reds. . . bad ass!
I bet he cranks the Slayer and GWAR in his hotel room! He is friggen dangerous!
Maybe he didn’t ask, so they didn’t tell.
I think Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell has to be involved here somehow.
“I joined the OTHER Army, the one with the condos....”
Private Benjamin
He's not much of a man either.
I’m sure the 15 months the other asshat got for desertion plucked up his courage. the only being [I refuse to say person] this joker was worried about getting killed is himself.
All of these folks should be courtmartialed. Then shot.
My Air Force buddies and I would sit around laughing our a$$es off at all the Marines and Army grunts who had to live in tent city when on TDY while we sat comfortably in our hotel rooms watching TV and ordering room service...;-) Ahhh, that was the life...;-) (Of course that only happened on TDY, but hey, it was something to “rag” on the other branches with...;-)
When I was at the Presido of Montery, the marine barracks were next to the Air Force dorms. The difference was huge. They did take our beer vending machine out of our day room but we managed!
Remember - some of the first guys into Iraq and Afghanistan were Air Force Combat Controllers FACS and AF Special Ops. Not all AF jobs are safely behind the lines.
You willing take an oath, freely and without coercion, you see it through or you die trying. If you can't keep your word then you have no place among civilized people.
Keep him Canada and spare us another democrat senator or presidential candidate.
“That is why there is the Air Force...”
Not funny.
Colonel, USAFR
This Canadian says good riddance. It’s a slow process but we ARE giving these trash the boot.
...sprinkle in some tax problems and I see this guy as a future Obama appointee.
Lemme guess: “I just joined for the educational benefits, I didn’t think I’d ever have to go to war”.
STFU, pick up your gear and join the line, soldier. These folks make me wanna puke.
Colonel, USAFR
In Panama, there was family housing for Howard AB right across the street from the family housing for Ft Kobbe. Same houses, built the same year (mid-40s). Ours had central air, the Army’s only got central air right before the housing was turned over to the Panamanians (thank you, Jimmy Carter).
There were more requests for interservice transfer from every other service to the Air Force in Panama than anyplace else in the world. There’s really nothing wrong with treating your people well...
Colonel, USAFR
I play hockey with a lot of Marines, former and current. That is one of the things that I have heard over and over again. The Air Force just treats its people better.
I know...I passed the test in Basic Training to join the AF Special Forces Squadron, but chose not to. I did not have the mentality necessary for that lifestyle...
>> That is why there is the Air Force...
Maj. “Jody” Jones, my favorite instructor in Air Force flight school lost three of his friends in “Thuds” (F-105s) while flying over North Vietnam. They left 4 children behind (all now in their late 30s). Next time I see him, I’ll be sure to mention that.
They encouraged us to take the test for Pararescue when I was in basic. The TI explained that being a Pararescue specialist involved jumping out of planes, living in the jungle and eating insects. One guy from my flight took the test, but didn’t make it.
The guy is a coward with the IQ of a turnip. He wouldn't make it in any branch of the service.
Well then, it wouldn't slow down the bullets when you face the firing squad. I wonder if that'd make him live a little longer or make his death more immediate?
Then why did you join you idiot?
Cornell, the word is spelled: "P-U-S-S-Y".
This type of individual really disgusts me.
-S
Then why in the hell did you join the ALL VOLUNTEER Army if you are so soft hearted? What a putz. He is a typical liberal, turning himself into a victim.
All but one man died,
There at Bitter Creek Suckling Teat,
And they say he ran away...
Branded!
Marked with a coward's shame.
What do you do when you're branded,
Will you fight for your name run to Canada?
He was innocent guilty, Not Every charge was true, But And the world will never always know ...
Branded!
Scorned as the one who ran.
What do you do when you're branded,
And you know you're a man scum?
And wherever you go
for the rest of your life You must prove Everyone will always know ...
You're a man coward who ran!
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