[T.B. Yoits]

What a stupid schmuck. When Rob (and I) were of the age to do so, nothing was going on in the world.

Nothing going on...

The United States Coast Guard has patrolled coastal and inland waterways continuously, for defense, policing, and rescue.

We've had active overflight surveillance missions since WW2.

We have an active military engagement between South and North Korea since the 1950s.

We've had nuclear missile silos staffed and at the ready since the beginning of the Cold War.

Rob Schneider was born in 1963. Lebanon was 1982-83. Grenada was 1983. Honduras was 1983-1989.

[Fledermaus]

When did you serve?

[Dr. Sivana]

Rob Schneider was born in 1963. Lebanon was 1982-83. Grenada was 1983. Honduras was 1983-1989.

I was also born in 1963. I was a Freshman in college during Grenada. But the whole time things were touchy in both El Salvador and Nicaragua. I had entertained the idea of joining the Air Force if we were going to take care of the Sandinistas. There really wasn't the political will to have a draft level deployment made during that era.

[Eastern Shore Virginian]

The Coast Guard was under the Department of Transportation. It was boat safety, rescues, and police work. (It’s the cops).

Surveillance missions? Sitting in Oklahoma or Fort Riley not looking at much at all. Blue skies and tornados.

Korean deployment? 90% running around like you would in Oklahoma or Ft. Riley, but with a high chance of bringing home an exotic STD.

Nuclear missile silos? Running around Oklahoma or Ft. Riley and maybe reading about one in a National Geographic at the post exchange.

Lebanon? One of those “peace keeping missions” that had no purpose and never intended to have a purpose?

Grenada? Grenada? 7,600 US military invaded an island of 90,000 non combatants. There would have been more as everyone in the military wanted to take off their barrel blank caps and finally do something other than run around Oklahoma or Ft. Riley just to say they saw war. The Grenadians loved us and now October 25th is their national Thanksgiving Day for the US showing up. 10 days total and the soldiers in Oklahoma or Ft. Riley might have even missed that if it happened they were too interested in their Nat Geo silo stories.

Honduras? We’ve been mucking around there since the 1830’s. Not only did the soldiers in Oklahoma and Kansas not heard of the place, not many of the 2 million US service members could tell you where it was on the map.

Rob’s just fine.