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OK..........I didn't put down anyone. I was simply asking for information. Never said it was bad to be motor T...had lot's of friends in my bootcamp platoon that went motor T. That hit close to home, did it?. As for publicly dressing down a LCPL. Seen it done many of times...when he deserved it.
I started out as an enlisted man, 0311, so don't give me that smarmy O's vs E's BS.
As for the BIO,I put a heck of alot more on it than you did yours. I took it down because it had alot of personal info and someone suggested that it was too personal. I've got small kids, so I'd hate to have some Internet pedophile get near 'em.
You started with the name calling. What I did was, after reading you berate people about not being able to disagree with you because they hadn't been in a combat zone, asked you to enlighten us on your experiences in a combat zone. Instead of informing us to the validity of your position, you started with the condescending personal attacks. I admit it: I took the bait and responded in kind. No more.
I'm willing to bury the hatchet Coop, because if we don't, this will go 'round and 'round, and round' and both of us will look like idiots.
I tell ya what...I'll apologize. No reciprocation expected nor requested. I was wrong to treat ya like one of my upstart LCPL's because, well, you are not. Plain and simple. I lost my cool and acted inappropriately.
From now on, I'll write to you and about you with common courtesy even if I disagree.
I want to nip this feud in the bud because it's the right thing to do. As both former Marines, it should be us against "them", not us at each other's throats. Obviously you could not have gone nine years in the Corps and be a shitbird. I was just trying to push your buttons and, if I miss my guess, I must have hit a few.
I don't expect you to reciprocate, but, even if you don't, I'm not going to let this nonsense go on.
Zack

I started out as an enlisted man, 0311, so don't give me that smarmy O's vs E's BS.

I read your profile, Doc, as well as several comments of yours directly worrying about how high someone had progressed in the ranks. But I wasn't the one earlier in the thread focusing on the officers/enlisted dynamic.

OK..........I didn't put down anyone.

Sure, whatever you say.

motor T. That hit close to home, did it?

Not particularly, although I did have a HMMWV license.