[Gay State Conservative]

But my best advice is to only go in as an officer.

In '69,during BCT,the Army wanted me to go to OCS.I turned it down largely because of the belief that the average life span of a Second Lieutenant in Vietnam was about two days.

Of course,things certainly might have changed since then.

[Ben Mugged]

In 1967 I turned down a cross-service commission as an Army 2nd Lt to fly rotary wings in Viet Nam (I was an Air Force Sgt). Average life span of a 'copter pilot was 10 missions. So they made me a gunner on a B52 instead.

[DuncanWaring]

the belief that the average life span of a Second Lieutenant in Vietnam was about two days.

Of course,things certainly might have changed since then.

I'm pretty sure the life expectancy of a Second Lieutenant in Vietnam is longer than two days now...

(Ducking)