[familyop]

"Never served in the military, did you? If you had, it wouldn't seem so stupid, civilian."

That's certainly right. Hundreds of times in platoon formation at attention saluting the flag during the Anthem afforded many moments to think about the history and my older relatives and friends who served.

Reminds me. I've been meaning for years to call my second cousin (door gunner in Nam) that I enlisted to be a 12B in the Guard at the age of 31 to follow him, my dad, my uncles and the rest of 'em. Never was quite mobilized (plenty of shots, alerts, briefings, etc.), but I was ready in a Superior Unit for 6 years (and a seventh year in a lax combat heavy unit with the REMFs). ...finally decided to take the honorable discharge and try to earn more money (not many good, steady jobs for enlisted combat type guardsmen back then).

I didn't give my life, but I did my duty and put up with a lot of crap from civilians for it (pushed out of a university English program by an instructor who was a state N.O.W. president because of the obvious haircut and bearing, family difficulties that started while I was in the field and at schools, already mentioned employers, etc.).

[wku man]

I hear you throwing out a bunch of military terms, but none of it makes any sense."Lax combat heavy unit"? "Superior unit"? What the hell are those? I spent 11 years in boots, and my father did 31 years before me, and neither of us have ever heard of such animals.

And why would REMFs be in a "lax heavy combat unit"?

I think you're just making sh*t up to sound like you served. Maybe you had some family or friends you picked up a few words from, but I seriously doubt you know what any of them actually mean. Sure smells like civilian poser bullshit to me...

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!