Posted on 05/08/2021 6:12:59 AM PDT by euram
I said different circumstances. Sorry, didn’t intend to mislead you.
But the way WBZ-TV covered it, you’d think that John Dillinger had just been captured.
Pardon me for tailgating, but I’m quite sure some might see this as an attack on Veterans. As a vet myself, I don’t. I retired, yes, and as a result I get some pretty lucrative benefits and have been since 2004.
I know others who did the same, but took it even further. Seemingly healthy, they found ways to claim anywhere from 10% disability for virtually nothing, to much higher percentages. These grabs were blessed by the military with a wink and a nod, and were quite often the result of nothing more than lack of exercise, bad diet, genetics, etc. Not battle.
Also frustrating, to me, is the concept that a guy who does 4yrs, mostly forward deployed in hot zones, gets virtually nothing when they leave at the end of their service, but a 20yr desk jockey gets the same benefits I do. Not their fault, just the system.
And don’t get me started on the politics of it all. When I left in 04, the victim mentality of some of our troops was infuriating. Though, I will say, the quality of our troops was getting better on average.
Back to the story - This boot camp escapee will get no accolades. When he’s done with his sentence though, expect to see him on a street corner with a cardboard sign that says “Homeless Vet, Please Help” where he will be quick with a war story, for a buck.
Nah...they'd likely transfer him to Officer Candidate School.
We had a guy in basic cry when the Drill Sergeants yelled at him to get off the cattle car. From that day on he whined about wanting to go home. He was excluded from training and placed on KP or CQ everyday.
Each passing day he got madder and madder because he wanted to go home, so he started stirring up trouble. He tried to start something with me, so I smeared a half jar of extra strength Icy Hot on his shower shoes.
It was epic.
The reaction of the hot water and the Icy Hot on the bottom of his feet and between his toes and the resulting 2 hour smoke session from the Drill Sergeant was well worth it.
He was gone two days later.
Sounds like you are the kind of veteran that I could admire.
The Dan Rather method.
The Germans walked all over everyone in the first two years of the war.
Thanks to them getting a lot of their supplies from the Soviets at that time. Soviets were perfectly happy with the Nazis when they were invading France and bombing Britain.
“Could of just said he was gay”
In the new Army isn’t that an automatic promotion to Corporal?
The post commander is a good example of the morons being promoted to flag rank in the services.
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