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Just a thought in my older age no one talks about
swlf ^ | October 4, 2022 | knarf

Posted on 10/14/2022 10:03:24 AM PDT by knarf



TOPICS: VetsCoR
KEYWORDS: memories; swlf; vanity
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To: NFHale

That’s good to know, my friend! Glad to have you on our side!


141 posted on 10/15/2022 5:41:50 PM PDT by Howie66 (Let's Go Brandon!!)
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To: Howie66

I had an old Black master sergeant tell me back in 1976 at Fort Riley that one reason the American Army had troubles in Vietnam was because the young soldier boys would smoke that marijuana and go to sleep when they were supposed to be on watch. Others told me that it was better to have alcoholics than pot heads.


142 posted on 10/17/2022 6:06:47 PM PDT by Monterrosa-24 (To the barricades !!!)
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To: knarf
1975-1986 Aviation Swabbie. Did not experience direct combat, but many months at sea being chased by Soviet subs and surface ship looking to pick a fight. Us Cold War warriors lucked out.

Minor gripe of mine. Why were us Cold War service personell excluded from wearing the National Service ribbon? Did we not serve our Nation? A recruit just passing boot camp can now wear that ribbon. I find it an insult to the thousands of military folks who protected the US from the Soviet machine and other threats.

143 posted on 10/25/2022 11:05:16 PM PDT by A Navy Vet (USA Birth Certificate - 1787. Death Certificate - 2021. )
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To: vortigern

You’re not alone


144 posted on 10/26/2022 7:17:48 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true . . . I have no proof, but they're true.)
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To: A Navy Vet
I enlisted in '65 at 17 and I have it.
145 posted on 10/26/2022 7:20:14 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true . . . I have no proof, but they're true.)
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To: EEGator

When did he date her? Before the movie The Truth about Cats and Dogs?


146 posted on 11/02/2022 8:29:51 AM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: knarf

USAF 1972-79


147 posted on 11/11/2022 2:28:42 AM PST by Tennessee Nana
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To: knarf

Gunboats ‘68-’69. Mainly Danang.

Got over it. I think the PTSD diagnoses make it worse. The drugs they give the vets increase the suicides. They dont reduce the problems at all.


148 posted on 11/29/2022 12:01:44 PM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: knarf

USN ‘75-’81 missed most of the conflicts, first of the “all volunteer navy”. No ptsd, no purple heart, not much to show for my active duty.


149 posted on 03/02/2023 10:32:31 AM PST by exnavy (Grow your faith, and have the courage to use it.)
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To: exnavy

I was in, I got out . . . it was the late 60’s . . . I got and stayed pretty high and “satisfied”


150 posted on 03/02/2023 12:46:29 PM PST by knarf (I say things that are true . . . I have no proof, but they're true.)
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To: knarf

Military lifestyle not for me.


151 posted on 03/02/2023 12:51:50 PM PST by exnavy (Grow your faith, and have the courage to use it.)
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To: Howie66
Apparently we were fighting the wrong enemy. Pogo was right.


152 posted on 03/02/2023 1:03:57 PM PST by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: teeman8r

Sometimes if you ask the wrong questions you get the wrong answer.

The correct question to ask about Vietnam is:

Who benefited?

Once you figure that one out everything else makes sense.

Spoiler alert:

.....

Deep State and the military industrial complex....

Everybody else was played—just like they are today.


153 posted on 03/02/2023 1:12:14 PM PST by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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To: exnavy
I enlisted at 17, the perfect age to get military experience (imo)) and I'm glad I did it . . .

'65 - '68 were incredible years in America and only 20 at discharge, and mimi skirts up to HERE . . . . welllll

154 posted on 03/02/2023 1:17:34 PM PST by knarf (I say things that are true . . . I have no proof, but they're true.)
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To: knarf

I was 19 at enlistment, Jan 8, 1975. Couldn’t buy a job in Flint, mi. So it was good for me. I matured, had steady work. Traveled to 19 countries. I grew increasingly unhappy with active duty, very happy to get out in 1981. I now live on the west coast of Michigan. Now i have 3 successful grown children, 8 grandkids, a wife that loves me and stands by me. Life is good.


155 posted on 03/03/2023 4:10:02 AM PST by exnavy (Grow your faith, and have the courage to use it.)
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To: gitmo

I couldn’t agree more strongly with that.


156 posted on 03/03/2023 4:50:59 AM PST by Howie66 (Let's Go Brandon!!)
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To: blueunicorn6

IMO, Viet Nam was an example of how far the US (a member of the now-defunct SEATO) was willing to go to fight communism even though it was unwinnable - ask the French. That the US then under SEATO and its desire to create the mega-MIC despite all the kickback is eerily similar to the Ukraine and NATO now.

The only difference is that we haven’t sacrificed 50,000+ of our men and women - yet. We’re only killing DOLLARS - dollars that could have been put against a lot of homegrown problems.


157 posted on 03/03/2023 5:01:04 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: EEGator

I concur with menopause destruction.


158 posted on 03/20/2023 10:24:43 AM PDT by mcshot (If we're the best of the bunch we're in trouble.)
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To: tet68

When I got out of the Navy in ‘71 (includes one Nam tour on gunboats) just about everyone was antiwar. The news media (them again) were running a campaign depicting Vietnam Vets as ticking time bombs. I learned to never mention my service at parties because many people would quietly shun you.

Fast forward to today. No one in my age group was against vets. Isn’t that amazing? That’s what they say. I remember it differently


159 posted on 06/07/2023 11:04:47 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: knarf

USAF 71 to 80.
Spent time in Thailand, slinging radar jamming pods on F4s. Linebacker II was lotsa fun...
Got the “Greetings” letter two weeks after heading for AF basic. Too Late Guys.


160 posted on 06/25/2023 10:25:25 AM PDT by dagunk
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