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lastat06513
Joined: 18 Mar 2003
Location: Sensus amo Caesar , etiamnunc victus amo uni plebian
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 Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 5:55 am Post subject: What do you miss about the military? |
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I can say, alot of Americans that stay in Korea tend to have went to Korea while in the military.
I know there is alot that is good about being out of the military (no GI parties, no curfew, no rigid code of dress ot conduct) , but there is alot of good things that people might miss after they get out (PX, commissary, free-movies,etc).
What do you miss about the military after you got out? |
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pest2
Joined: 01 Jun 2005
Location: Vancouver, Canada
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| Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 6:28 am Post subject: Re: What do you miss about the military? |
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| lastat06513 wrote: |
I can say, alot of Americans that stay in Korea tend to have went to Korea while in the military.
I know there is alot that is good about being out of the military (no GI parties, no curfew, no rigid code of dress ot conduct) , but there is alot of good things that people might miss after they get out (PX, commissary, free-movies,etc).
What do you miss about the military after you got out? |
Wow, this is ESL cafe and yet since I was in the military-- Navy -- a long time ago, I can actually post on this one...
hmmm .... not too much to miss... I was on a ship so I guess travelling was the best part. I think people (like me) who always complain about Korea should go join the Navy and be on a ship for a couple of years to put things into perspective... 16-hour working days doing food service and other sh!t work, late night watches that break your 6 hours of sleep into two 3 hour periods, getting yelled at by people who cant count backwards from 10 to 1.
I do miss the Ocean. I miss the free AMC flights I used to get to Europe and Puerto Rico. I miss the money -- 30 grand -- I got and used to go to a good University without working while I went. |
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pest1
Joined: 09 Feb 2006
Location: Korea
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| Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 6:36 am Post subject: |
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| Pest 2, I think lastat06513 is referring to people who went to the military in Korea, not back home. Maybe you are too VOCAL as someone has pointed out... |
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Imbroglio
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: Behind the wheel of a large automobile
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| Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 9:18 am Post subject: |
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I miss the ports of call, the travel, and of course - the girl in every port.  |
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Mills
Joined: 07 Jan 2006
Location: Incheon
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| Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 11:35 am Post subject: |
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Being in the best shape of my life.
Plus shooting at stuff was fun too;
The most comfortable sleeping position ever...
prone behind a squad automatic machine gun. |
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I-am-me
Joined: 21 Feb 2006
Location: Hermit Kingdom
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| Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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I guess the thing i really miss about the military is being able to shoot people!!!!  |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 8:07 pm Post subject: |
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| Mills wrote: |
Plus shooting at stuff was fun too;
The most comfortable sleeping position ever...
prone behind a squad automatic machine gun. |
Yeah, shooting the machine gun was strangely soothing...and so was having a finger on the trigger of this toy.
I like to say I was trained to play video games.
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Col.Brandon
Joined: 09 Aug 2004
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 8:15 pm Post subject: |
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PEIGUY
Joined: 28 Mar 2004
Location: Omokgyo
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| Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 12:31 am Post subject: |
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| Well, when you ask your friends what did you do this summer and they tell you about how they hated their jobs etc etc. They ask you and I say I got paid to drive around off-road and shoot machine guns. Not a bad summer job to be honest.. |
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dulouz
Joined: 04 Feb 2003
Location: Uranus
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| Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 1:01 am Post subject: |
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I dearly miss the comradarie of fellow losers. I miss my old friends. I miss being drunk 7 nights a week. I miss the Sea Bees. I miss my boat that looked like an ugly ugly yacht. I miss LA. I miss surfing and hobie sailing. I miss the Baja peninsula. I miss the firing off large deisel engines. I miss running the generators. I miss the times when I, the boat's engineer, was called out of bed to tie knots the deck apes could not. I miss chipping paint, paint chips and chipped paint. I miss vast fields of rust. I miss gray paint. I miss the 3 roll overs of our pickup truck as it rolled down a lovely Malibu canyon road after an afternoon of heavy drinking and fist fighting. I miss the excitement of being in the back of the truck when it rolled. I miss my valley girl girl friends. I miss the salt aire. I miss being being at sea with no land for 300 miles in any direction. I miss captians mast and the subsequent head shaving that inspired a dozen other miscreants to shave thier head as well that in turn inspired an NIS investiagtion for "Skin Head Activity". I miss slam dancing at punk bars in Hollywood when my head was shaved. I miss this
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1. General Quarters - "This is not a drill, this is not a drill, General Quarters, General Quarters! All hands man your battlestations.....
2. Sweepers - "Sweepers, Sweepers, man your brooms. Sweep down all decks fore and aft. Sweep all passageways, ladderwells, and ......Take all trash to the fantail. Now sweepers."
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I miss the glow in the dark algea and how it illuminated the entire food chain in the props wake. I miss the ricey-ricey food the Pinoy cooks used to make. I miss changing light bulbs on the mast and fore structure. I miss tossing trash of the fan tail. I miss catching fish at 300 feet and having them explode when they came to the surface. I miss Anacapa island.
Well I don't really miss all these things, but I rememeber them fondly. Mostly, I miss the years I wasted in military. Never Again Volunteer Yourself. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 1:09 am Post subject: |
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| I was never in the military, but one reason to miss it would be the amount of leave you'd get. I'd conquer a foreign country if it meant I'd get a couple weeks extra off per year. |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 2:12 am Post subject: |
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| RACETRAITOR wrote: |
| I was never in the military, but one reason to miss it would be the amount of leave you'd get. I'd conquer a foreign country if it meant I'd get a couple weeks extra off per year. |
Canadian soldiers do get lots of days off (can't remember if it's 12 or 14 days off per month). The hours aren't too bad either if you aren't on a call out. Sign up with the reserves when you return to Canada if you're interested. Unless it's changed since I served, they won't send you on peace keeping missions unless you volunteer. You can also quit any time you like.
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SPINOZA
Joined: 10 Jun 2005
Location: $eoul
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| Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 2:22 am Post subject: |
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pest2
Joined: 01 Jun 2005
Location: Vancouver, Canada
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| Posted: Sat Mar 11, 2006 2:23 am Post subject: |
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1. General Quarters - "This is not a drill, this is not a drill, General Quarters, General Quarters! All hands man your battlestations.....
2. Sweepers - "Sweepers, Sweepers, man your brooms. Sweep down all decks fore and aft. Sweep all passageways, ladderwells, and ......Take all trash to the fantail. Now sweepers."
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Oh man! I totally forgot about sweepers! I got this, like, warm glowy feeling all over my body when I read that. When did you have to go to GQ when it wasn't a drill? We only had that circumstance a few times during a med cruise...
How 'bout, "This is the captain speaking.... that is all." Or, "mail buoy watch on the focsle" haha. |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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[quote="SPINOZA"][/quote
That's rather insulting, considering the subject of this thread. I joined for altruistic motives, to participate in peacekeeping missions. What concrete steps have you taken to promote world peace? |
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