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Fire_Marshall_Bill said:

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d2d said:

I agree and apologize. My service is nobody's fucking business in here. I am very aware of the above law. I personally lobbied my reps to get it passed. I also filed two criminal complaints against 2 persons who never spent a day in uniform.

Too bad challenging somebody's service without evidence is not against the law.

I am done discussing my military career in here. I also will no longer disparage AZFuck's Reserve/Guard/Girl Scouts/Whatever service. I thank him for his occasional service to our country.

AZDuck said:

Okay, this is how it goes. You get an orangutan. I’m not talking a little monkey or some dancing chimp bullshit, I mean a fucking orangutan. Don’t ask me how you’re gonna get a fucking orangutan, because that’s not my problem.
So the orangutan’s name is Clyde. This is non-negotiable; all orangutans are named Clyde. I don’t know why that is, it’s just how the world works. So you and Clyde become man (and ape) about town. You’re seen everywhere together, you make the scene. You and friends go out in big groups. You talk loud, you laugh louder. Every time you say something witty, you high-five the orangutan. The town begins to buzz. It gets back to her. “Did you know the guy with the orangutan?”, “You used to date the guy with the orangutan?”, “Why would you break up with a guy with an orangutan?”. Next thing you know she’s calling.
“I’m hoping we can still be friends. Wanna hang out sometime?”
“Geez, I dunno; me and Clyde were going to go to monster truck race tonight (orangutans love monster trucks). In fact, the whole social calendar seems kinda full. I tell you what, I’ll make a little note (what was your name again?) and maybe I can squeeze you in. Oh well, you know my number so don’t be a stra– Hey, look at the time! I gotta skate, Clyde’s making Mojitoes.”
At this point, the upper hand is yours. You can let her twist in the wind, you can draw her back into your life at the pace you decide. Whatever, it’s your life. But if you’re a smart man? You slowly phase her back in. You’re IM-ing. You’re talking on Live. You get invited to family functions. You bring Clyde, he becomes like one of the family. You’re one big Brady Bunch.

AZDuck said:

Fuck off.

[To SPC Jeremy] Church, there was no distinction between the Reserve and active-duty components since everyone was on the same mission.

"It's nice to know that great people have your back," he said. "I guess someday my children or my grandchildren will see this and be proud."

CPL Hutchinson, then a private on personal security detail, earned the Silver Star in 2008 by placing accurate and effective fire on insurgents while in a convoy heading to a forward operating base in Afghanistan.