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And you for yours. We should bang. Soon.
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Gotta admit. Everytime someone says that to me for reelz, I am really uncomfortable. For one, I didn't have it as tough as the vets before me. We all have our own experience, but fuck, I wasn't in Europe for 4 years, or freezing on the Chosin Reservoir. For two, I got paid a lot of money (once Bush became president, fuck off) to do what I did. As a Senior Field Grade my take home was more than most of anyone I know.... And I didn't get taxed when I was in theater. And, I liked it a lot for most of my career. It was really cool. So getting thanked seems a little doogish. The taxpayers paid my salary, m college degree, and my graduate degree. People are being nice, I get that, but.... @Swaye @AZDuck @CFetters_Nacho_Lover you got me on this?
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I was in the Clinton years. We didn't get paid shit! Even worse, we never had enough to train properly.koopdog said:Gotta admit. Everytime someone says that to me for reelz, I am really uncomfortable. For one, I didn't have it as tough as the vets before me. We all have our own experience, but fuck, I wasn't in Europe for 4 years, or freezing on the Chosin Reservoir. For two, I got paid a lot of money (once Bush became president, fuck off) to do what I did. As a Senior Field Grade my take home was more than most of anyone I know.... And I didn't get taxed when I was in theater. And, I liked it a lot for most of my career. It was really cool. So getting thanked seems a little doogish. The taxpayers paid my salary, m college degree, and my graduate degree. People are being nice, I get that, but.... @Swaye @AZDuck @CFetters_Nacho_Lover you got me on this?
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Agree, brother. i got out in 99 because of that shit. Totally agree. "do more with less" is what we heard. They did away with Right Arm Night (taking your NCO to the O Club) reinstituted the fraternization policy. Didn't support Mogadishu with armor or Bradleys (fuck me. seriously?) Went to work for corporate America for 3 years. Was mobilized in 03 and my salary had shot up 20K, and we had cool shit and a professional Army again. I get it.DeepSeaZ said:
I was in the Clinton years. We didn't get paid shit! Even worse, we never had enough to train properly.koopdog said:Gotta admit. Everytime someone says that to me for reelz, I am really uncomfortable. For one, I didn't have it as tough as the vets before me. We all have our own experience, but fuck, I wasn't in Europe for 4 years, or freezing on the Chosin Reservoir. For two, I got paid a lot of money (once Bush became president, fuck off) to do what I did. As a Senior Field Grade my take home was more than most of anyone I know.... And I didn't get taxed when I was in theater. And, I liked it a lot for most of my career. It was really cool. So getting thanked seems a little doogish. The taxpayers paid my salary, m college degree, and my graduate degree. People are being nice, I get that, but.... @Swaye @AZDuck @CFetters_Nacho_Lover you got me on this?
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Right there with you. I'll keep my particular military experiences to myself, but yeah, I didn't have it anything nearly as rough as going knee deep in the rice before rolling into Khe Sanh and getting blasted for days on end. I always tell people "I saw the war from 20,000 feet." Sure, the ship sucked for months on end, but beat sitting at some field outpost waiting for a towel head to RPG your ass and eating MRE's.koopdog said:Gotta admit. Everytime someone says that to me for reelz, I am really uncomfortable. For one, I didn't have it as tough as the vets before me. We all have our own experience, but fuck, I wasn't in Europe for 4 years, or freezing on the Chosin Reservoir. For two, I got paid a lot of money (once Bush became president, fuck off) to do what I did. As a Senior Field Grade my take home was more than most of anyone I know.... And I didn't get taxed when I was in theater. And, I liked it a lot for most of my career. It was really cool. So getting thanked seems a little doogish. The taxpayers paid my salary, m college degree, and my graduate degree. People are being nice, I get that, but.... @Swaye @AZDuck @CFetters_Nacho_Lover you got me on this?
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I think this thread should be moved to the "Thank You For Your Service" Bored.
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This is good chit guys.
Maybe @d2d can chime in on some of his combat experiences to enrich this thread even further. -
I'm in now, just went over 20 last year. The bush era pay increases have of course stagnated over recent years and yearly pay increases have been low enough to not quite keep up with inflation.koopdog said:Gotta admit. Everytime someone says that to me for reelz, I am really uncomfortable. For one, I didn't have it as tough as the vets before me. We all have our own experience, but fuck, I wasn't in Europe for 4 years, or freezing on the Chosin Reservoir. For two, I got paid a lot of money (once Bush became president, fuck off) to do what I did. As a Senior Field Grade my take home was more than most of anyone I know.... And I didn't get taxed when I was in theater. And, I liked it a lot for most of my career. It was really cool. So getting thanked seems a little doogish. The taxpayers paid my salary, m college degree, and my graduate degree. People are being nice, I get that, but.... @Swaye @AZDuck @CFetters_Nacho_Lover you got me on this?
However, as a field grade officer now (was enlisted for 11 years), I can't complain about my pay too much as I still enjoy a comfortable income. Those bush-era spikes probably were a little much but they were designed to make up for years of lower pay and neglect with keeping military pay at "industry standards". The hard part with that is how do you define "industry standards" for being in a war zone and getting shot at or blown up from IEDs? Now for junior to intermediate enlisted it's a different story as it seems now like the gap is widening again.
I've been thanked so much for my service over the years but it reached a fever pitch after Sept 2001, where suddenly it was "cool" to be in the military again. Before then, I never really remember a lot of people thanking me for shit; maybe the old WWII vets.
I've found over the years that the best, most un-awkward response to "thank you for your service" (since "you're welcome" just sounds douchey), is just to smile and say, "thank you for your support." It usually ends the exchange and they feel good because they feel validated with no awkward looks or uncomfortable silences. Everyone is happy. -
Fuck you for your service Koopkoopdog said:Gotta admit. Everytime someone says that to me for reelz, I am really uncomfortable. For one, I didn't have it as tough as the vets before me. We all have our own experience, but fuck, I wasn't in Europe for 4 years, or freezing on the Chosin Reservoir. For two, I got paid a lot of money (once Bush became president, fuck off) to do what I did. As a Senior Field Grade my take home was more than most of anyone I know.... And I didn't get taxed when I was in theater. And, I liked it a lot for most of my career. It was really cool. So getting thanked seems a little doogish. The taxpayers paid my salary, m college degree, and my graduate degree. People are being nice, I get that, but.... @Swaye @AZDuck @CFetters_Nacho_Lover you got me on this?
