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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?
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I'm still a company grade officer on the verge of saying "fuck it." The army is all SHARP briefings and intensive faggotry these days. Units at Fort Lewis are prohibiting soldiers from wearing their combat patches so the nondeplyable homos don't cry into their Battle Bean Coffee. I hated Bush but deploying was good for the Army focusing on mission and not fucktarded O-6 OER bullets.
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AZDuck said:
I'm still a company grade officer on the verge of saying "fuck it." The army is all SHARP briefings and intensive faggotry these days. Units at Fort Lewis are prohibiting soldiers from wearing their combat patches so the nondeplyable homos don't cry into their Battle Bean Coffee. I hated Bush but deploying was good for the Army focusing on mission and not fucktarded O-6 OER bullets.
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When I am thanked for my service I sometimes just fondle myself right then and there. Which always ends the exchange.H_D said:
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. -
The day it doesn't end the exchange will be a special day indeed.Swaye said:
When I am thanked for my service I sometimes just fondle myself right then and there. Which always ends the exchange.H_D said:
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. -
Thank you Fetterman, Swaie, and ADuck for your service. Also thank you Koope for your service.
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Thanks for being a waste of taxpayer money.
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I didn't know you had to pay taxes selling meth, Fircrest.PurpleJ said:Thanks for being a waste of taxpayer money.
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I never thank military types for their service in public. Seems awkward and false.
I have no idea if they are good at their job or worthless pieces of shit. And they are getting paid as you guys note above. It's not like they are volunteers.
I did spend some time at my HS reunion with a recently retired Marine. While I didn't "thank him for his service," I did ask him about his time served and various deployments. He was a WSO in a F18. Pretty bad ass in my book and I'm sure that just showing interest and talking meant more to him than a thanks.
Cool story brah.
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Can't believe I missed this....Swaye said:
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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20 years of some great shit and too much really fucking stupid shit.
The "thank you for your service" is typically the same as offering T's and P's to someone online. It means shit other than someone trying to make themselves feel good.
Fuck that shit. You see a kid in uniform at an airport, but him a fucking drink or pay for his meal if you want to say thanks for your service. Otherwise, get out of his way and let him try to find a piece of ass.
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Oh yeah, I'd like to thank Pumpy for offering to stick up for me and defend me because he's a real patriot.
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Fucking this. I recall one time I was flying ComAIR to go and meet the squadron that was already deployed to the Persian Gulf. Some dude (stayed nameless) gave up his first class seat to me from BWI to London. That was thanking me for my service. Fuck words. Anyone who really gives a shit about service members should buy them a drink, go visit a VA hospital, etc. Not use empty words so they can feel better about themselves. I hate people. But I like the dude who gave me a first class seat. I go so drunk on that flight. FREE BOOZE!CFetters_Nacho_Lover said:20 years of some great shit and too much really fucking stupid shit.
The "thank you for your service" is typically the same as offering T's and P's to someone online. It means shit other than someone trying to make themselves feel good.
Fuck that shit. You see a kid in uniform at an airport, but him a fucking drink or pay for his meal if you want to say thanks for your service. Otherwise, get out of his way and let him try to find a piece of ass. -
While you were lit in 1st class, did he steal your luggage, girl, and land?Swaye said:
Fucking this. I recall one time I was flying ComAIR to go and meet the squadron that was already deployed to the Persian Gulf. Some dude (stayed nameless) gave up his first class seat to me from BWI to London. That was thanking me for my service. Fuck words. Anyone who really gives a shit about service members should buy them a drink, go visit a VA hospital, etc. Not use empty words so they can feel better about themselves. I hate people. But I like the dude who gave me a first class seat. I go so drunk on that flight. FREE BOOZE!CFetters_Nacho_Lover said:20 years of some great shit and too much really fucking stupid shit.
The "thank you for your service" is typically the same as offering T's and P's to someone online. It means shit other than someone trying to make themselves feel good.
Fuck that shit. You see a kid in uniform at an airport, but him a fucking drink or pay for his meal if you want to say thanks for your service. Otherwise, get out of his way and let him try to find a piece of ass. -
Makes me feel awkward, tons of Marines before me have done eight and out. Sure I was there, but nothin happened during my hitch, unless you care to remember the Iran contra affair.
I didn't do anything special, kept my nose clean and just enjoyed the scenery. The dry, desolate, hot, sandy brown scenery.
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Business is all safety meetings and intensive faggotry these days.AZDuck said:I'm still a company grade officer on the verge of saying "fuck it." The army is all SHARP briefings and intensive faggotry these days. Units at Fort Lewis are prohibiting soldiers from wearing their combat patches so the nondeplyable homos don't cry into their Battle Bean Coffee. I hated Bush but deploying was good for the Army focusing on mission and not fucktarded O-6 OER bullets.
I don't know where you think you're going to go to avoid faggotry. I heard the wigwam, maybe. -
@Swaye that was me. I'm glad you enjoyed the flight. Flying coach wasn't that bad. I sat next to a fat fucker who brought his own nachos and kept blathering on and on about some soccer fantasy trip to watch Aston Villa. Said he was an insider for UW football.Swaye said:
Fucking this. I recall one time I was flying ComAIR to go and meet the squadron that was already deployed to the Persian Gulf. Some dude (stayed nameless) gave up his first class seat to me from BWI to London. That was thanking me for my service. Fuck words. Anyone who really gives a shit about service members should buy them a drink, go visit a VA hospital, etc. Not use empty words so they can feel better about themselves. I hate people. But I like the dude who gave me a first class seat. I go so drunk on that flight. FREE BOOZE!CFetters_Nacho_Lover said:20 years of some great shit and too much really fucking stupid shit.
The "thank you for your service" is typically the same as offering T's and P's to someone online. It means shit other than someone trying to make themselves feel good.
Fuck that shit. You see a kid in uniform at an airport, but him a fucking drink or pay for his meal if you want to say thanks for your service. Otherwise, get out of his way and let him try to find a piece of ass.
Oh and thank you for your service! -
No one ever thanks me for being in Delta Force
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I laffedBad_MotherDucker said:
@Swaye that was me. I'm glad you enjoyed the flight. Flying coach wasn't that bad. I sat next to a fat fucker who brought his own nachos and kept blathering on and on about some soccer fantasy trip to watch Aston Villa. Said he was an insider for UW football.Swaye said:
Fucking this. I recall one time I was flying ComAIR to go and meet the squadron that was already deployed to the Persian Gulf. Some dude (stayed nameless) gave up his first class seat to me from BWI to London. That was thanking me for my service. Fuck words. Anyone who really gives a shit about service members should buy them a drink, go visit a VA hospital, etc. Not use empty words so they can feel better about themselves. I hate people. But I like the dude who gave me a first class seat. I go so drunk on that flight. FREE BOOZE!CFetters_Nacho_Lover said:20 years of some great shit and too much really fucking stupid shit.
The "thank you for your service" is typically the same as offering T's and P's to someone online. It means shit other than someone trying to make themselves feel good.
Fuck that shit. You see a kid in uniform at an airport, but him a fucking drink or pay for his meal if you want to say thanks for your service. Otherwise, get out of his way and let him try to find a piece of ass.
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I did six years of army watercraft as a reservist. 02-03 in the gulf moving track vehicles between Qatar and Kuwait. At the end of it they said we were not moving enough equipment and brought in a navy civilian vessel that did as much as we? did during a year in about two trips. Still had fun getting drunk in Bahrain to refuel. It was very discouraging.
