Gunman report puts USF on alert

[fightingquaker13]

So, he's not a REAL vet?  FQ....did you serve at least 180 consecutive days on active duty?

Nope, and I've never pretended to be one either. Four years of ROTC and thats it. I do love the army as I owe them my education and a whole lot of growing up. I was in the magic class of '91. The Cold War was over, we won Dessert Storm,Congress was busy spending (excuse me investing) the "peace dividend" and the army was down sizing whole divisions. They didn't need a whole bunch of new butter bars. It was cheaper to cut us loose than train us and pay us to staff units that no longer existed.They gave us a choice (except for the cadets who had gotten RA rather than reserve or NG commisions, them, they wanted). Either walk away with a full ride, or accept the commission you were promised (and earned BTW). I hesitated a patriotic 30 seconds before joining the majority of my classmates before saying "so long and thanks for the fish". In retrospect I regret it sometimes as it does make you wonder how you would have done at the job you trained for four years. It wasn't just cadets either. One of my compatriots (she was 25 but a freshman) was an E-6 who been given a $15k bonus NOT to reenlist. Of course she banked it and got an ROTC shcolarship instead, but no one said the army made sense. As it is, I signed on the dotted line, trained and was prepared to go, but I just got lucky, or unlucky, depending on you POV.  
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[Timothy]

So, I guess I won't be suffering any more "Squid" jokes then!

You have not earned the right to joke about Squids, Jarheads, Grunts or Flyboys...you just played one for a few years and that won't gain you entry into the club....sorry!

[fightingquaker13]

So, I guess I won't be suffering any more "Squid" jokes then!

You have not earned the right to joke about Squids, Jarheads, Grunts or Flyboys...you just played one for a few years and that won't gain you entry into the club....sorry!

Hell Timothy, anyone can joke about squids, even if you kick army's ass on a regular basis in football. Oddly, it was rugby between GT's army team and GW's navy team, but it was college and the '80's so allowances had to be made. Still, y'all won.
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[Hazcat]

The Army has more ships than the Navy, more airplanes than the Air force (which we started) and trains the Marines!

[Timothy]

The Army has more ships than the Navy

The little known "Ghost Fleet"!

[Sponsor]

[fightingquaker13]

The Army has more ships than the Navy, more airplanes than the Air force (which we started) and trains the Marines!

Damn straight! I may not have served active duty, but I did take the oath and sign the papers. It was the army's call, not mine, to give me a choice to take a job in ordinance (there's a scary thought ) vs an out. I chose the out. It doesn't change the fact that I didn't know that going in, and was prepared to go the distance. I seriously love the army. If it weren't for them, I wouldn't have gotten my education and I will be grateful for that till the day I die. I tell my students to this day, you CAN afford the education, you just have to be willing to pay for it. I was, and the army came through.
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[Hazcat]

Damn straight! I may not have served active duty, but I did take the oath and sign the papers. It was the army's call, not mine, to give me a choice to take a job in ordinance (there's a scary thought ) vs an out. I chose the out. It doesn't change the fact that I didn't know that going in, and was prepared to go the distance. I seriously love the army. If it weren't for them, I wouldn't have gotten my education and I will be grateful for that till the day I die. I tell my students to this day, you CAN afford the education, you just have to be willing to pay for it. I was, and the army came through.
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ALWAYS CAPITALIZE when speaking of the US Army!

[fightingquaker13]

ALWAYS CAPITALIZE when speaking of the US Army!

Do I have to capitalize clips?
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[Hazcat]

Do I have to capitalize clips?
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Only after I affix them to your balls!

[fightingquaker13]

Only after I affix them to your balls!

Yes Sargeant ! Heard and understood! (PS can we aim litterally a little more above the belt? Because clips and balls should not be mentioned in the same sentence unless you're M'lette, and even then, only after careful negotiation).
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