Russ,
Of course you qualify Russ. Good luck and God bless you.
I got my mobilization orders in April of 03. Went to Ft. Sill for retraining, then to Fort Huachuca for about five weeks of refresher course, then on to Ft. Bliss for a week to get my assignment. At first they were going to send me to Djbouti, but since I was an alumni of Ft. Huachuca I had a valuable skill or two, so I got lucky and didn’t go play in the mud and dirt. Instead I used a computer, got screamed at by Colonels a lot, but still spent 5 months in the sandbox. When I came back from my playtime in the sandbox and extended as a staff weenie for another 18 months. Demobilzed at Ft. Bliss. Been there, done that, got the oakleaf and the T-Shirt.
My point is that I am sick and tired of tough trash talk from guys who almost once though about enlisting. Apparently Islam is evil, America is doomed, the Republic is in danger and we are at WAR… and SOMEBODY ELSE needs to go do something about it RIGHT NOW, …and while they are out it would be really cool if they could bring back some more beer too.
And no Bunnies, the Chickehawk argument is NOT another way of changing the subject. The Chickenhawk argument is a way of pointing out the vast number of Chickenhawks out there, and in here.
I am sick of seeing guys getting their second or third combat tour extended, I am sick of seeing what that does to their families, I am sick of seeing soldiers choose between family and military service, I am sick of seeing Army families wind up in divorce court because the men are never there, and I am sick of seeing the reserves not making their recruiting goals while the Army raises it’s maximum enlistment age to 42 while thousands of tough talking chickenhawks sit around eating Cheetos and blogging at each other about how this war is so incredibly important that actually getting out of the recliner to fight in it ” Sometimes it feels like a tough choice”.
