On 20 Feb 2004 16:24:32 GMT, (ArtKramr) wrote:


The guard is where you go when you don't want to go to war but want everyone to
think that you do. End of story.


Arthur Kramer

You're not paying attention, Art. The Guard and Reserves today (that's
TODAY!!!) are very much a part of active operations. Joining the Guard
or Reserve has, for the last twenty or more years meant a very serious
obligation and a very real expectation that you will be in harm's way.

Things change over time and what might have been true long ago in a
galaxy far, far away is not necessarily still the fact.

You might also want to consider editing several hundred lines of
assembled previous thread messages, particularly when appending
non-sequitur, one-liners ala-Tarver. It makes scrolling so much less
tedious particularly for those of us who don't spontaneously kill-file
folks who often contribute good stuff.


Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)
"When Thunder Rolled"
Smithsonian Institution Press
ISBN #1-58834-103-8