Why GA is Dying

On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 17:14:22 -0500, Emily
wrote:
And although I think I'm too old for the draft now, if they started
drafting women, I'd be in OCS so fast my current employer wouldn't know
what hit them. THAT'S how I really feel about mandatory military service.

You would probably not have a problem being an office... Hell, you
already got the first prerequisite -- you have to squat to ****...

Grumman-581 wrote:
On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 17:14:22 -0500, Emily
wrote:
And although I think I'm too old for the draft now, if they started
drafting women, I'd be in OCS so fast my current employer wouldn't know
what hit them. THAT'S how I really feel about mandatory military service.

You would probably not have a problem being an office... Hell, you
already got the first prerequisite -- you have to squat to ****...

No, I wouldn't have a problem being an officer....if it came down to
being an officer or enlisting. But, since I was accepted to OCS a few
years ago and decided not to go, I think my decision on that is made.

And cool it with the officer jokes!

On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 21:23:35 -0500, Emily
wrote:
And cool it with the officer jokes!

The story behind it is this:

If you're in boot camp and you make the mistake of calling you drill
instructor "sir", you usually got a response like this:

"SIR? I'M NOT A ****IN' OFFICER! I DON'T HAVE TO SQUAT TO ****!"

Usually yelled at you a couple of inches from your face...

More often than not, the officers just end up being the equivalent of
management types in the civilian sector... Sometimes you get one who
is competent on technical matters, but that often seems to be the
exception...

After I did my hitch as an enlisted, I went back to college and after
getting my BS, I thought about going back in and being an officer...
At that time, the Navy had quit allowing personnel to have beards... I
*hate* shaving... So, I went to graduate school instead and got my
MS...

Grumman-581 wrote:
On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 21:23:35 -0500, Emily
wrote:
And cool it with the officer jokes!

The story behind it is this:

If you're in boot camp and you make the mistake of calling you drill
instructor "sir", you usually got a response like this:

"SIR? I'M NOT A ****IN' OFFICER! I DON'T HAVE TO SQUAT TO ****!"

Usually yelled at you a couple of inches from your face...

More often than not, the officers just end up being the equivalent of
management types in the civilian sector... Sometimes you get one who
is competent on technical matters, but that often seems to be the
exception...

Dunno, no one in my family is an actual line officer, so at least two of
them were/are out in the field with everyone else.

"Grumman-581" wrote in message
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On Thu, 27 Jul 2006 11:48:10 -0500, Emily
wrote:
Barf. I HATE the idea of mandatory military duty. **** that.

Well, I did my time, so I don't have a problem with them requiring
it... All in all, as much as I bitched about it at the time, I would
have to say that it definitely builds character...

Yeah...the cahracter of servant and pawns -- somre measure of liberty you
got there!

Then again, as we
used to say, "A happy sailor is a bitching sailor"...

If they ain't bitchin', they ain't happy!