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Re: Never in the Military? This is a glimpse...

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I work at WPAFB. I often interact with lieutenants and captains at AFRL, and master sergeants on the flight-line. They're some of the best people I've worked with. I find them to be more humble, hand-working, and ethical than many of the civil servants.
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carmen fovozzo wrote:In my eyes everyone is good till proven other wise.
I remember reading, somewhere, that there is not one who is good, no not one...
There is a "Good Person Test" floating around out there....everyone I've ever seen take it, fails, quickly.

I guess it's all in the way Bill Clinton defines "good".
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USAF 20 years (1987 - 2007). Best decision I made in my life was walking into the OKC recruiters office and raising my hand. Brought structure and purpose into my life. It was also where I met my first three ex-wives. Looking for the fourth one now.... :D
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I'm TRYING to just "walk away" from this, and agree to disagree...but I just read this:

Army lifts ban on waivers for recruits with history of some mental health issues
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I don't know whether to laugh or cry...maybe both? :lol: :cry:

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Still trying to walk away...But more proof for my side of this debate. I'm really sad that I'm winning this... :(

Army Medic Charged with Raping, Killing Infant Daughter, Cops Say
16 Nov 2017
A 22-year-old man suspected of raping and using a cord to kill his 9-month-old daughter was arrested by Tennessee police Wednesday.

Christopher Paul Conway was charged with homicide and aggravated rape in the death of the toddler, the Clarksville Police Department said in a statement.

A cord was wrapped around the girls neck and was the cause of her death, police said...
http://www.military.com/daily-news/2017 ... _171121.nl" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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You are winning nothing. You are seizing on a vanishingly small percentage of service members who are bad apples. In a population as large as the military is, that is inevitable. I don't know what your purpose here is, but unless it is to make yourself look foolish you are failing.
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JustaShooter wrote:You are winning nothing. You are seizing on a vanishingly small percentage of service members who are bad apples. In a population as large as the military is, that is inevitable. I don't know what your purpose here is, but unless it is to make yourself look foolish you are failing.
I respectfully disagree.
I believe there is WAY too much military worship on this forum.
In presenting "a glimpse" of military life, I think it added some balance for members of this forum to look at.
I think people who see a member of our armed forces , and automatically assume that they are a "good person" are very naive. Now they are less so.
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Read "War is a Racket" by MG Smedly Butler,USMC. He was awarded the Medal of Honor twice. http://warisaracket.org/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Henry Kissinger said, "Military Men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in Foreign Policy" and has not denied this quote to this day.
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4th airman in past year accused of teen rape, impregnation

Associated Press•February 15, 2018
DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware airman has been accused of raping and impregnating a teen.
The News Journal of Wilmington reports 34-year-old Staff Sgt. Byron White is the fourth airman to be accused of such a crime in the past year. He was arrested Wednesday and charged with nine counts of third-degree rape and continuous sexual abuse of a child. Court documents say the teen told police she was 13 when the abuse started. In the documents, the teen says she met White on Facebook and the relationship gradually became sexual...
https://www.yahoo.com/news/4th-airman-p ... 37982.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
"A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun... Let your gun, therefore, be the constant companion of your walks." Thomas Jefferson, 1785.

Read "War is a Racket" by MG Smedly Butler,USMC. He was awarded the Medal of Honor twice. http://warisaracket.org/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Henry Kissinger said, "Military Men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in Foreign Policy" and has not denied this quote to this day.
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And at last count there are currently almost half a million service members of the US Air force and it's reserve components, so whatever point you are trying to make is pretty thin.
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Real thin..
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carmen fovozzo wrote:Real thin..
Thinner than you think.
Comparing the total military, you need to make your comparison to the total U S population. Granted the military has a few bad apples, but how about Chicago and/or Detroit ?
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As a member of the civilian branch, never in the military, I never thought for a second it wasn't laced with a good amount of deviant and illegal behavior. It doesn't mean I don't stand in honor of their willingness to go into battle for me and my family, I might not let some hold my wallet or date my sister though, but that's the same as any civilian,, (who by the way aren't all civil either...)
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Thank you "Sneakypete" and "gaptrick".
gaptrick » Wed Feb 21, 2018 4:40 pm

As a member of the civilian branch, never in the military, I never thought for a second it wasn't laced with a good amount of deviant and illegal behavior. It doesn't mean I don't stand in honor of their willingness to go into battle for me and my family, I might not let some hold my wallet or date my sister though, but that's the same as any civilian,, (who by the way aren't all civil either...)
Sneakypete » Sun Feb 18, 2018 8:29 pm

Thinner than you think.
Comparing the total military, you need to make your comparison to the total U S population. Granted the military has a few bad apples, but how about Chicago and/or Detroit ?
I think BOTH of your comments are a great closure to this thread.
"A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun... Let your gun, therefore, be the constant companion of your walks." Thomas Jefferson, 1785.

Read "War is a Racket" by MG Smedly Butler,USMC. He was awarded the Medal of Honor twice. http://warisaracket.org/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Henry Kissinger said, "Military Men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in Foreign Policy" and has not denied this quote to this day.
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