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theophilus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 03:51 PM Original message |
My neice just joined the ARMY!!!! Help! Help! |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
1. why? |
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theophilus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 03:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. She evidently did it for the money. She is from a very RW family |
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still_one (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 03:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
6. good luck |
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VivaKerry (609 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 04:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
15. I am sorry, I feel for you, BUT |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 09:34 AM Response to Reply #2 |
44. Who did she vote for? (nt) |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
3. I wish I could help..but |
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seito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 04:03 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. What about the Air Force? |
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pfitz59 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 04:42 PM Response to Reply #10 |
57. Only Army has veternarians... |
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Frederic Bastiat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 04:12 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. MP is as bad as it gets |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 10:53 AM Response to Reply #3 |
50. My stepson is an MP at Abu Ghraib and he wont be out |
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brainshrub (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
4. I hope she likes sand. |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 03:57 PM Response to Original message |
5. My niece is in the Navy |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 06:50 AM Response to Reply #5 |
37. the Navy |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 09:12 AM Response to Reply #37 |
38. The Navy is not just allowing kids to switch, |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 12:40 PM Response to Reply #38 |
51. Navy |
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China_cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 01:53 PM Response to Reply #51 |
54. There are 2 prototypes |
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rfranklin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
7. As we have seen there is no integrity to the "contracts" they offer... |
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Massacure (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 05:13 PM Response to Reply #7 |
27. The backdoor drafts are in the fine print on the contracts |
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seito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 03:59 PM Response to Original message |
8. Army Veterinary Corps |
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chicagiana (993 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 07:56 PM Response to Reply #8 |
30. How many working animals ??? |
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Geek_Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 08:04 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. I read something about Selective Service |
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chicagiana (993 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 08:34 PM Response to Reply #31 |
32. I imagine they could be pressed ... |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 04:00 PM Response to Original message |
9. I read recently that they have Air Force personnel... |
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malmapus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 04:05 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Yeah, saw photos of field artillery guys escorting convoys |
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Cleopatra2a (171 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 10:47 AM Response to Reply #9 |
49. This is true |
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malmapus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
11. Did she take the oath? |
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jdj (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
12. I have watched my ex's niece grow from a five year old to |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 04:05 PM Response to Original message |
13. veterinarians in high demand? |
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sleepyhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 09:20 PM Response to Reply #13 |
33. I get letters from the military all the time offering all kinds of stuff. |
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cassiepriam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 09:22 AM Response to Reply #33 |
41. yes, exactly the same thing I heard about vets.... |
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Career Prole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
16. During my time in the Navy I met several sailors who'd been promised |
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Frederic Bastiat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 04:16 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Same case with me (Army) |
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Justin54B20L (308 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 04:10 PM Response to Original message |
17. If she really wants to join a uniformed service then |
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AngryOldDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
18. Can she get this promise in writing, or in any official way? |
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Frederic Bastiat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
21. The Army promises a lot |
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Spinzonner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
22. Promises by the military are worth nothing |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 04:48 PM Response to Original message |
23. There's a reason that sheet of paper she signed at the recruiter's |
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Mend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 09:16 AM Response to Reply #23 |
39. My vet was drafted to Viet Nam |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 09:35 AM Response to Reply #39 |
45. So, he's a Vietnam Vet Vet? |
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HeeBGBz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 04:53 PM Response to Reply #39 |
59. They left their dogs??!!! That is so wrong. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 04:40 PM Response to Reply #23 |
56. Of course they need vets overseas! |
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Fovea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 04:50 PM Response to Original message |
24. Tell your niece to start studying Arabic |
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villagechild (114 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
25. GI Rights |
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villagechild (114 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 05:08 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. CO Status |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
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qs04 (60 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 06:46 PM Response to Original message |
29. Even the Coastguard is going overseas. She's been suckered |
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Walt Starr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
34. Anything the recruiter said is irrelevent |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-25-04 11:43 PM Response to Original message |
35. Some veterinarians will be needed in Iraq. K9 Corp. We use dogs. |
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Conservativesux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 01:32 AM Response to Original message |
36. I hope she wears a mask at all times cuase the DU pollution... |
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0007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 09:23 AM Response to Reply #36 |
42. DU meaning what? |
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POAS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 09:25 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Depleted Uranium.....n/t |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
40. I think you should be proud of her. |
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Newshues (156 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
46. So long as she got the assurances in writing |
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Cleopatra2a (171 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
47. They had Army vets in Kuwait |
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Midwest_Doc (548 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 10:45 AM Response to Original message |
48. The Enlistment Contract |
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matcom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
52. 45k?????? |
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Cleopatra2a (171 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 01:01 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. go to www.dfas.mil |
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Chomskyite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
55. I'd much rather have them paying mucho $$$ |
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HeeBGBz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-26-04 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
58. Did she get those promises in writing? |
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