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they lucked out considering choppers are death traps
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Jan 1, 2015 20:35
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yeah but we didnt luck out cause they ended up not dying and having 4 redneck kids apiece
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Jan 1, 2015 20:36
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Citizen Tayne posted:Troop worship is lip service. You don't actually expect America to follow up, do you? "well i put a magnetic ribbon on the back of my car, it's the least you can do!" yes that is a literally true statement
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Jan 1, 2015 20:38
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could be worse, they could be getting medals for flying drones using xbox controllers
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Sagebrush posted:well that's exactly my point. "i would join the military for sure but only if i get to be a cool badass flying fighter jets and not putting myself in any real danger. all the other jobs are beneath me." plenty of risk in flying planes, since we're not paying to maintain the old air frames properly they're literally disintegrating in the sky
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between this and shunting all the morons into the nuke arm i get the feeling america is going to have a really bad adjustment period if it ever has to fight another superpower
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Jan 1, 2015 20:44
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Sagebrush posted:i would join the military for sure but only if i get to be a cool badass flying fighter jets and not putting myself in any real danger. all the other jobs are beneath me. this but 100% seriously
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Jan 1, 2015 20:46
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Forums Terrorist posted:between this and shunting all the morons into the nuke arm i get the feeling america is going to have a really bad adjustment period if it ever has to fight another superpower
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Forums Terrorist posted:between this and shunting all the morons into the nuke arm i get the feeling america is going to have a really bad adjustment period if it ever has to fight another superpower there will never be a super power for them to fight. we are generations ahead of everyone as is and that's just known tech
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brics are one market correction from revolution. who else is there? the eu deciding it wants to fight?
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Jan 1, 2015 20:49
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eurasian union that was established today 
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Time-travelling South Africans?
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Jan 1, 2015 20:55
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israel lol
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Jan 1, 2015 20:57
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Jonny 290 posted:yeah but we didnt luck out cause they ended up not dying and having 4 redneck kids apiece eh, they probably would have managed to bang out at least a couple kids before gettin' killed anyway
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Jan 1, 2015 20:57
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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:i dunno man. how do they make a person disappear in one place and reappear at another place thousands of kilometers away with a multi-km/s inertial change?
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Jan 1, 2015 20:58
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rjmccall posted:if they're not citizens, they might not be allowed to do much else. a work visa lets you bring your spouse, but i think they aren't even allowed to look for their own job, and unless they're also a techie/doctor/scientist they probably won't get a job that'll sponsor a work visa application. i know several women who are basically stuck at home or taking classes forever while they wait for a green card there are a few of those yeah but there are also pleeeenty of white chick girlfriends/wives here that are exactly this
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Jan 1, 2015 21:05
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Sagebrush posted:well that's exactly my point. "i would join the military for sure but only if i get to be a cool badass flying fighter jets and not putting myself in any real danger. all the other jobs are beneath me." tbh navy seems like the least possible danger
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Nintendo Kid posted:tbh navy seems like the least possible danger the navy decided that ocean colored camouflage was a good idea for work clothing at sea
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Nintendo Kid posted:tbh navy seems like the least possible danger yeah navy seems p solid. industrial accidents if anything
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hobbesmaster posted:the navy decided that ocean colored camouflage was a good idea for work clothing at sea hey at least they lay their cards on the table
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Jan 1, 2015 21:10
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hobbesmaster posted:the navy decided that ocean colored camouflage was a good idea for work clothing at sea you can take off the clothes if you need to be seen, nbd
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Jan 1, 2015 21:12
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Nintendo Kid posted:tbh navy seems like the least possible danger aren't most people in the air force just ground crews or whatever? seems like statistically that'd be your best bet.
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Jan 1, 2015 21:13
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Just dye your hair Fireball Fuschia, you'll be seen no problem.
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fart simpson posted:my dad told me i wasnt allowed to join the military, does that count same except my mom and she had a dad and an uncle who were both ww2 pilots
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Jan 1, 2015 21:15
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Nintendo Kid posted:tbh navy seems like the least possible danger there was a program called uh, operation blue to green or something dumb like that and it was basically, you signed up for the navy? cool, you're going to be driving trucks in iraq now because we can't get enough army guys to do this extremely lovely and dangerous job
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Jan 1, 2015 21:21
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Jonny 290 posted:yeah navy seems p solid. industrial accidents if anything except that your career could literally entail mopping floors 24/7
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Jan 1, 2015 21:29
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:except that your career could literally entail mopping floors 24/7 id take that over dying in the desert any day tbh
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good point and i'm sure navyman still looks p good on a resume since i'd imagine that they don't get into the specifics too much beyond are soldiers stuff for jobgettin
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:except that your career could literally entail mopping floors 24/7 could be worse, you could work with computes
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Jan 1, 2015 21:56
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:except that your career could literally entail mopping floors 24/7 objectively, 3 hots, a cot and a mop is a better shake than the average non-college-bound American 18 year old is lookin at in 2014
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Jan 1, 2015 21:58
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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:aren't most people in the air force just ground crews or whatever? seems like statistically that'd be your best bet. yes but they're also full of evangelicals because the academy is in colorado springs
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Jan 1, 2015 21:58
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computer parts posted:yes but they're also full of evangelicals because the academy is in colorado springs yah we're scared of the springs still
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Jan 1, 2015 21:59
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computer parts posted:yes but they're also full of evangelicals because the academy is in colorado springs if your parents know someone like the governor or a congresscritter then you can get a guaranteed spot there for college since they're each given a few discretionary admissions a year #lifehacks
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H.P. Hovercraft posted:i think it was in the scifi thread where someone was pointing out how the only people interested in starfleet would necessarily be maladjusted or otherwise mentally disturbed people who are wanting to leave literal utopia for any reason this was part of the idea of tos, kirk and co. had too much of the ~human spirit for adventure~ to be happy at home on utopia world
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lol if you defend your country
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qntm posted:lol if you defend your country "the military is for suckers" is how i was convinced by my fam after meeting with a recruiter b/c they loved my asvab scores or something due to not being all the way retarded in hs and this was pre-9/11
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computer parts posted:yes but they're also full of evangelicals because the academy is in colorado springs My dad was a wideband radio guy in the Air Force and I don't recall any evangelicals (mostly just a bunch of drunks). This was during the 90s though
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http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/sep/10/us-air-force-sergeant-reenlist-god-oath
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