As mentioned in other topics, many here here seemed to have served in their countries armed forces or reserves I was wondering just how mny there were?

Steph

I was in the army less than a month.  I realized I made a mistake joining soon after and was able to get out on a medical discharge.

Melissa

No, I was turned away. I wish. This is one of many buried in the vast cemetery of my broken, dead, and decaying dreams.

Nero

US Navy four years. Saw 21 countries and all the states except Alaska.

I wouldn't do it again, nor would I trade it for anything.

LOL I can just see that.
I have a real problem with authority.
And ya gotta love the whole movie-land drill sgt:
'GOOD Morning Ladies!"
I did visit the reserves recruitment office once in a real bad time of no money and no prospects.
They made promises like they'd put me in as a sergeant straight away, and of course the guy kept calling me, when am I going to report for duty or whatever.
I don't think so, dude...

Quote from: jan c on June 14, 2006, 12:52:18 AM
LOL I can just see that.
I have a real problem with authority.
And ya gotta love the whole movie-land drill sgt:
'GOOD Morning Ladies!"
I did visit the reserves recruitment office once in a real bad time of no money and no prospects.
They made promises like they'd put me in as a sergeant straight away, and of course the guy kept calling me, when am I going to report for duty or whatever.
I don't think so, dude...

Geeze Jan, why doesn't that surprise me LOL.  But think of the movie it would have made. 

Steph

I was fortunate in that I missed the draft - and I was damned if I was going to volunteer as the Vietnam War had a stink about it.
Nevertheless always believed that you have responsibilities as well as rights - so I joined the reserves instead - was called the Citizens Military Forces way back then.
Rana


Posted at: June 14, 2006, 08:31:28 AM

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LOL Steph,
I think there was a "Carry ON" movie about that very subject

Rana

It was not an option, I was drafted (during Viet Nam).  I had qualified to work in a hospital, but as usual, the military goofed up and lost the papers.

It was a horrible situation and quite humiliating, being put in with all those men.  I did everything I could to be alone when I used the restroom or showered.   Luckily I became a company clerk so I lived off post, did not stand formations or participate in most company functions.

Sarah L.

Same as Rana. I didn't join the
reserves instead. But I joined a Christian version of Visa volunteer service and served two years in the USA.

Jillieann

No I did not due to epilepsy, at least one good thing about that  .


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Michelle

all:
USAF 4 years.
sh.

No! I'd have liked to though.  That'd have been interesting... a woman in the middle of those handsome studs, sharing the toilets, the showers, the locker rooms, the beds (oh! wait, do they share beds, too?  ).... a dream come true in other words...ha..ha..ha..ha..




tinkerbell 

tinkerbel:
yep girl, watching my roomate undress...playing chess naked in the summer time...idillic romance that leads to denial, so   so   cherished  people should try it once in a while
sheila

I just missed the draft.  Up until then, my parents and I were talking about my taking my Canadian citizenship and heading North.  I even went so far as to apply to universities.  None accepted me.  At the time, my father held the rank of captain in the US Army Reserves.

Presently, I hold the rank of captain in the USAF Auxiliary - the Civil Air Patrol. 

Yes, I have made contact in regards to being a transgendered member.  The comments from the national JAG commander were a) he has lost count on how many members have asked about this and b) call to find out the policy.  It should not be a problem.

Chaunte

Yupper, I stayed 23 years in the Navy. Went around the world twice and now my spouse wonders why I don't want to travel much.

JAimee

I didn't serve. The Draft was way before my time, and from what I'd seen on television it looked like a lot of hard work, getting all sweaty and dirty and then there's that whole potential of going off to war and maybe not coming back. Plus, drill sergeants as they're popularly depicted reminded me too much of a certain authority figure in my own life, and no way was I going to voluntarily subject myself to that. 

I've seen something on television once (was it Futurama? I can place Leela in the scene) where a drill sergeant was using the "ladies" bit - and all of the soldiers were women. (Which is not to say that they didn't copy that from another show or a movie.)

Hi Julie, your pic looks really good
I think how Drill sergeants are/were depicted in movies bears little resemblence to real life.  "Full metal Jacket" is supposed to & is often held up as an example of how things were supposed to be - but I truely think its anti American B/s

Futurama is cool, but I preferred The Simpsons, when Homer joined the Naval Reserves, the US's 17th line of defense

  I am a vet and have many vet friends and we have not found a movie that portrays a war realistically just the same I have not seen a movie that portrays transexualism relistically. I don' know of a movie that portrays transexualism among military situations or do does anyone?
sheila

Quote from: Rana on July 10, 2006, 06:14:07 AM
Hi Julie, your pic looks really good

Thank you.

QuoteI think how Drill sergeants are/were depicted in movies bears little resemblence to real life.  "Full metal Jacket" is supposed to & is often held up as an example of how things were supposed to be

My Dad was drafted way back when, and he says they yell at you as soon as you get off the bus. I haven't seen the movie though. Still, it doesn't surprise me that things would be different. I've heard people who are knowledgeable about the legal profession say that courtroom drama type shows are all wrong too. In either case, I can understand using a little creative license to make a work more entertaining.

QuoteFuturama is cool, but I preferred The Simpsons, when Homer joined the Naval Reserves, the US's 17th line of defense

Oh yeah, the one where they shaved off the 3 hairs that grow out of the top of his head. The other guys are holding their formerly plentiful hair in their hands and Homer is sitting there sobbing.

My father was 30 years Navy with short stints in the Marines and Coasties.  Told us stories about Attu & Kiska and the invasion of Okinawa  in WWII.  Served on the Pusan Perimeter in Korea.  A short time in Vietnam.  and to top it off he was a DI.  After listening to his stories and seeing how screwed up he was by his experiences, I decided there was no way in hell I was going to join the service. I missed the draft by one year.  Thank what ever odd gods there be in the Universe for that.