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Originally Posted by oscardeuce From the medical stand point ( I'm Board Certified in Emergency Medicine) these "numbers" at this point are just that, numbers. Yes, they have human lives behind them, but without a good study to find out what is behind the numbers, they have no meaning. Are the...

I never will be i n this situation because i am not in the military. Once again, if i was, i wouldnt be having kids. The military is not the root of all evil. People just cant understand the military isnt a 9-5 job at the office. When they dont like the rules, they call foul. Sorry for your...

I actually liked all the speeches from this night's events. I watched most of it while I was at the gym and was rather impressed. I don't change my vote normally because of speeches because it really doesn't tell me how they will be in office but it was nice to see some well put together arguments.

I think that I am going to let this post go. This is a passionate subject for me and one that you probably can't appreciate unless you have lived through it and been involved in it, just like anything else. Everyone has differing opinions and I am letting myself get too worked up over this when...

Originally Posted by jellyman1213 If you have made the decision to join the Army then you should be able to make the decision not to have a child until your military obligations have been fulfilled. I wanted to join until I met my wife and decided that I would be miserable having to be away...

I guess I am not making myself clear. When I chose to have a child there was still a law in effect preventing the deployment of both parents. 9/11 had not happened yet. There hadn't been any type of serious deployments in almost 20 years, like we have now. My point is that if we are supporting...

Originally Posted by DragonZim Sounds like that kids father needs a good beating. I would never, ever welcome that family in my house again. Kids will be kids, but to get a response from the father like that shows what a complete lack of respect for other people's property and pets that he...

Originally Posted by JDL If i was in the military i would have a plan or wouldnt have kid. Sure, okay. Do you know how many people have children that don't plan it? It doesn't always work that way. I really want to leave my child with someone else other then their parent while I leave for...

Okay, first of all. When my ex and I chose to have a child, 9/11 had not happened yet. The law was also still in effect that if one of the parents was deployed, the other one was not allowed to go so that they would be able to care for their children. You have to remember that there are single...

Originally Posted by JDL You better figure out a lot of stuff before you have a kid. The military is no different. they closed a loophole, what will really get us guys? A loophole?? Are you kidding? So you think that it is okay that if you have a 6 month old child that they send both of the...

I am glad that some good came out of this story. :) Sorry about the grouper but I am glad that you saved the other two. Congrats.

Originally Posted by Darthtang AW Ummm...hate to break it to you, but 45 years in AF would make him how old? Also the career military guy usually only does 20 years unless a high ranking officer. Also Bin Laden did NOT run to afghanistan, he was there in the first place. Also we did invade...

An entire year away from your family, your spouse, your children. It just blows my mind.

You may be right about that. It was a problem when I was in though. I am sure they have put more classes in place. They were saying for years that they wanted to make the deployment shorter but they never have changed that. It is unfortunate. A good friend of mine has a child who is almost two...

Originally Posted by MR.M Well if you dont like our military then move That is really uncalled for. I love our country. I served in the Marine Corps and I am proud of what they do. I am not proud of how our government has treated our military in this war. It is shameful and it's shameful how...

Didn't I just say they could do a lot more to prevent them? Having a priest come talk to you when you aren't even Catholic to work you through your depression doesn't work so well. But guess what? That is the only counselor available to you on this particular military installation. Or they can...

No. Maybe I am not making my points clear, Yes you do sign up for the military and you should expect to serve if you are called. But how long do you think you should be away? 6 months, 2 years, more? And then comes along stop/loss. My contract ends in a month (for example) but they can't hold on...

Originally Posted by bpro32 The biggest that everybody tells me the snowflake gets is 2 feet but I had 1 person tell me they get up to 30" which I don't really believe.. I've seen a full grown tesselata, it was HUGE!! I don't know how long it was, probably 3 ft+, but it was as thick as a...

Congratualtions!! Never let it be said that we don't suffer for our love of this hobby huh? Let's see pics though!!!

Did you not read the article saying that it was going to surpass the civilian population? That means that the problem is getting worse. I am assuming most people here have seen full metal jacket. It is a little old fashioned and obviously a movie. However, Marines and soldiers really do go crazy...