graves_09:
I don't need to watch the series. I gave 10 years of my life in service to my country. I am speaking from firsthand experience. You watch too much TV fella. And If I were you, I would not go on any night patrols with these enlisted personnel you choose to degrade and humiliate.
BTW I wonder how Patrick Daniel Tillman would feel about this.
Vince
Vince
Yes, I was citing examples that I had seen on a PBS documentary but i do not live in a box. i have good friends, relatives and others that i know the enlisted. All are good people and all joined because it was the best option available at the time. Some joined to get money for college, some for guidance and some to avoid family or other parts of their current life. Would they turned out all right without the military?, who knows but the path they were headed on was not the best. but they had the character to recognize that and enlist to better themselves. the military has a tough roll of shaping young men and women at the same time defend our country. to pretend everyone enlists only to fight terrorists and for patriotism is naive. that maybe a factor for some but not all. that is not to say they are unpatriotic, it just may not be the main reason for enlisted as it is sometimes preceived.
I would not go on any night patrols with these enlisted personnel you choose to degrade and humiliate.
I am not sure what you mean by this but I'll ignore it.
That is my explanation and my thoughts, sorry if they offend, but i stand by them.