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madokie

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10. Originally I joined the Navy to stay out of Vietnam

Mon Mar 25, 2013, 09:30 AM

Mar 2013

after boot camp I was sent back to boot camp to train new recruits then I was sent to SERE school and then they left me there to train new students in survival training. While there most all the guys I was stationed with were straight from 'Nam so by the time it was time for me to leave there I volunteered for Vietnam. Spent 15 months in country then came home a very changed man. War has a tendency to do that to a person.
The draft dodgers who had enough together to leave and go to Canada in protest I have no problem with its the asshole shitheads who did every thing possible to stay out of VN who I have no use for. Those who went to Canada were just as brave as we who went to 'nam were in my eyes, those who took college deferments to stay out not so much.

ETA: By the time I left SERE school I felt my duty was to use what I had been taught to help my fellow brothers and sisters and thats why I made the decision to volunteer to go.

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Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaah hahahahahah when draft dodgers aren't draft dodgers!! [View all] malaise Mar 2013 OP

k&r.... spanone Mar 2013 #1

deferment used to not be equal to dodging CBGLuthier Mar 2013 #2

It's a tribal thing el_bryanto Mar 2013 #4

The whole "fact check" turns on Schuback's definition alcibiades_mystery Mar 2013 #3

Fugg the revisionists malaise Mar 2013 #14

Didn't stop them from claiming Clinton was a draft dodger Bandit Mar 2013 #17

I got called a "draft dodger" after enlisting MineralMan Mar 2013 #5

I knew more than one person in the late 1960s... KansDem Mar 2013 #6

One guy I used to worked with signed up for the navy... JHB Mar 2013 #7

My father did that, but I don't think he was trying to avoid combat. AtheistCrusader Mar 2013 #13

Was he on the Mekong Delta? What kind of boat? AAO Mar 2013 #25

He was an electrician by trade, working on LCI's, I believe. AtheistCrusader Mar 2013 #34

Sounds extremely claustrophobic to me. And I would know!! AAO Mar 2013 #41

Most of the guys I knew did that union_maid Mar 2013 #29

My old man got it all. sofa king Mar 2013 #40

Part of the official reasoning for the draft was that it spurred voluntary enlistments in the USAF alcibiades_mystery Mar 2013 #9

I was 1A after dropping out of college. It was clear that I'd MineralMan Mar 2013 #39

I joined the Navy in 71 and volunteered for Submarine duty to try and avoid being sent to Vietnam. Ganja Ninja Mar 2013 #11

The President and myself are both "draft dodgers" too MrScorpio Mar 2013 #8

Originally I joined the Navy to stay out of Vietnam madokie Mar 2013 #10

K&R Blue Owl Mar 2013 #12

Ding ding we have a winner malaise Mar 2013 #16

Draft Dodgers linbarkertx Mar 2013 #15

Excellent response malaise Mar 2013 #19

For those in the know, my serial number began with US Bandit Mar 2013 #18

My serial number was my SSN. I was AUS Brother Buzz Mar 2013 #21

My serial # did not become my SS number until I had been in for a couple of years Bandit Mar 2013 #22

Yes Brother Buzz Mar 2013 #32

Seems you never forget that number. timdog44 Mar 2013 #24

I don't get it.. Bandit Mar 2013 #28

Volunteered for the draft. timdog44 Mar 2013 #31

Chickenhawks: Those who support the wars but avoid the risk of fighting in them. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2013 #20

Seriously? WinstonSmith4740 Mar 2013 #23

Right one had an ass boil/cyst and the other had incontinence. AAO Mar 2013 #26

Old Saying 4Q2u2 Mar 2013 #36

Chickenhawks--the lowest scumbags in society kairos12 Mar 2013 #27

Just think what a nice World this would be formercia Mar 2013 #30

"Draft Dodger" was a loosely and unevenly applied term. yellowcanine Mar 2013 #33

CO 4Q2u2 Mar 2013 #38

The American people no longer care about draft dodgers or military service. former9thward Mar 2013 #35

I was a "Draft Dodger" of a sort. GoneOffShore Mar 2013 #37