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bluedigger

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79. You definitely have more stories than I.

Mon Mar 9, 2015, 12:31 PM

Mar 2015

I got married right out of Basic/AIT and only was in the barracks for a month or so, until my wife joined me after her college semester ended. And, like I said, there were no women around, or even allowed in the billets outside of official business, that I recall. The funniest/most uncomfortable thing that I experienced was that my wife and my squad sergeant's wife became good friends. No big deal, until they separated. I came home (off post) after work one day to find that my wife had invited his wife to stay with us.

Luckily, he was both professional, and a friend, and didn't hold it against me, since I knew nothing about it. I was a little concerned going to work the next morning. She soon went home to NC, and he left for Warrant School at Rucker to fly choppers not long after.

When I was in Basic at Ft. Sill we went to "the strip" in Lawton when we finally got leave. We were in a dive bar, getting plundered for expensive drinks by Korean bar girls, when I saw my DI. He was a co-owner of the place.

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Should the US military pull out of Afghanistan or stay to protect females from the Taliban? [View all] marym625 Mar 2015 OP

What an excellent way to illustrate why President Obama's job is not so easy. If we leave NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #1

I wish people would respond. marym625 Mar 2015 #2

Obama's predicament is what this is about though, when you put him in the middle of NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #3

He has already decided. marym625 Mar 2015 #5

What exactly has he decided, remind me, timeline etc. NoJusticeNoPeace Mar 2015 #6

The time line for pulling out of Afghanistan is set. marym625 Mar 2015 #8

my bad marym625 Mar 2015 #9

It is interesting how US troop numbers are tied into whether US is still there or not JonLP24 Mar 2015 #35

+100 marym625 Mar 2015 #38

found it. marym625 Mar 2015 #26

In Afghanistan before the Russians wrecked the country and did nothing to rebuild Warpy Mar 2015 #33

Well said marym625 Mar 2015 #40

I think the Kurdish women of the PPK have an answer...... socialist_n_TN Mar 2015 #4

Do you believe that is possible for women in Afghanistan? marym625 Mar 2015 #7

Well, the Kurdish women are in the very same area of the world..... socialist_n_TN Mar 2015 #18

Great points marym625 Mar 2015 #21

The difference is that the kurdish men allow the women to have weapons Marrah_G Mar 2015 #77

People are very quick to say "We need to leave country such and such NOW!!" Lurks Often Mar 2015 #10

Thank you for your thoughts marym625 Mar 2015 #11

We have a fairly small presence in Afghanistan, even with TwilightGardener Mar 2015 #12

I never believed we should stay in Afghanistan forever Lurks Often Mar 2015 #15

This is why the US spends so much on the military The2ndWheel Mar 2015 #13

I don't like it marym625 Mar 2015 #14

The lion's share of defense spending goes to private defense contractors & this is what they do on a JonLP24 Mar 2015 #80

The old yank on the heartstrings school of warmongering, huh? TheKentuckian Mar 2015 #16

I respect that marym625 Mar 2015 #19

Yes. JackRiddler Mar 2015 #72

Yes, I agree marym625 Mar 2015 #73

We have the responsibility to get the fuck out and to stop destabilizing everything we don't like TheKentuckian Mar 2015 #74

Nothing marym625 Mar 2015 #81

No. Throd Mar 2015 #17

Thank you marym625 Mar 2015 #20

Absolutely not. Marr Mar 2015 #22

absolutely right marym625 Mar 2015 #23

The US isn't to be trusted regarding Afghanistan JonLP24 Mar 2015 #24

excellent post marym625 Mar 2015 #25

Well, if our goal and any of our actions were to protect girls and women, Jamastiene Mar 2015 #27

Good point marym625 Mar 2015 #29

men and women need protection from the taliban bastards Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 #28

Very true marym625 Mar 2015 #31

Wow -- I never really knew too much of the Taliban but the one man standing in their way JonLP24 Mar 2015 #34

Thanks for all the information marym625 Mar 2015 #41

Thanks for appreciating what I was just recently fearing I was going overboard JonLP24 Mar 2015 #47

my favorite part of DU, learning marym625 Mar 2015 #52

That is very key point you mention JonLP24 Mar 2015 #68

The lack of shocks in the humvees marym625 Mar 2015 #70

Seems quixotic, given that they can't even protect females in the US military. bluedigger Mar 2015 #30

seriously excellent point marym625 Mar 2015 #32

Chain of command only works when the links are competent & ethical JonLP24 Mar 2015 #42

Thanks for sharing your experience, JonLP. bluedigger Mar 2015 #71

Well the 1SG had for the vast majority of time was very incompetent JonLP24 Mar 2015 #75

You definitely have more stories than I. bluedigger Mar 2015 #79

I was in Iraq, not Afghanistan Victor_c3 Mar 2015 #36

Thank you. marym625 Mar 2015 #43

Great post. dissentient Mar 2015 #45

Giving them the money directly (the women) would probably work better bemildred Mar 2015 #37

hmm. marym625 Mar 2015 #44

It's possible, it's just not rewarding to the people who make such decisions. bemildred Mar 2015 #50

I wonder if there's a charity that specifically earmarks marym625 Mar 2015 #53

There are some out there, but I'd check into them carefully. bemildred Mar 2015 #55

I don't know that government or private charities marym625 Mar 2015 #61

+1. bemildred Mar 2015 #66

The Food Depository in Chicago marym625 Mar 2015 #67

I wish it could be the United Nations doing this. Nye Bevan Mar 2015 #39

That's a really good point marym625 Mar 2015 #46

+1 treestar Mar 2015 #48

Pull out bigwillq Mar 2015 #49

yep. marym625 Mar 2015 #56

The United States BubbaFett Mar 2015 #51

nope. marym625 Mar 2015 #57

Out. Iggo Mar 2015 #54

yep. Thank you marym625 Mar 2015 #58

Pull out now! B Calm Mar 2015 #59

yep. I agree marym625 Mar 2015 #62

I think we need to pull out. elias49 Mar 2015 #60

We sure should not be trying marym625 Mar 2015 #63

Why not offer them immigration? We do for other life-endangering scenarios. randome Mar 2015 #64

interesting idea marym625 Mar 2015 #65

Nice sentiment. elias49 Mar 2015 #69

We should extend an invitation to any afghani woman who wants to emigrate to the US. Marrah_G Mar 2015 #76

Someone else suggested that as well marym625 Mar 2015 #82

Time for the reminder: Liberals urged Afghanistan intervention years before 9/11. ieoeja Mar 2015 #78

at the beginning of the war Snow Leopard Mar 2015 #83