I hate to be an ass, but stop "thanking me for my service on Memorial Day"

[rexcat]

41. Such a nice blanket statement...

I served in the USAF and I don't like wars. When I was in I don't know of too many first term airmen who really liked war. That was why were in the USAF. It might be different now but there are many airmen who are in harms way as we speak. I am sure there are more than a few Navy personnel in harms way including all of the medics the Marines use.

Of course when my draft number came up I won the damn thing. I had no desire to go to Viet Nam and at the time there were more than a few draftees going over to Viet Nam so I joined the USAF, picked a specialty that had a long training program and after training found out that first term airmen in my MOS did not go into combat zones. Lucky me. I spent my time at Patrcik AFB (Cocoa Beach, FL) as part of medical operations for manned space. I got to take a small part in the Apollo 17, SkyLabs and Apollo/Soyuz missions.

If I could have gone to Canada I would by my father was a career fighter pilot in the USAF and my options were limited. He was all about god, country and the rest of the bullshit.