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Thought on joining the Military (nowadays)
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<blockquote data-quote="Dale Carlson" data-source="post: 639259" data-attributes="member: 56095"><p>Ken,</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I didn't say ALL. And I stand by what I said. I never said, or meant to imply that AF people weren't being heavily deployed. I know the state of AF deployments. I know they're heavy, but you have misinterpreted, or read something else into what I wrote. My comment was to make a quality of life comparison WHILE they're deployed. I know there are SOME AF folks in the thick of it. BUT, and not to denigrate the jobs my former brothers and sisters are doing because I am extremely proud of what they're doing, most AF personnel are not wearing out boot leather on the streets, roads, and highways of Iraq or in the mountains of Afghanistan. They're not waiting for the next IED (or the next friendly-looking native for that matter) to blow up, or a sniper to take them out, or an insurgent ambush around the next corner.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Y'know, most aircraft require runways that aren't being blown up on a daily basis, and since ALL aircraft are vunerable while they're on the ground, CENTCOM doesn't base most AF aircraft in the middle of the fight. Since most AF personnel are in aviation or some type of aviation support, they're stationed with the aircraft. Kind of follows, doesn't it? Hell, Ken, you tell me where all of the AF main operating bases are. Also, and you know this, there's a sh*tload of AF support for the theater that doesn't even originate in-theater.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dale Carlson, post: 639259, member: 56095"] Ken, I didn't say ALL. And I stand by what I said. I never said, or meant to imply that AF people weren't being heavily deployed. I know the state of AF deployments. I know they're heavy, but you have misinterpreted, or read something else into what I wrote. My comment was to make a quality of life comparison WHILE they're deployed. I know there are SOME AF folks in the thick of it. BUT, and not to denigrate the jobs my former brothers and sisters are doing because I am extremely proud of what they're doing, most AF personnel are not wearing out boot leather on the streets, roads, and highways of Iraq or in the mountains of Afghanistan. They're not waiting for the next IED (or the next friendly-looking native for that matter) to blow up, or a sniper to take them out, or an insurgent ambush around the next corner. Y'know, most aircraft require runways that aren't being blown up on a daily basis, and since ALL aircraft are vunerable while they're on the ground, CENTCOM doesn't base most AF aircraft in the middle of the fight. Since most AF personnel are in aviation or some type of aviation support, they're stationed with the aircraft. Kind of follows, doesn't it? Hell, Ken, you tell me where all of the AF main operating bases are. Also, and you know this, there's a sh*tload of AF support for the theater that doesn't even originate in-theater. [/QUOTE]
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