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In reply to the discussion: Questioning Walz's Military Service is Just Plain Stupid [View all]underpants
(192,235 posts)Its a huge step. Yeah you might be a _____ but if needed you could be on the front. If the enemy gets inside the wire, cooks/mechanics/etc are grabbing their weapon because they have no choice.
I was a Cav Scout so I literally signed up to the THE FRONT not that I understood that at the time. If I was deployed (which I wasnt) during Gulf 1 then well I signed up for it.
During the War on Iraq, the DoD had a Blue to Green program. Navy personnel were reassigned and trained to be Army Soldiers (infantry I think).
Then theres Dorie Miller at Pearl Harbor
As a mess attendant second class[1][2] in the United States Navy, Miller helped carry wounded sailors to safety during the attack on Pearl Harbor. He then manned an anti-aircraft gun[3] and, despite no prior training in gunnery, officially shot down one plane (according to Navy Department Records), but Miller and other eye witnesses claimed the ranges of four to six.[4]
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