Questioning Walz's Military Service is Just Plain Stupid

[rickford66]

54. In 1969 I enlisted directly into the Seabees as a CE3 (E4)

Two year hitch with a 6 month extension and guaranteeing two Viet Nam tours. In bootcamp they let you request three duty stations upon graduation. I picked Viet Nam for all three. The officer interviewing me said nobody ever did that before. I asked his where I was going to be sent and he replied Viet Nam. When our orders came through I was assigned to Operation Deep Freeze, a year in Antarctica plus the chance of duty in New Zealand before and after the year on the ice. Go figure. I was able to work in NZ for a total of six months and met my eventual wife. We married about 8 months after I returned home. Hey. You take your chances and roll the dice. I fully expected at least two tours in Nam.

on edit: I was discharged three months early