vetwife
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Wed Jul-21-04 08:59 AM
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This is crazy...68 year old reactivated ! |
MaryH
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Wed Jul-21-04 09:04 AM
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1. Now I Don't Have to Worry About Retirement |
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I'm going to have to work until I'm 70 anyway. Might as well just join the military.
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Wed Jul-21-04 09:07 AM
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2. These quotes really got me: |
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Wicks said recruiters initially hinted he could go to Europe or a stateside base to relieve a younger psychiatrist who would go to Iraq. The Army even gave him three choices should that scenario play out, and Dr. Wicks chose Italy, Germany and England.
"Well, I now wonder if this was just to get me hooked. Because there's no way I'm going to Italy or any of these places," he said. "I'm going to Iraq."
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They obviously tricked the poor man. What is it we always hear? Support the troops? Is this what they're talking about? Reminds me of the scene in F-9/11 with the Marine recruiters ambushing all the poor folk of Flint.
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MrBenchley
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Wed Jul-21-04 09:10 AM
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3. Anybody ever read "The Good Soldier Schveik"? |
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Wed Jul-21-04 09:39 AM
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4. I agree..What they do is appeal to his ego that is 68 years old |
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and make him feel like a young stud of 18 again. This is really sad.
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Fri Apr 26th 2024, 06:55 PM
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