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March 31st, 2007
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| Milforum's Bouncer | Post; Why did you join the military? why not something else?The search feature is your friend. This topic has been done before... here... Why did you join the military? why not something else? and even before that here... Why did you join / enlist?
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March 31st, 2007
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| Nuclear Duck Hunter  | Merged posts.
__________________ “War is an ugly thing but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feelings which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.” —John Stuart Mill |
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March 31st, 2007
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| Milforum Chaplain  | I was approached (actually attacked) on two fronts. On one side I had army siblings and a navy father twisting my arm to go in - as a padre - and on the other I had an personal attraction/vocation to that sort of work/ministry after ordination 16 + years now. |
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April 1st, 2007
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| Centurion | Let's see, mostly because of my great grandfather, a retired Navy captain and WWI and II veteran. Even at age 97, he was sharp as a tack and always quick with a joke. Also, to continue a family tradition that has skipped a generation. And 9/11 kind of pissed me off as well.
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