Posted on Sep 1, 2016
CPL Anthony Slaughter
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A student at the college where I now work once asked me: "How can you be a Veteran? You're not even old."
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SFC Garrison Staff Training Nco
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Another good one is "couldn't afford college?" Or couldn't make it in real life?
These are the people with absolutely no clue how difficult it actually is to qualify for service
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Sgt (Join to see) - all you have to do is be a recruiter in an area where the people have NO CLUE...
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Could make it in real you must have some great bearing cause bro what couldn't make it in real lol bitch do you even know what real life is smh wow
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SFC (Join to see) - I'm already out bro and I'm glad I never went recruiting the pay is nice but I couldn't deal with ppl like that
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Sgt (Join to see) - It's a truly trying experience
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PO2 Kristy Williams
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So does everyone have to shower together in bootcamp because I heard they did, like guys and girls together..... That's hot.

I just rolled my eyes and walked away.
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1SG James A. "Bud" Parker
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PO2 Kristy Williams - It certainly breaks you from being shy, doesn't it?
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Omg lmao
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SSgt Michael Cox
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Think they watched Star Ship Troopers
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SFC Jim Ruether
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I can see how they would get that idea but totally preposterous. Wishful thinking on some of their part.
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1SG James A. "Bud" Parker
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Sometimes it is difficult to answer questions in the normal fashion. I was a door gunner in an Air Cav unit in Vietnam. When I arrived back Stateside I diverted through San Francisco to check on a pilot I had extracted from a Huey crash along the Mekong River one night a week earlier (long story). He was in bad shape at Letterman Hospital. As I returned to the SF, CA airport to catch my flight home a group of West Coast young citizens were protesting the war in one of the hallways. They asked me how I could kill innocent women and children.

I simply ignored them and they found what they were looking for; a returning soldier in uniform to harass. I excused myself saying I had a flight to catch. Of course it turned into calling me an (explicative deleted) Baby Killer and other things. When this one loud mouth couldn't get my goat he spit on me. I dropped my duffle bag and explained in actions how naughty he had been. The uppercut to his chin expressed my displeasure. He laid down on the concourse to take a nap. The other 20 or so protesters seemed to take that for an answer.
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God damn Top lol
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CSM Charles Hayden
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1SG James A. "Bud" Parker CA and UC Berkley did raise and propagate some idiotic protestors! I am sorry for your reception!

That is when the war was lost!!!!!

Peaceful protests? Do not interfere with others! Their asses should have been put in jail after a severe beating

Expression is one thing. Exposing public safety officers to personal injury by demanding to be bodily removed from a protest should result in personal injury to the protestor!
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1SG James A. "Bud" Parker
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CSM Charles Hayden - I was the Crew Chief on the Firefly mission that night and had to extract all six other people on that Huey. Tough night in a combat area along the Mekong River. Because that experience was only seven days past when this group of "citizens" accosted me I reacted rather severely. Not that I feel bad about it.

Those people accosting returning military members had no idea who they were aggravating or what they were capable of doing. Of course, you know precisely what I am referring to. I was flying 4 or more combat missions every day in the last remaining US Air Cav unit in IV Corps. I am quite happy that our current returning soldiers are treated with the respect they deserve.
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