Good times, were they really good or do we twist bad ones into good ones?

SGT Mark Stevens — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 13:45:17 -0400

I was talking with my Girlfriend, Tanya, the other day about our government experimenting on soldiers. At the end of our conversation Tanya ask's me, why do you like the Army so much? All you do is talk about getting hurt here, doing this or that, how dangerous that was, how you got in trouble for this. What is the deal, are we all a bunch of masochist who have twisted all these bad memories into good times or were they legitimate good times but sound horrible to those who don't understand? What are your thoughts?

Response by SGT Ben Keen made Aug 28 at 2015 1:47 PM

SGT Ben Keen — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 13:47:46 -0400

I would say its all in how you look at things. Sometimes we make lemons into lemonade while other days things just happen to line up exactly as we need them to.

Response by LCDR Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 28 at 2015 1:57 PM

LCDR Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 13:57:16 -0400

"...gentlemen in England now-a-bed
Shall think themselves accurs’d they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day!"

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 28 at 2015 2:07 PM

MSG Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 14:07:43 -0400

Everyone's definition of good and bad are always different from the next person.

Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made Aug 28 at 2015 3:31 PM

MAJ Ken Landgren — Fri, 28 Aug 2015 15:31:13 -0400

The Army way of thinking is enjoy the rewards as a group, and suffer as a group. That creates fairness.

Response by PO1 William "Chip" Nagel made Aug 29 at 2015 3:35 AM

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel — Sat, 29 Aug 2015 03:35:42 -0400

Memory is a very selective thing. Who in the Hell wants to remember the Crappy Times, Who wants to remember the Boring Duty Days. I don't but in 21 years I got me some Awesome Sea Stories.