Posted on Aug 18, 2016
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Dude, no one that ever DID deploy did it without the help of people who didn't. We ALL signed the same blank check for Uncle Sam. Just because he didn't cash yours doesn't make it less valuable. Go watch the youtube video of the Army cook who, in the middle of cooking dinner, came under fire, ran and returned fire, then went back and flipped his steaks. You are a veteran, Brother.
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TSgt Pamela Hoelscher
I deployed, but not to a combat zone, because women weren't allowed in combat.
I broke ceilings to help get us to serve in combat.
I am just as much a veteran as my sisters that followed and were in combat.
Not being deployed or in combat makes you just as much a veteran as those who did.
Be proud of your service, and status of being a veteran, just like me.
I broke ceilings to help get us to serve in combat.
I am just as much a veteran as my sisters that followed and were in combat.
Not being deployed or in combat makes you just as much a veteran as those who did.
Be proud of your service, and status of being a veteran, just like me.
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There is a difference between not deploying and actively avoiding deployments. I tried to, but never made it over to Iraq/Afghanistan due to operational demands. On the flip side, if deployments came up but you intentionally skated around them, yeah I'd probably think less of you.
As long as you served and did what was asked of you for those 8 years, then it doesn't matter what part of the world you did your job.
As long as you served and did what was asked of you for those 8 years, then it doesn't matter what part of the world you did your job.
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SSgt Ron Breier
Taking the oath and serving your country is WHAT COUNTS. You do not know when you write that check for your ass whether or not your government is going to cash that check or not. Often it's the luck of the draw on where you are deployed.
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CPT William Jones
The term deployed means a person was sent outside the USA. Deployed in other words. Some nice deployments so not so much but all still deployed. I was deployed 4times continuously 32 months in RVN bracketing about 10 months in Germany.
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If you served your country honorably, especially for 8 years, you earned that title. Wear it with honor and pride, brother. We all scarified something, whether it was for a day or a career, deployed or stateside. "All gave some, some gave all" remember that. We all signed on the dotted line that said we would be willing to give everything up to and including our lives.
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Dont let it bother you. You gave up your civilian life so you can stand ready for our country needs you. Your service may not be a deployment role, but you do help those who are out there, and they couldnt do their job without you.
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Sgt J Steven Sondag
PFC Don Jenks - I did 71-75 in USAF. Volunteered but ended up in Europe. Feel guilty to this day that I never served in SEAsia. I feel ya, Brother.
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PFC Don Jenks
Sgt J Steven Sondag thank you for your service! You signed that dotted line to give everything.
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MSgt Gilbert Jones
Sgt J Steven Sondag - You should feel bad, I was one of those AF members that covered for you - sent there three times because I carried dual AFSC. After returning to the states I would process into personnel and by the time I finished processing I would have an IBM card indicating I was going back in 12 months. One time I replaced my replacement. Just joking about being sorry. Wish I could have gotten an assignment to Europe, almost made it in1968, had orders for Torrejon AB, Spain, but was canceled because the Status of Forces Agreement wasn't renewed. Oh well that's life!
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How you feel is irrelevant. If you feel so strongly, write your congressman and ask him for your vet status to be revoked. C'mon man, no one is GI Joe, you go and do your job, you come home. There are very few heroes. This is like my girlfriend fishing for an "I'm pretty" compliment. You're a vet or you're not a vet under title 38, it's a legal status. You're not pretty.
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SP5 Joel O'Brien
Not everybody in the Air Force is a pilot. Some folks in the Navy never go to sea. Same/Same for the Army and Marines. You do the job that's asked of you. Nobody shot at me and I didn't have to shoot at anybody. It's luck of the draw, fellow vet!
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CPO Ed Hoover
SP5 Joel O'Brien I have a navy buddy that spent 4 years active duty, never was on a ship. Seabees, rarely if ever, get to a ship. Same with VP (patrol) squadrons. Usually operate from shore stations.
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MAJ Michael McComber
(heroes) And those situations are fleeting! I am sure not to seek them out; I can only hope my training and situational awareness will see me through. Yes, your girlfriend IS pretty! Lol
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SSG Paul Headlee
I lost track of how many little fuck sticks let me know that they felt like they were above needing to serve their country. Something like, "Well I'm not going in the service. If I did I'd be an officer in the Air Force because they're the best." You want to cave their face in. On the other hand, you represent your branch and must speak and act professionally. I have so much more respect for someone who tried it but it didn't work out (barring misconduct) than someone who was just too good to even consider serving. For those of us who did it right, you're my brothers and sisters.
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My former platoon sergeant retired as 1SG with 20 years and only deployed for 6 months to Kosovo. To this day he is one of the most impressive NCOs and individuals I've met in my life. In the military so much is about timing. Right place, right time. Or, wrong place, wrong time, with wrong leadership. There is so much we cannot control. Go with the flow of the river. Turn left and right if you see an opportunity.
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CPT William Jones
I am surprised that a 20 year man that was not in a special limited type mos was only assigned out side CONUS for 6 months. No.europe, Canal Zone,Japan or Philippines ?
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I'm not sure if I will deploy, by that I mean to a designated combat zone. I'm NG and my unit seems to be doing state partnership type AT. So I might not do a deployment during this enlistment. Who knows though. I just try to work hard and help out the guys in my unit as best I can and learn what I can. Even if I don't go to Afghanistan or wherever the next fight is at least I'll know I conducted myself professionally.
I guess what I'm saying is even if we don't go, we still have a job to do and so long as we do it well there's nothing to be ashamed about.
I guess what I'm saying is even if we don't go, we still have a job to do and so long as we do it well there's nothing to be ashamed about.
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PFC Don Jenks You are a full fledged veteran. Your deployment status does not matter when it comes to being a veteran.
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PFC Don Jenks You took the exact same oath as every one of us, whether you deployed or not. The fact that you were WILLING to deploy makes you a veteran. you were WILLING to give your life if necessary. You just were not put in the position of being in that situation. You still put on your uniform and laced your boots with the rest of us. Once you made that decision and signed on that line you became part of one of the greatest brotherhoods in existence, you became a United States Veteran.
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No. I have been deployed three time and will tell you that just because you didn't deploy you served your country. You did your 8 years. You have done more then a lot of people out there. Do no fell like you had to deploy to be a veteran. You are a veteran not a combat veteran there is a difference. You have earned your title. Wear it with pride.
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SSG Paul Headlee
If you group everyone who has had a combat role in contact with the enemy and remove everyone from the services who did not, could the services continue to function? Of course you're a veteran. We couldn't get along without the contributions of people like you. I've seen some people on here beating their chests about how they are veterans and the rest of you aren't. All I can say is that they are mistaken as to the correct definition.
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CPO Ed Hoover
Veteran vs combat veteran. I was in the Navy, spent two deployments (we call them cruises) to Vietnam. Operated in the Tonkin Gulf, on two different carriers, '67 & '68. Although we were in a "combat zone" and received what we all called combat pay, I don't consider myself a combat vet. I hear others say they are combat vets. To me a combat veteran is someone who's engaged the enemy. Now those pilots on our carriers that flew missions into Vietnam are combat vets. Just my opinion.
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