Posted on May 3, 2016
What do you think of former service members joining the militias fighting ISIS?
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This isn't exactly new news -- the PBS report aired last year, and I believe the woman interviewed has since returned home to her family -- but it does raise some questions.
What do RallyPointers think of American veterans volunteering to serve under foreign flags to fight an enemy of the United States?
Would you consider it?
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What do RallyPointers think of American veterans volunteering to serve under foreign flags to fight an enemy of the United States?
Would you consider it?
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I think if they are no longer in the service then they are free to live their life as they choose, even if it is going off to fight for a cause under another flag. It's not like there isn't already a multitude of precedents for that; Veterans going to work for private security firms, Veterans joining another country's military (look up American Veterans in Australian Military), and Veterans taking up other security concerns around the world (poacher hunting in Africa, for example). They have decided what is important to them and they are finding a way to follow that desire.
As for me, absolutely. I would consider it and have considered it. I was offered a job in maritime security on yachts in the South Pacific. However, I have a family now and my wife was not very....receptive to that idea, despite the pay. So I have a different cause to fight for now that I am pursuing, Veteran Mental Health.
As for me, absolutely. I would consider it and have considered it. I was offered a job in maritime security on yachts in the South Pacific. However, I have a family now and my wife was not very....receptive to that idea, despite the pay. So I have a different cause to fight for now that I am pursuing, Veteran Mental Health.
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1LT William Clardy
Yup, SSG Jeremy Kohlwes, the decisions sure turn out differently when Homefront-6 gets a say, don't they? ;-)
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SSG Jeremy Kohlwes
1LT William Clardy - She can make my worst battalion commander seem like a puppy dog in comparison.
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1LT William Clardy
No doubt, SSG Jeremy Kohlwes. There's nothing quite like someone who knows (and will test) the maximum tensile strength of your short hairs.
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LCpl Jordan Hendryx
Thank you for pursuing Vet mental health. We need more people who have a closer perspective to help each other out. We all know the VA won't do a damned thing.
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Let them fight ISIS without discrimination. I was in a PTSD group and half said they want to go back. I suspect it is due to the adrenaline they want.
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Are you kidding? The Iraq Iran war lasted from September 1980 to August 1988 almost eight years. When the United States military was turned loose in Desert Storm the ground war lasted about a hundred hours. The kids from Eagle Troop of the Second Armored Cavalry Regiment said that dealing with Opposition Force at NTC was tougher than dealing with the Iraqi Republican Guards!! Remember that these former service members are combat veterans and survivors of combat and they will be expected to win battles and when the diseased ISIS members get where ever they are going they are going to find out the 72 Virgins are Nuns!!! Yes, I have a smart mouth! What are they going to do to me cut my hair short and send me to a combat zone? My hair is already short and I know that my surviving friends and I would rather go out fighting than waiting for the bus to the Fiddlers Green. We have discussed that a lot.
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1LT William Clardy
So should the Pershmegah recruiters consider you a "Yes" or a "HALE YES!", PVT Raymond Lopez?
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