Military - October 2006

Personally i think there are two types of heros. They are both in the military. One that dies, and one that lives that has seen death. The one that died payed the ultimate price for his country and can give nothing more, his/her family will miss them for the rest of their lives but can do nothing to bring them back. The ones that have seen death are heros because they have mentally dealt with the fact that their buddys/comrades have died. The things that the soldiers see in wars stay in their mind for an eternity and people think that it goes away, but it doesnt. How can you deal with seeing your best friend killed right in front of your face? Can you immagine that they spend all their lives together, played video games as kids, and then decided to join the military to serve their country. Thats why it bothers me so much to see kids not stand for the pledge of allegiance in high school. They dont know the price that our country pays to keep it free, puts the national debt small...

2006-10-29 06:06:51 · 7 answers · asked by nacho man 2

I dont.

Also check this out:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Aq1mertxRDEeTAIuV8IxHZ8jzKIX?qid=20061029054641AAri1Cj

2006-10-29 05:56:06 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous

My brother-in-law is shipping off to Boot Camp in January, and my wife and I are wondering what sort of things he is allowed to bring. Books? Portable dvd player? Laptop? Any ideas and suggestions would be helpful!

2006-10-29 05:54:37 · 15 answers · asked by swhertzberg 2

I am in the military and have seen crew chiefs on helocopters wearing them. Where do I find an item like this?

2006-10-29 05:51:04 · 3 answers · asked by bkdrft413 1

I can make orthotics for infantry shoes/boots that will allow them to walk better, more efficiently, and diminish the overall foot pathology sustained by foot soldiers. How do I get the feds to look at what my startup company can do?

2006-10-29 05:46:27 · 5 answers · asked by kellenraid 6

2006-10-29 05:35:27 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-29 05:33:39 · 4 answers · asked by curmar1@sbcglobal.net 1

My friend says that if u do PLC you are unable to be taken out of college and put on active duty, but i was wondering if this was true, since you would be on reserve duty and your unit could go active.

2006-10-29 05:29:30 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

for the MIA's and POW's during the Viet Nam War? Still have it?

2006-10-29 05:22:31 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-29 05:02:12 · 12 answers · asked by shamsisbowling 1

.....to free Kuwait of Iraqi forces Saddam Hussein said "This is the Mother of all battles". Was he right?
(By the way, I'm a red-blooded American who proudly served as an Armor Crewman so don't get the wrong idea here) Thanks.

2006-10-29 04:42:37 · 6 answers · asked by Randy 2

2006-10-29 04:27:41 · 22 answers · asked by Sleuth 1

i reckon it gonna have something to do with the islamic world.

anywayz however it happens,i hope it happens soon, its boring around here, nothing exciting ever happens....

2006-10-29 04:25:48 · 13 answers · asked by Freestyle 1

looking for photos or information on a m60a1 or m60a3 battle tank in the camouflage scheme of forest green,light green,sand and black.base color is forest green.have checked all types of site and pics.but can't find this color scheme anywhere.

2006-10-29 04:23:34 · 2 answers · asked by nowhere man 2

2006-10-29 04:20:17 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-29 04:11:55 · 5 answers · asked by love_jack_russells 1

I have 2 boxes of "Meals Ready-To-Eat's... the boxes have "DATE PKD/LOT: 1306" and "INSP/TEST: 11/04 0442"

So I'm thinking that they were supposed to be reinspected in November '04, correct? If thats true, how long can that date be extended after a proper "inspection"?

2006-10-29 04:09:36 · 17 answers · asked by jccjr1982 2

2006-10-29 03:52:02 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

By Thomas Keyes
June 28, 2005

After reading 8 books in English and Russian on the Second World War, including William L. Shirer’s “The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich”, I have concluded that the role of the USSR was what decided the victory of the Allies over the Axis. It may be the case that even without the USSR, the Allies would have triumphed ultimately, but, of course, this is something that can never be tested.

The only problem is that if you ask the average American who won the war, he will probably say, “The US and its Allies did”, as if the great defender in the war had been the US. Even at useless-knowledge.com, a former contributor railed at someone from the Netherlands for not showing sufficient gratitude for American sacrifices in WWII on behalf of the Dutch, but I imagine that the same contributor (Hughes) would never berate Americans for not showing sufficient gratitude for the sacrifice made by millions upon millions of Russians and other Soviets. It may well be the case that those millions of dead were what kept Hitler too busy to win in the Western Europe and made the invasion of the US impossible for him. There’s no doubt that the US was the victor in the Pacific, however.

Even if someone should disagree that the Soviet effort was the keystone in the arch of triumph, from a strategic point of view, he certainly has no grounds to dispute the observation that the number of Soviet dead far exceeded that of any other nation.

According to Wikipedia, the total toll of war dead on both sides, Allied and Axis, including military and civilians, was 62,536,500. Of this number, 23,200,000 were Soviet citizens. This comes to 37% of the total. The Russian historian, Dmitri Volkogonov, in his 4-volume biography of Joseph Stalin, puts the figure even higher, with an estimate of 27,000,000, not counting the 8,000,000 or so who were shot or sent to their deaths in Arctic labor camps. The US suffered the loss of 418,500. So Soviet deaths outnumbered American deaths 55 to 1.

The object of the war, though, was to kill, not to die, and it may be that America’s contributions of weapons, planes, ships and tanks was a factor of paramount importance. I’m not trying to belittle America’s role.

In the same article, Wikipedia, lists the Holocaust dead as numbering 5,754,000. How many times in a week are we reminded to remember the Holocaust? And surely we should. Even if the figure was somewhat less, as some authorities maintain, the Holocaust was still an abhorrent deed. We should definitely commiserate with the victims.

But why are we never asked to remember the Russians who died for us? Of course, they weren’t thinking of us when they died. Nonetheless, it surely wouldn’t hurt to commemorate their sacrifice too. Then, of course, 10,000,000 Chinese died in the conflict too, but everyone knows that Chinese don’t matter.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_War_II_casualties_by_country

Illustrative of my experience with people was a conversation I had about three years ago with a Hispanic American of around 30. Actually we were arguing about religion, and he was an inerrantist, so I mentioned the WWII dead as evidence that the Beatitudes are bunk. Two minutes later, he said that I was the one who had mentioned the Jews. I hadn’t said a word about Jews. This is the way many Americans would summarize WWII: Hitler was killing Jews and therefore the US intervened and conquered Hitler, and that’s the whole story.

2006-10-29 03:44:23 · 10 answers · asked by ! 1

Anyone that croses the US border from either mexico or canada are considered intruders right? Well what do we do when say a russian aircraft crosses into US terrirory? we shoot them down. So do you think that the best way of resolving border security is to say that imagrants thtt are trying to come over are considered intruders and shoudl be shot? wouldn't this make less people attempt to cross the borders?

2006-10-29 03:34:32 · 14 answers · asked by cagurlsrule212121 1

what they must be going thru and feeling has got to b something we cant imagine as civilians

2006-10-29 03:33:51 · 12 answers · asked by jos q 1

I have been going to the va for years. The doctors there all seem not to care about what causes your pain. they just want to get you in and get credit for having you there. Where can a vet turn when the care they get is not the care they need. I am sick and no one is listening to my complaint's. each day gets worse and i can not get help. where can i turn, does anyone know.

2006-10-29 03:13:47 · 11 answers · asked by carla b 1

My Grandfather died in this f*** war (WWII) And you steel asume that some stupid allies won . USSR won WWII and nobody else.
If you say that some stupid allies won in THe WWII it's the same as to say that in Vietnm the Vietnamise won . And any way how do you know you were on the other part of the world and only some little squad of Japanise attacted you . USSR have lost 30million people in this war . And youi still assume that some allies won . Belive me it's rediclouse

2006-10-29 03:09:51 · 21 answers · asked by ! 1

I mean, I am looking for a sound motive, what such a person could do in a forrest? Why did he come there?

2006-10-29 03:09:22 · 4 answers · asked by Zephyr_Seven 1

To stop killing each other in pointless wars?

2006-10-29 03:03:53 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'm not sure, but most people wouldnt am i correct? Does height evan matter to most people? What do you think?

2006-10-29 03:01:33 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-29 02:49:33 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-10-29 02:46:53 · 5 answers · asked by kissmybum 4

How easy is it to get a job...

-After being 31B (MP) in the Army for 4-6 years as a Civillian Police Officer?

And

-After being 21M (FireFighter) in the Army for 4-6 as a Civillian FireFighter

2006-10-29 02:33:00 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

got pulled over this morning by MP off post. I was speeding off post. did not pull me over 10 minutes later after i got on post and told me i was speeding off post. I am a civilan with USA plates. Never gave me a ticket either. Is this allowed?

2006-10-29 02:32:48 · 6 answers · asked by redskins1978omar 1