Military - February 2007

2007-02-03 18:36:45 · 7 answers · asked by In Honor of Moja 4

I have 10 years of Active Service. How long will it take for me to get to retierment as a Drilling Reservist? Assuming that I retire as an E-7 or an E-8, how will my retierment pay be calculated?

2007-02-03 18:34:12 · 3 answers · asked by cgr 1

Soldiers in Iraq view troop surge as a lost cause
By Tom Lasseter
McClatchy Newspapers

Staff Sgt. Robert Johnson, 29, of Montgomery, Alabama, questions two Iraqis digging a ditch on the side of the road.
"AND" Army 1st Lt. Antonio Hardy took a slow look around the east Baghdad neighborhood that he and his men were patrolling. He grimaced at the sound of gunshots in the distance. A machine gunner on top of a Humvee scanned the rooftops for snipers. Some of Hardy's men wondered aloud if they'd get hit by a roadside bomb on the way back to their base.


"To be honest, it's going to be like this for a long time to come, no matter what we do," said Hardy, 25, of Atlanta. "I think some people in America don't want to know about all this violence, about all the killings. The people back home are shielded from it; Many Americans don't want to see the violence. Out of sight and out of mind. "We are not going to win over here in Iraq" Johnson said. It's a lost cause.

2007-02-03 18:09:43 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous

Bush asking for another $245 billion for Iraq and Afghanistan.
America has already spent almost $400 billion so far and it's projected that by the end of 2008, those wars will be at a total cost of more than $700 billion.

Where's this money coming from?

I want us to get out of there victorious but, this is bordering on the ridiculous.

2007-02-03 18:02:20 · 10 answers · asked by GeneL 7

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070204/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

And thousands of tons or loose ordinance still out there?

We don't even speak the language. And Bush dared them to "bring it on". Well......this is just the beginning.

2007-02-03 17:44:46 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-03 17:42:05 · 2 answers · asked by Juan D 1

in military due to decipline no one can ask question to his senior .no one able to ask because senior can give him punishment diretly or indirectly .

2007-02-03 17:40:07 · 11 answers · asked by sand_2k9 1

I'm 19 and I want to go to Iraq and here's why: I'm terse, anti-social, intelligent, and dark. I can't explain why I am the way I am, but most people think I'm a serial killer or at least "really sketchy" when they first meet me. I want to be a war veteran so they'll think Iraq is the reason I'm so dark, even though I was like that in the first place.

I know I'm mentally prepared for war because I'm smarter and darker than everyone else my age, and I don't really care if I die because I kind of want to. However, I really don't want to get crippled. What are my odds of being crippled in combat?

2007-02-03 17:28:31 · 23 answers · asked by croato87 5

2007-02-03 17:20:53 · 5 answers · asked by Juan D 1

Increase defense budget to 451 Billion a 10.5 % increase for the Pentagon. An additional 210 billion this year and 100 Billion next year to fight these wars and limit spending at home to accommodate these increases.

2007-02-03 17:16:27 · 5 answers · asked by Mr. PDQ 4

I have to write a paper on my community, and how race relates to it.

2007-02-03 17:09:12 · 9 answers · asked by biancabass83 2

What are the Advantages and Disadvantages of being in the Army? Good side and bad side of being in the Army?

2007-02-03 16:56:59 · 15 answers · asked by ? 2

to defend the democracy and the liberty whenever and wherever it needs to be protected

2007-02-03 16:56:23 · 13 answers · asked by dantistryfiliya 2

Knowing this would it not make more sense for Israel to defend her citizens? It withdrew from Gaza and 9000 people have lost their homes. Palestinians promised that this will usher in a new era of peace...yet few days latter they bombed Sderot and still continue to bomb Sderot and Ashkelon almost on daily bases from Gaza. What would you do if your country was attacked daily? Would you let the attackers get away with it or would you fight? If you would fight why Israel can't defend itself? Palestinins made it clear that they want to kill all the Jews and drive them out into the sea, Israel has made all the efforts to negotiate and was met with terror.

2007-02-03 16:47:00 · 12 answers · asked by MaxNHL 3

Would you fight back if all peace accords that were sighned were latter ignored by your enemies?
Would you fight back if all of the world hated your action in doing so?
If you would fight back then why are opposing the war on terror? After 9/11 there were many people against war in Afganistan? When Iraqis were firing rockets on American bases that were safeguarding the Kurds and the Shiites and our soldiers were under harm's way why was it wrong to declare war on Iraq?
Why is it wrong for Israel to retaliate when the Palestinian terrorists fire rockets on Israeli cities of Sderot and Ashkelon?

2007-02-03 16:44:31 · 5 answers · asked by MaxNHL 3

I'm 18 and i'm gonna join the Marines, my parents of course are not happy about that. They always try to convince me not to join by telling me how the soldiers and Marines suffer in time of war, but i know that and that it ain't gonna get me to not join. Now they are going really out of hand by saying that they give them DRUGS without them knowing it. Like in water or something. What kind of bull$hit is that!?? Supposely they heard it on the spanish news, they are mexicans. I really wish i can talk to some parents who have sons and daughters in Iraq so they can tell my parents how untrue that is. All i wanna do is serve my country, forget the benefits!, i'm joining to earn the title Marine and protect and serve our country.

2007-02-03 16:44:31 · 20 answers · asked by Smiles_187 2

Scores killed in Baghdad market blast: STEVEN HURST, Associated Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A suicide bomber driving a truck loaded with a ton of explosives hidden beneath cooking oil, canned food and bags of flour obliterated a Baghdad food market on Saturday, killing at least 124 people in one of the most fearsome attacks in the capital since the U.S. invasion in 2003.

However, Bush said it's OK and to be expected. We are winning Bush says.

It was the fifth major bombing in less than a month targeting predominantly Shiite districts in Baghdad and one provincial city to the south. This one leveled about 30 shops and 40 houses, witnesses said. President Bush requested the USA people to stand by his plan and we will show the enemy we mean business.

2007-02-03 16:37:35 · 22 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-03 16:35:01 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

hey my name is luis. im looking for some cool people that can tell me what i have to look forward to in the army

2007-02-03 16:30:00 · 6 answers · asked by ramdom hero 1

soo wat should i do?

2007-02-03 16:00:08 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

marine and was taught that all amphbious operations were successful, i have a hard time believing that because of the lack of the element of suprise and the complex logistics of such an assault

2007-02-03 15:57:22 · 7 answers · asked by Beaujock 1

2007-02-03 15:56:54 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

Well i had a dream about terrorist attacking west virginia and i was there and i remember they were flying in small jet planes throughing bombs and grenades and one droped infront of me and i remeber praying to god asking him to forgive me for all my sins and i was asking to enter the kingdom of heaven because in my dream i knew i was going to die and it was so real and when the bomb exploded right infront of me i woke up and then i was so tired i fell back to sleep and i remember my brother being with me infront of a house and i was huging him for the last time because we both were going to die and when the second bomb exploded i woke up agian and this time i stayed up! and i keep having scary feelings like gods touching me or somthing and a few days ago i was in the middle of talking to my moms boyfriend about the bible and all of the sudden i felt this big wave in my body and i kind of heard a wishy washy sound and then i just burst out into tears?I need to know whats going on??????

2007-02-03 15:49:42 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-02-03 15:46:38 · 4 answers · asked by supermmm 1

Can a colorblind enlistee be a Navy Corpsman? Please do not answer unless you know with a reasonable degree of certainty.

2007-02-03 15:40:00 · 5 answers · asked by Entrepreneur 3

AND can HE type NORMALLY or MUST he ALWAYS use CAPS?

2007-02-03 15:35:52 · 4 answers · asked by Suzi L 2

Where Can I find this kind of information

2007-02-03 15:35:19 · 2 answers · asked by oreobabylove 3

2007-02-03 15:18:10 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

This is for the seal, please elaborate on you answer? New Mexico What is being tested? Tore what down. Follow up Question.

2007-02-03 15:03:19 · 4 answers · asked by mr bliss 2

true or false. it's bad both ways because if you don't then the irs gets involved and if you do then the military can track you down to your work place.

2007-02-03 14:48:57 · 21 answers · asked by lovely 1