Military - October 2007

I've been in the Navy for 3 or 4 months and I want out because there is a lot of family problems going on back at home. I just turned 19 and left for boot camp two months after graduation. I know it's my own fault, but is it too late to get out? Please answer this seriously with no sarcasm. God Bless.

2007-10-11 08:31:31 · 8 answers · asked by fluteplayer_vhs 1

Should the Marines be given the airpower to cause total submission by the savages who are still fighting ?

2007-10-11 08:26:57 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

1) I heard something about an enlistment bonus? if is true, when do i get it and how does it works..and how much ?

2) If you can't do something, what actually happens.... Let say they tell you to do 30 push ups and you are just too tired to do it... What happens?

3) and i don't care about going to the war or anything.. the only thing bothering me is bootcamp... Even though i am pretty much on shape... I am just worried about privacy and stuff... So any tips? thanks

2007-10-11 08:22:27 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous

I think it is very poor policy to hire out to private military organizations. You can spin it any way you want, but it all boils down to a mercenary project. It is all about the money...and unfortunately they only police themselves. Keep private military out of our conflicts...only bad will happen and corruption and scandle. Our government should never fork out a dime to mercs that our own military is getting paid mere pennies to what we are paying them to do that same job...and with loyalty to our country and fellow soldiers...not a pay scale.

2007-10-11 08:16:45 · 6 answers · asked by sketch_mylife 5

even before the invasion?

2007-10-11 08:08:40 · 5 answers · asked by reifguy 6

My fiance was talking to me about possibly becoming an officer in the Navy. We've talked about it briefly before, but just as in idea. Now he wants to seriously consider this as an option. He really wants to do this because he believes that it would truly benefit us in the long run. He wants to make sure I am okay with it before he commits to this idea. The thing is I am not sure about it because before he was saying that he was going to get out of the Navy (in 2011). I was happy with the idea about him being here with me all of the time but I want to make sure rather this is our best option or not before saying anything.

What are the benefits of him becoming an officer in the Navy?
What would be some cons (if any) about it?
Do any USN wives (or their spouses) have any experiences or stories they can share?

I just want to have the facts before I make any type of judgment. It's all about what will be better for our future family.

Thanks in advance!

2007-10-11 08:04:06 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

im thinking about joining the Navy and can't decide on which job i want to go with.. i've been doing film work for a couple years, so i thought about going w/ the News and Media, but was unsure if it'd be one of the lower paying jobs... i know on the navy site it has a small figure, but does anyone know anything about this job first or second hand?

2007-10-11 08:00:55 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

There's been a ton of questions about a non-existent draft. Questions of the "what's in it for me" variety about enlisting. Questions about negotiating a deal concerning enlistment like the military was some sort of yard sale. Questions about finding a "safe" unit that doesn't deploy. These are mainly asked by the generation we gave birth to. I think we failed in passing down vital knowledge to them.

2007-10-11 07:48:11 · 14 answers · asked by desertviking_00 7

2007-10-11 07:14:05 · 4 answers · asked by Sassy G 1

2007-10-11 06:49:00 · 5 answers · asked by ez f 1

For example, what about all those kids who went straight to Vietman ot Iraq just out of high school and died in combat before they had the chance to make out with a girl?

2007-10-11 06:48:53 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

what fun things can i do to a lost brand new soldier. nothing like hazing, but something non physical or hurtful. (like going to find something never invented)

2007-10-11 06:44:12 · 8 answers · asked by rusty 2

2007-10-11 06:31:32 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous

or least how to go about finding out

2007-10-11 05:56:11 · 4 answers · asked by Lashelle H 1

Friend died. I didnt see the body but they had a flag draped over the coffin. It was closed coffin even at the wake. Was he too damaged to be seen or do they do that with all of them?

2007-10-11 05:52:50 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Britain could have allied with Germany at any time during the war.
As a British man I am proud we did not give in.
But what real hope in hell did Britain have?
It was only because Hitler was an idiot that we are alive but Churchill didn't know that, was he really prepared to scarified thousands of lives to protect Britians honor?
And the chance of a worse treaty when Germany invaded

2007-10-11 05:24:19 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-11 05:01:52 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I recently joined the navy as an enlisted ( I am coming in as an E-3). When I go to basic I will have 2 classes left to finish my bachelor's degree in business Administration with a concentration in accounting and financing, and since the school is 100% online and all my homework is due on Saturdays, I will finish the degree during A school.
Right now I am in the US as a permanent resident. So even if I waited to join when I complete my bachelor's degree I still would not be qualified for officer position, since one must be a US citizen to do so.
Does it make sense to come in as an enlisted with a Bachelor's degree to try for an officer position? By the time i actually receive my citizenship, I will have started on my master's degree.
I figured it would probably be easier to receive a slot for OCS from inside with a Bachelor's and maybe a master's degree, than it would if I came straight from outside and tried it. I am wrong?

2007-10-11 04:43:08 · 6 answers · asked by hello 1

In German occupied France, the Wehrmacht had rules of retribution for attacks on them by "unknown" persons.
For each Germain soldier killed, multiple civilians from the closest village or town would be executed.

I've been told that this was not an uncommon policy in the day and most armies in the world had similar rules in their tenets of war and occupation,
though the civilian multiple varied widely.

Does anyone know if this is true and where i can find more information on this subject ?

2007-10-11 04:32:53 · 7 answers · asked by kindred5eeker 2

2007-10-11 04:11:04 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-11 04:06:22 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous is my name...lol! 3

I have always been very Proud to be an American every since I was a child I will be 30 next week but anyway I am buying a house and the 1st thing I am doing is putting up a flag pole. My question is that I want to put the flag at half staff as well as the POW Flag cause my feeling is the many many men and women who have died for this country should be honered and remembered everyday not just a few selexct days a year. Would it be wrong to do it that way? also would it be wrong to put the POW Flag under the American flag or should the POW Flag be flown seperatly? I wish I could had joined the military after I turned 18 but I cannot use my right hand from being born with brain damage. I also am going to light the flag pole with RED White and Blue Lights shining on old Glory.

2007-10-11 03:46:24 · 27 answers · asked by Tyler R 1

Fear is a powerful motivator. Consequently, war will always take precedence over any social program.

Franklin D. Roosevelt Quote:
"We have nothing to fear but fear itself."

2007-10-11 03:33:13 · 20 answers · asked by Lou B 4

envole recue missions,(not spec ops) but like life saving (not medical ). anything to do with a rescue career

2007-10-11 03:09:55 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I met him just one month before he deployed (Oct 06) and we have kept in touch by instant message/email/phone. He has usually been able to contact me at least once a week, sometimes more, but we have never gone more than a couple of weeks without talking. It has been almost two months since his last phone call and I am worried that he has been injured. The only family he has is a brother in Seattle that I have never spoken to and I don't really know how I could contact him to ask if he is ok. Is is possible for me to find anything out through his army post (Fort Hood Killeen TX) Or do I have to be directly related to get any info.

2007-10-11 03:02:32 · 7 answers · asked by kristina 1

I got out the navy 22 months ago but I have been in the national guard 14 months now. I want to go back to the navy on active duty, is it possible someone please help me.

2007-10-11 02:57:04 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I want to join the Army, i have not told my boyfriend yet but know he wont be happy. I have brung this subject up in conversation in a hypthetical manner and he was against it.

There is a big age gap between us (i'm 20 he's 34), and feel this is where the problems happen, he already has a career and i want to make one for my self. He would be happy if i moved in and he was the bread winner but this isn't me. I want to join the Army, go to far away places, work hard, and achieve something.

Sometimes i feel he's alot of hard work, i have to watch what i say so he doesn't take it the wrong way & have to make sure i text him throughout the day otherwise he gets in a strop.

I also dont like who he is when he has had a few drinks. We've only been together for three months and twice he has been extremely verbally abusive towards me after alot of drink.

All this aside i love spending with him, he's a different person. He's funny, kind & generous.

Help me!!!!

2007-10-11 02:50:24 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous

left before the next nuclear explosion occurs.And who do you think will use it.

2007-10-11 02:36:58 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

The US led invasion of Iraq was Illegal under International Law.
The US were indeed the first nation to sign the UN Charter in 1945 so they are bound by both domestic and international Law so the invasion of Iraq was not only illegal under international Law, it was also a direct violation of the US Constitution .

A report published in the renound British Medical Journal 'The Lancet' in October 2006, accurately states the total CIVILLIAN death toll from the Iraq invasion at 655,000 civilian deaths.

The United States flagrantly breached the Laws of the UN, and of the US constitution, and have commited 14+ crimes against humanity both during the invasion and during the subsequent occupation.

The US Government, Bush et.al and the Soldiers in the war are, officially, War Criminals.

How do you deal with the worlds most powerfull group of war criminals?

Can the US and indeed the UK civilians be blamed for their indifferance when we are attacked, 'we had it coming?' Comment..

2007-10-11 02:14:37 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous

How do I know what Job I am going for? I've chosen Aircraft Mechanic, there are numerious aircraft Mechanic jobs(FixedWing.Tiltrotar,KC-130...).

2007-10-11 01:57:49 · 6 answers · asked by ramakrishna_kolachina 1