Military - December 2007

At Selly Oak hospital– which is part of the University Hospital Birmingham NHS foundation trust but also houses the Royal Centre for Defence Medicine – colleagues of wounded soldiers were not allowed to visit wearing uniform for fear of upsetting Muslim visitors and staff. Does anyone agree with the stance of the hospital? If so please could you explain? I am not trying to incite an arguement I just want to hear what people have to say.

2007-12-08 08:21:53 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

watched it last night- are we trying to rap the insurgency out of iraq? at least half of that movie is soldiers kicking (for the most part, mediocre) raps...

2007-12-08 07:55:43 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-08 07:54:26 · 4 answers · asked by Flo C 1

2007-12-08 07:32:10 · 5 answers · asked by Angels108 2

2007-12-08 07:26:01 · 9 answers · asked by Angels108 2

2007-12-08 07:10:16 · 5 answers · asked by Gypsy Gal 6

They're discussed quite a bit but do they exist? I understand if the gov't wouldn't talk about it even if they did have them, but have there ever been any reports of them being used? Anyone build a portable version?

2007-12-08 07:08:06 · 6 answers · asked by AmigaJoe 3

2007-12-08 07:08:05 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

they should remove there armour for twenty six minutes at the 67% mark of the journy to release the magnets that fall from the trees that grow on the paivment on the left hand side of the street in august as it may create an alagie to skalping. FACT.

2007-12-08 06:47:50 · 7 answers · asked by random mentalist. 3

2007-12-08 06:47:23 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous

im going off to army basic in june and i was just wondering. sorry if this comes off as a stupid question or offends anyone, i have nothing but respect for the the men and women in the military.

2007-12-08 06:05:01 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

While youre in the military

2007-12-08 05:59:06 · 15 answers · asked by ChuckDeucez 6

I am currently in the DEP for the USMC. I got in the DEP In June of 07 and I ship for boot in June of 08. The reason I wanted is because I didn't want to grow up with the ordinary depressing job, and I wanted to be a man of respect, courage, commitiment, honor, and I wanted a chanllenge to make a difference in this world. Now the reason I want out is because since then I have come to realize that I can be all of those things with out the marine corps and I could probly make a bigger difference if I don't go in the marine corps. I also don't want to go in because I don't want to help fight for and support what I believe to be a corrupt gov. in several aspects; such as the North American Union, possibly going to Iran, getting involved in unnecisary foreign affairs, the RFID chip dated to come out mar. 8, 2008, and I think 9/11 may have been an inside job to manipulate the public into supporting it's agenda. So what would be the best way to tell my recruiter so he doesn't constantly call?

2007-12-08 05:51:34 · 16 answers · asked by nick 1

Will this be enough to keep President Bush from authorizing military action against the country?

2007-12-08 05:46:54 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-08 05:41:47 · 8 answers · asked by King Of Utopia 2

I am considering nursing school, but my husband is in the ARMY. How well will I be able to keep a job with us moving around often?

2007-12-08 05:21:03 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have heard that you can burn them, but I don't know that I'll have an opportunity to due that over the Winter. Is there another way for me to properly dispose of these flags with honor and respect?

2007-12-08 04:58:30 · 14 answers · asked by mewalsh100 2

Restaurant is near a military base. Any idea why there is so much tissue paper on each table?

2007-12-08 04:27:14 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

He voted for President Bush and now complains about being called up (From Reserves) and sent to Iraq for 15 months. Why does he not want to go?

2007-12-08 04:13:57 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-12-08 04:09:59 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

After you finish your service in the military and you move into civilian life does the military give you money to put down as a security deposit for a place to rent?

2007-12-08 04:04:53 · 6 answers · asked by stevemincer 3

I just wanna know if there are any other people like me on Y!A, My parents are Indian and I've been in the U.S. since I was six years old. I plan to join the military and I get alot of shiitte from people in my community because somehow i'm betraying my people or some such nonsense. Any other soldiers out there whose of Middle Eastern descent or something that also have to deal with this? If so please tell me how you guys deal with that? Does it bother you that sometimes your family or community thinks of you as some sort of traitor? I mean I've always thought of myself as an American, but I guess a lot of the community think they're still in the motherland so to speak. I mean i was kinda proud to tell people I want to join the military, but I suddenly noticed alot of people look at me like i've gone insane or something. Anybody else dealing with this sort of BS?

Thanks in Advance

P.S. They haven't been able to convince me to not to enlist

2007-12-08 03:54:52 · 2 answers · asked by arkainisofphoenix 3

against rebel americans to protect your family?

2007-12-08 03:29:57 · 10 answers · asked by littlemissmay 4

Just wondering when PJ's and SEALs recieive SERE training. I don't see it listed in their pipeline. Is it just incorporated into one of their schools? Thanks

2007-12-08 03:29:16 · 1 answers · asked by Chris R 1

2007-12-08 03:20:42 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

like someone you worked with or someone u know that is in the military??





my mans daughter that is 4 and I (22) put make up on my man (her dad) when he was asleep and panted his nails and toe nails and took pictures and sent them to all the men he works with in the army lol (his friends) he was a good sport about it i am just waiting on him to get me back lol

2007-12-08 03:15:16 · 14 answers · asked by ~*Strips aka Peanut*~ 4

2007-12-08 03:10:15 · 7 answers · asked by d 3

ok, i am doing a report on child soldiers around the world like countries such as africa, middle east etc. but i was thinking the way things are going for us here in the united states do u really think its possible for us to have something like that here in the future? that someone will make an army to go against the government, plz, can ya'll tell me your opinions

2007-12-08 03:10:03 · 12 answers · asked by LaDy B 1

I've always heard the Germany didn't have one after cause both world wars, but I just wanted to find out from someone who actually knew

2007-12-08 03:05:44 · 14 answers · asked by Thagenesis 2

A Soldier's last words, 22 Oct 2007 8:52 pm



SGT. Edmund John Jeffer's last few words were some of the most touching, inspiring and most truthful words spoken since the tragedy of 9/11 - and since our nation went to war.



SGT. Jeffers was a strong soldier and talented writer. He died in Iraq on September 19, 2007. He was a loving husband, brother and son. His service was more than this country could ever grasp - but the least you can do for the man who sacrificed his life for you ... is listen to what he had to say.
Compare his observations two the cynicism of the Cindy Sheehans and Al Frankens, Chris Mathews, Keith Olberman, MSNBC, CNN, NBC and CBS who presume to call themselves 'patriots'.....



Hope Rides Alone





By Eddie Jeffers



I stare out into the darkness from my post, and I watch the city burn to the ground. I smell the familiar smells, I walk through the familiar rubble, and I look at the frightened faces that watch me pass down the streets of their neighborhoods. My nerves hardly rest; my hands are steady on a device that has been given to me from my government for the purpose of taking the lives of others.



I sweat, and I am tired. My back aches from the loads I carry. Young American boys look to me to direct them in a manner that will someday allow them to see their families again...and yet, I too, am just a boy....my age not but a few years more than that of the ones I lead. I am stressed, I am scared, and I am paranoid...because death is everywhere. It waits for me, it calls to me from around street corners and windows, and it is always there.



There are the demons that follow me, and tempt me into thoughts and actions that are not my own...but that are necessary for survival. I've made compromises with my humanity. And I am not alone in this. Miles from me are my brethren in this world, who walk in the same streets...who feel the same things, whether they admit to it or not.



And to think, I volunteered for this... And I am ignorant to the rest of the world...or so I thought.



But even thousands of miles away, in Ramadi , Iraq, the cries and screams and complaints of the ungrateful reach me. In a year, I will be thrust back into society from a life and mentality that doesn't fit your average man. And then, I will be alone. And then, I will walk down the streets of America , and see the yellow ribbon stickers on the cars of the same people who compare our President to Hitler.



I will watch the television and watch the Cindy Sheehans, and the Al Frankens, and the rest of the ignorant sheep of America spout off their mouths about a subject they know nothing about. It is their right, however, and it is a right that is defended by hundreds of thousands of boys and girls scattered across the world, far from home. I use the word boys and girls, because that's what they are. In the Army, the average age of the infantryman is nineteen years old. The average rank of soldiers killed in action is Private First Class.



People like Cindy Sheehan are ignorant. Not just to this war, but to the results of their idiotic ramblings, or at least I hope they are. They don't realize its effects on this war. In this war, there are no Geneva Conventions, no cease fires. Medics and Chaplains are not spared from the enemy's brutality because it's against the rules. I can only imagine the horrors a military Chaplain would experience at the hands of the enemy. The enemy slinks in the shadows and fights a coward's war against us. It is effective though, as many men and women have died since the start of this war. And the memory of their service to America is tainted by the inconsiderate remarks on our nation's news outlets. And every day, the enemy changes...only now, the enemy is becoming something new. The enemy is transitioning from the Muslim extremists t o Americans. The enemy is becoming the very people whom we defend with our lives. And they do not realize it.



But in denouncing our actions, denouncing our leaders, denouncing the war we live and fight, they are isolating the military from society...and they are becoming our enemy.



Democrats and peace activists like to toss the word "quagmire" around and compare this war to Vietnam . In a way they are right, this war is becoming like Vietnam . Not the actual war, but in the isolation of country and military. America is not a nation at war; they are a nation with its military at war. Like it or not, we are here, some of us for our second, or third times; some even for their fourth and so on. Americans are so concerned now with politics, that it is interfering with our war.



Terrorists cut the heads off of American citizens on the Internet...and there is no outrage, but an American soldier kills an Iraqi in the midst of battle, and there are investigations, and sometimes soldiers are even jailed...for doing their job.



It is absolutely sickening to me to think our country has come to this. Why are we so obsessed with the bad news? Why will people stop at nothing to be against this war, no matter how much evidence of the good we've done is thrown in their face? When is the last time CNN or MSNBC or CBS reported the opening of schools and hospitals in Iraq ? Or the leaders of terror cells being detained or killed? It's all happening, but people will not let up their hatred of Bush. They will ignore the good news, because it just might show people that Bush was right.



America has lost its will to fight. It has lost its will to defend what is right and just in the world. The crazy thing of it all is that the American people have not even been asked to sacrifice a single thing. It's not like World War Two, where people rationed food, and turned in cars to be made into metal for tanks. The American people have not been asked to sacrifice anything. Unless you are in the military or the family member of a service member, its life as usual...the war doesn't affect you.



But it affects us. And when it is over, and the troops come home, and they try to piece together what's left of them after their service...where will the detractors be then? Where will the Cindy Sheehans be to comfort and talk to soldiers and help them sort out the last couple years of their lives, most of which have been spent dodging death and wading through the deaths of their friends? They will be where they always are, somewhere far away, where the horrors of the world can't touch them. Somewhere where they can complain about things they will never experience in their lifetime; things that the young men and women of America have willingly taken upon their shoulders.



We are the hope of the Iraqi people. They want what everyone else wants in life: safety, security, somewhere to call home. They want a country that is safe to raise their children in. Not a place where their children will be abducted, raped, and murdered if they do not comply with the terrorists demands. They want to live on, rebuild and prosper. And America has given them the opportunity, but only if we stay true to the cause, and see it to its end. But the country must unite in this endeavor...we cannot place the burden on our military alone. We must all stand up and fight, whether in uniform or not. And supporting us is more than sticking yellow ribbon stickers on your cars. It's supporting our President, our troops and our cause.



Right now, the burden is all on the American soldiers. Right now, hope rides alone. But it can change, it must change. Because there is only failure and darkness ahead for us as a country, as a people, if it doesn't. Let's stop all the political nonsense, let's stop all the bickering, let's stop all the bad news, and let's stand and fight!



Eddie's father, David Jeffers, writes:



I'm not sure how many letters or articles you've ever read from the genre of "News from the Front," but this is one of the best I've ever read, including all of America's wars. As I was reading this, I forgot that it was my son who had written it. My emotions range from great pride to great sorrow, knowing that my little boy (22 years old) has become this man. He is my hero. Thank all of you for your prayers for him; he needs them now more than ever. God bless. Though Eddie is no longer with us, you can help to let his voice be heard. God Bless and have a good day!

2007-12-08 02:53:48 · 14 answers · asked by FREE4ALL8 3