Question for “Real” (US) Air Force vets.?

Question

On a scale of 1 – 10 what is the most arduous and tough jobs to do in the Air force?



On a Scale of 1 – 10 what is the cushiest/easiest



In the army we had people like cooks, mess waiters the rear echelon type supporting the troops in the front line; do you have an equivalent in the Air Force? And do you notice how the rear types come out of the woodwork pretending to be “super” veterans.



What sort of Air Force vet is one who never left the US, never went abroad and just did 4 years looking at photos coming online pretending to be a superior vet to people who had done double, three times as much service as him served abroad in multiple war zones, and he thinks he has a right to question them and demand they prove to him their service.

I am not saying your brother is a bad vet, but does he contact real vets WHO have served abroad and demand they prove their service to him ? does he do that ???

Mustanger's, I am not knocking guys who serve overseas at all, and I am not knocking people who have done jobs like FCO. I am knocking a person who has never done anything like this who is demanding prove that they served, the "butthead as you call it" is the person I am talking about, suggest YOU READ what is said before blurting out your comments

Answer 1

I spent four years in the Marines, stayed out for a while and then went in the Air Force where I spent 23 years. During that time I spent more than half of my time overseas. Two tours to Nam, one to Korea, one to Turkey and a couple to nice places like Japan, P.I. and Taiwan. In Turkey we supplied total Comm facilities; Micro Wave, Secure voice Telephone, Sat Comm and HF Radio to the Army. We were there because we could do that with eight men. The Army signal command unequivocally stated they'd need at least 60 men to maintain the electronics equipment plus the power plant we also ran. One of my Nam tours was with the 25th Infantry Div. at Cu Chi providing Forward Air Control. My final assignment was providing support to the Army units at Ft. Hood. I met a lot of good guys in the Army but more of them were supercilious butt heads like you. Many times a person has no control over what he is assigned to do or where he is stationed. That makes him no less of a man or a veteran and no one who is secure in his own manhood would imply other wise.

Answer 2

Well I'm an army veteran, but I do understand his point of view (I agree he shouldn't delete answers though, either stand by what you say or admit that you were wrong). I think one has to trend very lightly when it comes to dealing with free speech and fully understand all of the consequences of any sort of infringement on that right. I think one has to make a difference between what is morally wrong and what is illegal. Make no mistake, protesting a soldiers funeral is a dispicable act. Whether it should be illegal, that I'm not too sure about that . It seems like it could be possible to find another solution to the problem, I think there are even bikers who go around and protect funerals because of the crap that the Westborough group pulls. I would also think that maybe a disorderly conduct charge might apply here, that the act of disturbing other people and not the act of protesting could be considered a misdemeanor in these cases.

Answer 3

Every person who serves their country is sacrificing to some degree. I don't care if they were a cook or mess waiter. I am sure they have seen/heard of the sacrifices their comrades made so the USA can remain free. "They"are no less of a person then you my friend, perhaps just not as arrogant.
Edit: Thank You MUSTANG. You are one of the people who make me proud to be an American.

Answer 4

My brother is currently active in the air force and he has not been outside the US. He is a loyal supporter and because he has not gone outside the US doesn't mean that he will be a bad vet. He is putting his time in in other important assignments.

Answer 5

10 - having to deal with people who are in the army