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No Military news today. Just me ranting and raving. 🙂
I am wondering what our government is thinking lately. President Biden, has said, “Cut the Military budget.” He wants the money for his infrastructure ideas.
Cutting the military budget for this will greatly hamper the military’s abilities to replace outdated equipment and give the soldiers the raise they need.
Doesn’t make much sense to me.
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Kamala Harris finally went down south to what she calls the border. Where she went was to El Paso, Texas. That isn’t even close to a trouble spot. I have been to El Paso several times and never felt threatened by illegals.
She needs to go the hot spots and talk to the Border Patrol there to see what is really going on.
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I am looking back a ways, but I was very disappointed when Biden called up thousands of the National Guard to “protect,” the Capital.
When they got there it was all over. No rioting, no thousands of protestors. Silence.
He kept them there for a couple of weeks or more. What a waste of your tax payers money.
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I am going to share an excerpt from my book, Signs of Hope for the Military: In and Out of the Trenches of Life.
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Drafted Soldiers are Totally Different From the Enlisted Men
One of the interesting things while I was in the military were the drafted soldiers. They were selected in the lottery, or by age. If you were over a certain age you were safe. If you were in College they seemed to leave you alone, but if you were not you were prime bait.
There were a lot of bitterness coming from these soldiers. They didn’t want to be there and they let you know about it. Those of us that were enlisted got very tired of their whining, and had several “blanket parties,” because of it.
A blanket party is when a group of soldiers cover up another soldier with a blanket and roughed him up a little. A blanket party could also be when a soldier hasn’t showered for a long time even after all the rigorous training we had.
The draftees only had to serve two years. By the time you were through basic training and your MOS (your job) training you only has about one year left. You could almost do that standing on your head.
I felt like I was doing something good for my country, and for me as well. The military changed my life completely. I needed the structure. I needed the discipline. I needed the special training. I needed to get away from my safe haven at home, and learn more about the world. I got all of that in the three years I served. I felt the draftees should have thought about this themselves.
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I will share some excerpts in the future. So be sure to come back often to see the progress of the book. Better yet...go to the top of this page and click on “subscribe.” When you do all future posts will come directly to your inbox.
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