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Reply to An Ancient Art in Art JoeUser Forums

The ghoddammed new haiku book has been lost... and found... and lost... and found... and lost... and found... but I never did figure out who took the old one.

Reply to It's a Matter of Trust in Politics JoeUser Forums

Thank you both. Cripes, I hope my instructor thinks so as well.

Reply to My guess is they'll amputate in Humor JoeUser Forums

That was the standard in basic. "Drink water." Drill SGT, I have a headache. "Drink water." Drill SGT, I'm vomiting because we had to PT like that in the wood chip pit in 98 degree heat. "Drink water." Drill SGT, my wife left me. "Drink water."

It's a Matter of Trust in Politics JoeUser Forums

Possibly the last thing I'll post from that ghodawful Government class I was taking. The one that ended almost four months ago. The one that I'm still not done with... This paper was supposed to be a collaborative effort (I worked on it alone, except for the inspiration I have derived from those around me whom I feel I can talk to about politics), and the

Reply to Deadly Charisma (Pt. 9) in Personal Relationships JoeUser Forums

He has pointed out before that it's safer to tell these "war stories" about events that are long past and soldiers who aren't around... trickier as he caught up to current incidents and personnel. He hasn't run out of stories, I'm certain you know. But these are some of his more polished ones from this era.

Reply to My guess is they'll amputate in Humor JoeUser Forums

A casual acquaintance of my wife's had intense migraines for over a year. Every time he went to sick call, they gave him the standard: motrin and RTD. Turns out he had brain cancer, and by the time they caught it, he had 6 months left. Didn't even get to ETS, except permanent-like.

Iraqi Security Forces in Current Events JoeUser Forums

First off, hat tip to greywar for this, as he was the one who saw this man on Fox News speaking of this experience, and pointed it out to me. Link details how Scott Taylor was taken hostage by insurgents in Iraq, traded from group to group, beaten and tortured and finally released (no spoiler there;

Encounters at Sick Call, PT 2 in Health & Medicine JoeUser Forums

I had been deferred to a later appointment time, 0915, but was instructed to return 15 minutes prior. (Ah, the “X minutes prior” rule… another topic for another time.) I jaunt home, bum around some, see the fam, and head right back. Have to be fifteen minutes early for the half-hour wait, amirite? While I was waiting, I noticed a somewhat skinny, somewhat pale

Encounters at Sick Call, PT 1 in Health & Medicine JoeUser Forums

Actions being taken against me by the Army (for my own failings, admittedly) led me to be at the clinic this morning for Sick Call. I managed to stick around work to watch the brief, encouraged by greywar that the clinic wouldn’t be open until 0730, regardless. While I was certain it was open at 0700, I felt it wouldn’t be a big deal to get there a few minutes

Reply to Problems with the IRR Call-up in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Update: Link "Fourteen people were listed as AWOL last week; six subsequently told the Army they would report."

Reply to AIM Security? in Internet JoeUser Forums

Just from the title, I had hoped you were going to talk about M.O.D.O.K. Ah, well.

Reply to Blogiston in Pure Technology JoeUser Forums

But she mispelled n00b. (I miss that phrase, now that the contractors have come in... I have to make some minor nod to civility.)

Reply to Bend over and spread 'em again, please. in Misc JoeUser Forums

let's just say that at this college, you'll graduate before you ever get financial aid people to award you financial aid. My SO is trying to get the GI Bill to kick in... at least two terms have gone by where it seems to have been awarded "retroactively"... we were paid *after* the class was over.</fo

Reply to Bend over and spread 'em again, please. in Misc JoeUser Forums

Do they have un-trained chimps working in military pay offices? It is important to note that, with exceptions (as with every rule), the pay specialists, file clerks and administrative specialists in the Armed Forces are the people who didn't score high enough for the more technical jobs. Salt of the ea

Reply to I Would've Choked Him... in Personal Relationships JoeUser Forums

GUS is, of course, his opsign. You know, EL, the ones you hated, that made us Gs elitist bastards or somesuch? (Should I tell you that *everyone* has one now, even the Js and Ks?) The news you posted is reassuring, in a "there may be a higher power after all" sort of way.

Problems with the IRR Call-up in Current Events JoeUser Forums

It seems there are some issues cropping up during the call-up of the Individual Ready Reserves to Active Duty. While the vast majority of these personnel showed up to do their duty, some were unable, or unwilling, to show when told. As the article below details, many of these people are trying to get out of it, either through legal means (which I have no major probl

Reply to does your partner read your blog ? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

No, but I do self-edit a bit just in case. Also, in case immediate family members drop by (although that's less of a reason). And, more of a reason, in case certain military members drop by...

Reply to Blogiston in Pure Technology JoeUser Forums

The pancake rabbit jumped the shark quite awhile ago... but thanks for playing! You've won the home version.

Reply to Another Iraqi Fairytale in International JoeUser Forums

"We?" You posting this from the green zone? The Green Zone? In Baghdad? Because, y'know, there are a lot of personnel bunkered in there that will be travelling to Fallujah. Don't worry, assclownstaysirrelevant, she wasn't including you in the "we" she posted.

Reply to A Funny Story About A New Years Day in Humor JoeUser Forums

Was the student disappointed in not being allowed to be raunchy a Marine, perhaps? Those were always the ones in my class who were most interested in learning those words...

Reply to Media Intent in Current Events JoeUser Forums

It actually stumbled... no, sprinted away from my original point a bit. But I think it turned out nicely. Thanks.

Reply to CBFTW Updates in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

That seems like a pretty fair statement, milady. While he did mention that his BC had told them all about the "Men In Black," it was in the comments that we learned they were really... What? I can't? Are you sure? Oh, alright. fnord.

Reply to John Kerry is encouraging the death of Americans in Iraq! in Politics JoeUser Forums

sandy2 - If that's really what you meant... I can only encourage you to write what you mean next time. I can't argue with your point as you have expanded it, as it is in agreement with my stance on the issue. I'm fully aware of the difficulties in translating between languages.

Media Intent in Current Events JoeUser Forums

with me, anyway. I hope that the "liberal media" is a myth. I hope they are just trying to do their job, and not color their stories. But I know they do. Even just a little, sometimes, but it's hard to keep your editorializing out of your reporting (two great tastes that taste great together... not). I hope that the media coverage of the recent host

Reply to John Kerry is encouraging the death of Americans in Iraq! in Politics JoeUser Forums

Reply #10 By: sandy2 - 9/21/2004 6:55:50 PM I highly doubt there is an aribic word that translates exactly to quagmire. Why would you "highly doubt" that? Do you feel that Arabic isn't as highly evolved as English? Or do you think there aren't any swamps/bogs/marshes/fens/morasses in the Middle E