I P*****ed moaned about eating C rations in the pouring rain and carrying 80 lbs. on my 120 lb. back and so did everyone else. But cry to Reporter's? No. Too much pride. Besides, all the stories!
I thought this Carrier was to be named after WWII Hero Doris Miller who performed feats of bravery during the attack on Pearl Harbor. It's going to be named after a five time draft dodger? Is there no shame? He plasters his name on everything.
"Just sign up for two years." The Recruiter said. "You'll be a RAU, Regular Army Unassigned. You'll get treated a lot better than the Draftees." "And you can request your Job!" The Draftees just get put in the Infantry." I got treated like **** like everybody else and my MOS was Light...
Or C Rations. Truth be told I would not like to be stuck on a ship for 9 months either, but you signed up, no one held a gun to your head. ALL RECRUITERS LIE!
Weak hand shooting for the yearly LEOSA Qualification, I suck. I'm going to work on that a lot. I beat a lot of the younger Officers on the rest of the qualification, but weak hand was NO!
Probably just boredom. I probably would have swapped for my 12 months in the RVN. Military isn't glorious and that's why the call it SERVICE. Complain about the food? Maybe they have something there. I don't know about this aren't they resupplied regularly?
If you look at Cities like Chicago this has been a problem whether Democrat or Republican run. I lived in a suburb of Chicago until I escaped. The ONLY time I remember the South Side being safe for White Faces was shortly after the riots when Martin Luther KIng got shot. Looting and burning...
I'm with this. My carry guns are a 13 shot .45 and a 15 to 17 shot 9 MM. I always carry a spare magazine for just the reason that was quoted here. Is the gun going to fail almost never if it's good quality and well maintained. I've had dud rounds in both calibers and magazines failed to feed...