thavoice;875037 wrote:Yeah, there are douchebags in the military.
But there are also many very good individuals as well.

My brother got his electricla engineering degree before joining the Navy, and becoming a SEAL. It had been his life long dream to do so.

Sleeper is way off the deap end, as he usually is, when it comes to his opinions of the military. That is OK though, being an American means you can pretty much think and say whatever ya want.

I wouldnt say it is 'easy' to be in the military. Brutus is a recruiter and said taht 80% of the people dont even qualify.....I guess I have to believe him but I dont know if it is that high.

brutus161;875063 wrote:I just ignore Sleeper.

The 80% thing is true. Trust me, I have had to weed through a lot of the 80% to find the 20.

I'm will apologize for responding the way I did, I should have better restraint than that. I am very proud of my service, and I am very quick to defend it. To answer another question about wearing my uniform, I actually wore my dress uniform this morning to an event. After the event, they invited me to breakfast at Golden Corral (not my first choice, believe that). I went without even considering going home to change first, even though I live 3 blocks from where the event happened. They did not request for me to wear my uniform, I did it because I felt it showed the proper respect for what I was doing.

brutus161;875063 wrote:I just ignore Sleeper.

The 80% thing is true. Trust me, I have had to weed through a lot of the 80% to find the 20.

I'm will apologize for responding the way I did, I should have better restraint than that. I am very proud of my service, and I am very quick to defend it. To answer another question about wearing my uniform, I actually wore my dress uniform this morning to an event. After the event, they invited me to breakfast at Golden Corral (not my first choice, believe that). I went without even considering going home to change first, even though I live 3 blocks from where the event happened. They did not request for me to wear my uniform, I did it because I felt it showed the proper respect for what I was doing.

bigkahuna;875086 wrote:I am completely fine with this though (although you don't need my approval obviously). I've seen people wear the uniform to formal events and have "approved" of it because that's the equivalent to wearing a suit and tie to a formal event. The thing that people have issue with is when you walk into the local dive bar with holed jeans and a t-shirt or even a a club like Eagles, and a military person has their uniform on.

brutus161;874617 wrote:Well, the kid was home for the first time since joining. He was proud, and wanted to show it off.

dwccrew;875166 wrote:You know very well that these idiots going to the bars in their uniforms is purely for the attention and free drinks, not their pride. Come on, you're smarter than that.

I never wore my uniform (when I served) to the bar. It is tacky and I am pretty sure you aren't supposed to (can't remember though).

Glory Days;875188 wrote:the only place besides on base i wore my uniform was when we went to lunch during the day, getting gas on the way home or the one time me and my co worker had to go downtown to get information for an event(still during the workday). i wouldnt even stop for milk, i'd go home first.

i think the only uniform you can drink alcohol in is the dress uniform.

brutus161;874399 wrote:I am in the Navy, and have been for 15 years. I will say just a few things.

1. I am proud of my uniform, and will wear it anywhere, anytime and not be embarrassed. If someone doesn't feel that way, they shouldn't wear the uniform at all.

2. Those early 20 something kids that joked behind his back will be the same once that look back when they are 45, and wish they had joined the military.

3. They rest of the military will poke fun at each other, but nobody scoffs at another service member willing to serve.

4. If you have a problem with any of this, I will personally show you how tough the Navy made me.

I personally say **** you to the both of you, and I don't care what repercussions come from it. I would rather not be on this site, than to see you ****ers bash those that make it possible for you to post the ignorant **** that usually comes from your heads.

brutus161;874399 wrote:I am in the Navy, and have been for 15 years. I will say just a few things.

1. I am proud of my uniform, and will wear it anywhere, anytime and not be embarrassed. If someone doesn't feel that way, they shouldn't wear the uniform at all.

2. Those early 20 something kids that joked behind his back will be the same once that look back when they are 45, and wish they had joined the military.

3. They rest of the military will poke fun at each other, but nobody scoffs at another service member willing to serve.

4. If you have a problem with any of this, I will personally show you how tough the Navy made me.

I personally say fuck you to the both of you, and I don't care what repercussions come from it. I would rather not be on this site, than to see you fuckers bash those that make it possible for you to post the ignorant shit that usually comes from your heads.

thavoice;878368 wrote:What do ya t hink about this? There is a kid, NG or Reservist, whom shows up to the local gym to workout in his Army PT's, and even does the gay white socks that are calf length.

Also just had a kid walk into where I work who wore his Army PT shorts along with the brown shirt ya wear under your ACU's.


Do they do this for attention?

bigkahuna;878986 wrote:Unimportant. Nobody is going to walk up to you in the gym and say "Hey I notice you're wearing your PTs. Thanks for your service, let me buy you a powerade from the bar."

Also, you can buy some PT gear, so who's saying that the person in question is ACTUALLY in the military?

thavoice;879124 wrote: WHat you all think of this......HOke at Michigan is giving his players special blue and yellow Tridents. Tridents are the pins that Navy SEALs receive.

Glory Days;879455 wrote:U of M is much older than the navy seals, so the seals should apologize for using the colors blue and yellow.

thavoice;879124 wrote:True...you can buy them, but that would make ya an even bigger retard! Those shirts are not what I call prime PT garb. Of course no one is gonna go up to ya and buy him a powerbar, but dont ya think it is worn so he gets attention? That would be my thought.


WHat you all think of this......HOke at Michigan is giving his players special blue and yellow Tridents. Tridents are the pins that Navy SEALs receive.

1_beast;879575 wrote:Are those "GIFTS" NCAA approved??? INVESTIGATION !!!!! I want justice

thavoice;879576 wrote:I would say they are cheaper than the gold pants that OSU players get when they beat Michigan.