U.S. Iraq war casualties reach new milestone

[tnt4philly]

Yap yap yap yap. Shut the hell up the both of you.

LOL. How dare two people converse on a MB.

[NC_Eagle]

What is/was your rate in the Navy? I was in the Navy from 1987-1998 as an AT. I did six years in the Army Reserves before that, and have been in the PA National Guard since 1999. I was deployed with the 228th FSB from Jan05-Jun06. We were part of the 2BCT-28ID, and spent just shy of twelve months in the Anbar Province.

Now I remember, the 'SIPRnet' and 'NIPRnet'!  I was in the Navy from 1989-2006 as a Hull Technician (HT), engineering rating.  Got medically retired, (I'm actually on the TDRL for now) so I had to turn down the NC NG recruiter when he called me! 

[Rome]

This thread clearly needs more acronyms.

[ice grillin you]

ha

romey said a funnie

[tnt4philly]

What is/was your rate in the Navy? I was in the Navy from 1987-1998 as an AT. I did six years in the Army Reserves before that, and have been in the PA National Guard since 1999. I was deployed with the 228th FSB from Jan05-Jun06. We were part of the 2BCT-28ID, and spent just shy of twelve months in the Anbar Province.

Now I remember, the 'SIPRnet' and 'NIPRnet'!  I was in the Navy from 1989-2006 as a Hull Technician (HT), engineering rating.  Got medically retired, (I'm actually on the TDRL for now) so I had to turn down the NC NG recruiter when he called me! 

HT =Turd Chaser?

I was done with the military when I got out of the Navy, but then I decided I wanted to go to college. When I joined the Navy I was too smart for college so I turned down the GI bill. the Pa NG has pretty good benis for school so I joined in 99.

[Diomedes]

It'd be nice if they sent you to Iraq real soon.

[SD_Eagle5]

When I joined the Navy I was too smart for college so I turned down the GI bill.

Worst mistake you could have made, I'm banking $1200 a month for school.

[tnt4philly]

When I joined the Navy I was too smart for college so I turned down the GI bill.

Worst mistake you could have made, I'm banking $1200 a month for school.

Well, not the worse, but it ranks pretty high on the list.

[Drunkmasterflex]

If you are a war vet in PA can't you  go to college for free?

[Diomedes]

I think the U.S. made a big mistake by failing to reinstate the draft when this thing started by Bush Co.

[Drunkmasterflex]

I think the U.S. made a big mistake by failing to reinstate the draft when this thing started by Bush Co.

I assume that is sarcasm. 

[tnt4philly]

If you are a war vet in PA can't you  go to college for free?

I never saw anything about going for free, but reservists can get a portion of the active duty GI bill. The percentage they get depends on how long they were activated in support of OEF/OIF. I know that more than one year and less than two is 60%.

[tnt4philly]

I think the U.S. made a big mistake by failing to reinstate the draft when this thing started by Bush Co.

Yeah, that would have made the war real popular.

[Diomedes]

I think the U.S. made a big mistake by failing to reinstate the draft when this thing started by Bush Co.

I assume that is sarcasm. 

I can see how you would think that, but I'm being serious.  I don't think it's good for the brunt of death to be borne by the volunteers only when you're talking about killing and dying for country.  I especially don't think it's a good idea for so much of the battle to be put in the hands of corporations employing mercenaries at the public expense.  Basically, if the U.S. is gonna war, I think the whole nation should have a stake in it, not just the military class.  No one for example, from my former hot shot NY employer's corporation went to Iraq, for example.  Not one, in all these years.  Hell, none of their children.

[Diomedes]

p.s.  the mercenary death toll is somewhere around 800, almost all of whom are being paid (very well, unless they're from a third world country, in which case most of us make better money) by you and I under contract to the U.S. government, and operating under much less scrutiny than the soldiers