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Where in the World Isn't Bob Saget?
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Goofyer served during 'Nam. Did you?
My brother's experience in the Air Force from 1966 to 1970 was RADICALLY different from my dad's in the Navy during WWII. Even though both served during war. My dad's basic training was in Honolulu to be part of the planned invasion of Japan. My brother's was at Lackland...and a lot different from my dad's. In fact, the AF is known to have the most difficult basic training of all the branches.
Don't EVER tell a vet who did a tour in 'Nam to "calm down". In fact, don't ever tell ANY combat vet or any vet to "calm down". They've seen things most of us haven't. One vet's experience will be different than another's, even those fighting in the same war. That doesn't diminish what they experienced.
So this is you served the other did not , game? I merely described what my former boss and friend RIP experienced in Nam being a grunt for a year. No more no less. I beg to differ on Air Force basic being more difficult than Marine basic, see Goofy post on this.
Apparently he got set off when I merely described my friend John who served in the front lines 68'-69 in Nam descriptions of Long Binh and referred the ones there as REMFs when he went for R&R.
Did you miss he was actually there?
I'm fully aware of that, he automatically assumed I thought it was a country club which set him off. What my friend John experienced in the front lines was like he told me back in the day when we knew each other and worked together was more intense and extreme than what serviceman in Vietnam serving in the rear experienced.
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To be fair to him, your description was rather country clubby....
Did you ever serve in Vietnam yourself ?
AF basic is nothing like what MC basic was and is at Parris Island.Are you kidding?
You know the answer to that if you've read previous posts.
So that's a no then ?
You assumed wrong based on the descriptions of my former friend Viet Nam vet John
I'm going based upon what YOU posted since I've never met your friend John.
I miss him quite frequently since he passed away in 1994 whatever others think. The VA tried to help him with his issues but his experience in Vietnam changed him.
I'll ask the husband of a friend who's a graduate of the AF Academy, a 1 star general and just got a BIG promotion....
His death was a tragedy. And yes, many were changed by their experience in 'Nam. As were those who fought in Europe in WWII and helped liberate Nazi concentration camps, as my uncle did. Or a good friend who tragically lost her Marine son in Fallujah. Sadly, war touches many...both during and years later.
I doubt Air Force basic is tougher than Marine and even Army basic. All branches do critical and important jobs to keep us free but the Air Force is at times referred to as the " Chair Force ". I'm not making this up.
Next time I see him, I'll ask him. I'm sure he thinks differently.