[President_Elect_Shang]

Does the military have its flaws? Sure it does, more so than most any other company, organization, or anything else you compare it to. For one example it is the test bed for new practices, and the military is often used to try out concepts; such as how to integrate different races, how to handle homosexuals to name only two!

You don’t want any female friend to date a military soldier/sailor/airman etc. I don’t have enough fingers toes and you know what to count the number of times I have heard that one. It shocks and amazes me that if a “female friend” is jaded by a soldier it is a crime, but if an employee of lets say Microsoft does the same thing, hay that’s all good. I mean after all when she dated the employee it was her free choice, but she had to have been coerced into dating the soldier right? Can anyone say bigotry, or did you think that only applied when used in a different context?

You say that you have seen many enlisted kids that are trouble, sure there is many, hell I put one soldier back on the street when I was in, and I am proud to have of kicked him out. Please allow me to point out three things. First unlike a company if you place a PROPERLY (read that word twice) done complaint on a soldier (enlisted or officer) the complaint is followed up on even if it was submitted by a civilian. Secondly the military spends a great deal of money and effort to rehabilitee and reeducate (not as rough as that sounds) troubled individuals. This is the way of life in the military, after all we are speaking about the ONLY organization that will take a person regardless of financial status, most health issues, and education levels off the street and put them into a job that has guaranteed pay, 30 days paid vacation, and full free medical coverage for you and your dependents. But that is only the tip of the iceberg. Third those same troubled soldiers that you refer to will be discharged if it is warranted and where do you think they go to after leaving? Presto instant civilian. As a note I will add that most of those troubled individuals had problems when they came in, that’s why they joined, but as I said already it is the ONLY organization that will give most anyone a try.

Let me wrap this up by touching on the decision making process? It is a common joke in the armed forces that there is no such thing as Military Intelligence (MI is a job field) for good reason. But then you have to also consider that most decisions are made by an individual who has a noose about his/her neck. If you look closely you will see the noose has a label, and on that label is printed: PROPERTY OF THE US GOVERNMENT AND THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE WHO ELECT THE OFFICIALS.

Oh yes one Last thing, yes, Puke did not mean harm and I did apologize for getting worked up, what more would you have me do? Build a time machine? Considering how close to home he hit (not just metaphorically speaking) I did not think it was funny, but as I said I apologize for getting out-of-hand there is no excuse for my actions.