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Originally Posted by Danzig188
my son actually had a teacher tell him 'oh, you're too smart to go into the navy, what a waste'. i could have screamed. thank god he didn't listen! this is what he chose to do, he could have done anything, been anything--he chose to join two years ago--every branch of the military was after him because he scored so high on his asvab. my daughter is talking of going in, as is my son who wants to turn a naval aviation career into becoming an astronaut. yeah, real country hicks huh? evidently those who feel the need to belittle those who work to allow them to continue to abuse their freedom of speech must not realize the level of training, the sheer amount of knowledge necessary, to operate so much of the high tech equipment in our modern military!!
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There is a real guilt that a lot of people that have never done anything to serve their country feel, and what they do is attack people that do something like join the military because it helps them deal with their knowing they have never done anything that wasn't selfish.