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VanillaRhapsody

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11. My father was career military...

Reply to wercal (Reply #6)

Mon Sep 16, 2013, 04:54 PM

Sep 2013

I have lived on a base or two...I think it is two-fold actually....I don't think the military wants to project that image while working state-side...do you?

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Can we please dispel this myth that military people are at full battle rattle 24/7? [View all] MindPilot Sep 2013 OP

Funny how the military thinks that the servicemen do not need to walk around base with weapons and VanillaRhapsody Sep 2013 #1

True, and that applies to everyone. MindPilot Sep 2013 #4

Ever been in the military? wercal Sep 2013 #6

My father was career military... VanillaRhapsody Sep 2013 #11

Half and half I guess wercal Sep 2013 #18

Plus, soldiers often need extra cash NickB79 Sep 2013 #12

I spent 5 straight days wandering the training area, looking for night vision goggles wercal Sep 2013 #17

A few years ago a coworker asked me if I wanted a new scope NickB79 Sep 2013 #35

Good decision wercal Sep 2013 #38

I was an armorer in the Army. tazkcmo Sep 2013 #30

Mostly, the people who ask those questions have no military experience. MineralMan Sep 2013 #2

Alot of people are also under the mistaken impression that everybody lives on base, wercal Sep 2013 #7

Quite true. People have funny ideas about the military. MineralMan Sep 2013 #9

People get their impression of the military from the movies wercal Sep 2013 #21

I know. Sad to hear these young guys with a familiy MindPilot Sep 2013 #13

When I first got to Fort Riley, I went to the housing office wercal Sep 2013 #19

Times have changed. I was single and allowed to live in base housing sammytko Sep 2013 #31

I was in the Navy during Vietnam MindPilot Sep 2013 #8

Yup. If your job wasn't shooting, you didn't have a weapon. MineralMan Sep 2013 #10

I was an electrician. MindPilot Sep 2013 #14

Well, there is that... MineralMan Sep 2013 #34

Even in combat zones, when you're in base camp, Jackpine Radical Sep 2013 #26

IIRC that ribbon is one of the many my dad had. Of course the nicest one was his DFC. kestrel91316 Sep 2013 #28

They have armories to store weapons. Rex Sep 2013 #3

Relatively few casualties result from small arms fire FarCenter Sep 2013 #5

It was an office building with one way in. So, how on earth ... Tx4obama Sep 2013 #15

Maybe he didn't onenote Sep 2013 #22

That could be. But it wouldn't explain the double barrel shot gun. n/t Tx4obama Sep 2013 #23

three years ago, a nutjob with a rifle shot the guard at entrance to Holocaust museum onenote Sep 2013 #25

According to my experience you are correct, but don't bet your life they are unarmed. Lasher Sep 2013 #16

And on payday the money was handed out by an officer Jackpine Radical Sep 2013 #27

Not everybody.. but there should be armed security there. Motown_Johnny Sep 2013 #20

Real life is like that too. hunter Sep 2013 #24

+oo phantom power Sep 2013 #32

military culture is very foreign to most people, MindPilot Skittles Sep 2013 #29

True. Solly Mack Sep 2013 #33

The Army still has to qualify annually doesn't it? bluedigger Sep 2013 #36

Military bases and facilities are NOT "gun free zones." Tommy_Carcetti Sep 2013 #37