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Old 01-11-08, 08:49 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by Tchocky
True. However, when you take into account what else was going at the time, ie the war, it is a relatively safe way to spend your time in the armed services.
But relative to what Tchock? "Recreation Center Specialist" handing out basketballs at an army resort in Austria? (an actual military job). Like I said, a Fighter Pilot, even just in Texas, was far more dangerous occupation than Saigon pencil pusher.

Of course there was always the Bill Clinton route; avoid military service altogether. Apparently even that backround allows a President to send our young men into harms way.
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