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Old 06-10-2008, 05:19 PM   #16
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xoB always has food for thought.
Besides the Union Square "office" ship, seen finished and colorized here:
http://www.brown.edu/Facilities/Univ...ion_square.GIF

There was another wooden USS Recruit, a large scale mock-up at the San Diego Naval Training Station built after WWII and referred to as the USS Neversail.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Recruit

And a real USS Recruit, a Admirable-Class Minesweeper built in 1943 with a short, sort of strange service in the Pacific:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Recruit_(AM-285)
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Old 06-10-2008, 06:26 PM   #17
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Griff has only paraphrased what is well proven military doctrine. Proven even in military principles taugh 2000 years before North America was discovered. Principles that justify war include 1) the smoking gun, and 2) a well defined strategic objective. Neither existed in Nam. Neither exist in "Mission Accomplished".

A population that learned from history would - well, how few were noting these realities in 2002? How many, instead, blindly believed a president who (according to the mental midget) only talked to god and Cheney? Where is this intelligence that justifies "Mission Accomplished"?
Remind us again how many years you served, when and where? Thanks.
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Old 06-11-2008, 01:52 AM   #18
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As for me, I joined in 1979, but I have a break in service. I am currently deployed & yes this isn't my first time to "see the elephant". LOL. How many of you are old enough to remember that phrase?

I didn't mean to stir the pot. Everybody has their own opinion. I personally believe we are doing the right thing in Iraq. No matter what the media portrays, I know the majority of Iraqis are quite grateful.

It isn't any skin off my teeth if you don't agree. Lord, that's why my troops & I serve - to give you the freedom of choice.

Sorry folks
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Old 06-11-2008, 01:58 AM   #19
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Don't be sorry Sarge, you done good.
Personally, I don't think you should have been sent there at all, but that doesn't detract from the difficult, thankless, job you've done.
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Old 06-11-2008, 05:26 AM   #20
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As for me, I joined in 1979, but I have a break in service. I am currently deployed & yes this isn't my first time to "see the elephant". LOL. How many of you are old enough to remember that phrase?

I didn't mean to stir the pot. Everybody has their own opinion. I personally believe we are doing the right thing in Iraq. No matter what the media portrays, I know the majority of Iraqis are quite grateful.

It isn't any skin off my teeth if you don't agree. Lord, that's why my troops & I serve - to give you the freedom of choice.

Sorry folks
It's all good, speaking your mind is what the Cellar is all about. We're gonna disagree about whether overseas deployments support or subvert American values but that doesn't mean we can't argue about football too.
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Old 06-12-2008, 10:04 AM   #21
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Yeah! Football sucks!:p
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Old 06-12-2008, 01:24 PM   #22
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WTF!!! You say Football sucks? What type of sick person are you????

spudcon - Just kiddin' you
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Old 06-12-2008, 02:49 PM   #23
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Anerican football does indeed suck like a starving whore :p
The real football however... it sucketh not.
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Old 06-12-2008, 05:23 PM   #24
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Old 06-12-2008, 11:33 PM   #25
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Got 'em all stirred up, didn't I?
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