| Military guys a go or no-go in washington?
Posted: 6/19/2008 3:58:48 PM | Go is my vote.
But they are hard to approach.... or be approached by. Often they travel in packs.... 3 to 5 guys. If you meet one alone they are more often then not silent.
They leer at you as a group and singlely they don't smile. If you smile at them they wonder if you are a "professional" if you are dressed up or someone's relative if you are dressed casual.... kind of a no win situation.
In Calif were I am from there use to be the modern version of USO dances on base or near base. Got to meet nice militaty guys none of the pack behavior. Had fun. | |
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| Military guys a go or no-go in washington?
Posted: 6/20/2008 3:17:37 PM | Diadora,
Where in Cali? I used to live near Camp Pendleton. We had Rookies..that bar that you know you'd get an easy piece of a** if you were looking. | |
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| Military guys a go or no-go in washington?
Posted: 6/20/2008 5:55:57 PM | I can see why they'd act like this in this part of the world. There's a heck of a bad hippie "baby killer" vibe being thrown around.
I've actually been told in several interviews for work to never mention my military background to the clients. | |
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| Military guys a go or no-go in washington?
Posted: 6/20/2008 10:43:05 PM | I've been 'baby killer'-ed pretty frequently down here in Olympia (proximity to Evergreen State University probably having something to do with it)
I just tell them "Yep! They taste just like chicken!" | |
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| Military guys a go or no-go in washington?
Posted: 6/26/2008 4:31:38 PM | It is actually.
You'd think the "intellectuals" would figure out sooner or later that the people serving do have the best of intentions. They did it mainly either for the economic or educational incentives, or that they honestly believe they have a moral obligation to our society to help defend a way of life that allows anyone to live the life they choose. Also that the policy makers and the poor buggers who get to be the instrument of that policy are two completely disparate entities.
Well, they can't get to the policy makers, so guess who they take it out on instead? | |
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| Military guys a go or no-go in washington?
Posted: 7/4/2008 12:02:19 AM | Though I have friends who are vets or military (great guys w/ lots of honor and self discipline), I would not want to date a miltary guy for 2 reasons 1. I dont find that there is or ever was a valid reason for the current war, which brings the intelligent ability to ask key questions before signing up w/ the military ito the spotlight
2. and most important to me is : I would not want to share any bodily fluids w/ a military guy. If they were over in Iraq, they have likely been exposed to depleted Uranium---birth defects cancer and health problems. Also, the military forces them to take a bunch of degenerative disease causing vaccines, even if they dont want those vaccines, and some of them-ie smallpox, can be passed to other people in close proximity. So, I wouldnt want to share bodily fluids w/ the GIGuy | |
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| Military guys a go or no-go in washington?
Posted: 7/5/2008 4:26:26 AM | 1. I dont find that there is or ever was a valid reason for the current war, which brings the intelligent ability to ask key questions before signing up w/ the military into the spotlight.
Unless they signed up specificly to "blow rag-heads up", odds are their reasons aren't politically (or psychoticly) motivated, mostly economic. There are some fantastic economic incentives for service, and to a good deal of the population that are looking for a way out of some seriously challenging economic or social situations, service affords those opportunities, as well as an easy in road to subsidised college education (and rightly so).
and most important to me is : I would not want to share any bodily fluids w/ a military guy. If they were over in Iraq, they have likely been exposed to depleted Uranium---birth defects cancer and health problems.
There are tons of vets and active service members that have never been anywhere near the stuff, nor Iraq.
Also, the military forces them to take a bunch of degenerative disease causing vaccines, even if they dont want those vaccines, and some of them-ie smallpox, can be passed to other people in close proximity. Anyone who's been in public school, or has traveled to/lived in Europe has had 90% of the same vaccines. The other 10% you ONLY recieve if you're deployed to a part of the world where it's reasonably expected for you encounter such things. Even then, 99% of the people who have the vaccines suffer no long-term effects, and the "passed to" window is exceptionally small. Heck, I was vaccinated against Typhoid, Bubonic Plague, and few other niceties that aren't usual in the US today, that was also about 20 years ago, and there's no issues for either myself or anyone I've been involved with.
Thank you for demonstrating that the combination of irrational fears, propoganda, and lack of education is indeed alive and well. I'd be more concerned about catching the Flu or a Cold from a new lover/date/casual contact at work than any of the issues you've mentioned above.
Frankly, having read your profile, and given where you've traveled, I'd be more concerned about you and bizare bugs than you should about be about myself or anyother vet/service member. | |
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| Military guys a go or no-go in washington?
Posted: 7/5/2008 3:39:22 PM | | My previous post might have come across a bit harsh. I just find it ironic that a person who's traveled in Africa and The Amazon, and has both been exposed to things that western medicine has yet to identify, and has also probably had the same vaccinations to travel to those parts of the world, would disqualify someone because they've done the same thing. | |
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| Military guys a go or no-go in washington?
Posted: 7/5/2008 8:25:56 PM | | Don't worry about being harsh...in my eyes, it was as dumb of a response on why NOT to date military as it is for people to say TO date military because of the way they look in their uniforms. Actually, probably less intelligent. At least then it's not a 'I can do it, but you can't' situation. | |
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| Military guys a go or no-go in washington?
Posted: 7/5/2008 10:56:49 PM | | depends on where you are, really. I spent some time living on whidbey island, and while you'll find your share of rack jumpers there just like on any other base, for the most part the general concensus is that military boys are bad ju-ju. Personally, I'm leery of certain branches (ex navy wife, and while I didn't have a problem with the navy, I did have a problem with some of my ex's C.O.s) but for some reason still gravitate towards men in uniform. I'd say you don't have too much to worry about, as long as you're an upstanding guy and continue to put yourself out there. | |
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| Military guys a go or no-go in washington?
Posted: 7/6/2008 7:32:16 PM | | I think that a few ruined it for most on Whidbey...and from what I've seen of that area, it's stuck in the dark ages. If you weren't born/raised there, you're not welcome. I dated a guy on Whidbey while my best friend was stationed there, and it's just another base. No different then NAS North Island, or Lemore. | |
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| Military guys a go or no-go in washington?
Posted: 7/7/2008 9:03:47 AM |
Though I have friends who are vets or military (great guys w/ lots of honor and self discipline), I would not want to date a miltary guy for 2 reasons 1. I dont find that there is or ever was a valid reason for the current war, which brings the intelligent ability to ask key questions before signing up w/ the military ito the spotlight
2. and most important to me is : I would not want to share any bodily fluids w/ a military guy. If they were over in Iraq, they have likely been exposed to depleted Uranium---birth defects cancer and health problems. Also, the military forces them to take a bunch of degenerative disease causing vaccines, even if they dont want those vaccines, and some of them-ie smallpox, can be passed to other people in close proximity. So, I wouldnt want to share bodily fluids w/ the GIGuy
And this is the same level of ignorance that keeps the 'baby-killer' meme alive...
I won't even get into the politics involved - but I've been there, and along with most of the people I've been over there with - we're all willing to go back (several of my fellow unit members have volunteered for additional tours in other units). It's hard to judge from the information you have available to you here, but we have been successful out there, and from the point of view of the locals I worked with, it is a far far better thing than living their life under a dictator.
Second, depleted uranium is an alpha emitter - same as your television set. The danger lies in heavy metal poisoning more than the radiation. The stuff you're concerned about is gamma rays - something that is not an issue with DU!
Last, these same vaccines have been administered for decades (including smallpox - which has virtually eliminated the disease from the face of the earth) with no ill effects. These vaccines have to pass the same testing from the FDA as all medicines do, and so the risk is no more than taking any other medication (unforseen side-effects, etc)
Feel free to hate us for your own shortcomings - we'll continue on soldiering and never lose a moment's sleep over you...
... enjoy your freedom! | |
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| Military guys a go or no-go in washington?
Posted: 7/7/2008 11:39:15 AM | | I remember when I first got here in the mid 80's I found it hard to settle into the dating scene at first. It took several months of just being seen around the right places before I got noticed. Once I did, it was on like Donkey Kong. | |
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| Military guys a go or no-go in washington?
Posted: 7/30/2008 6:29:39 PM | | i met a few im near buy base. so far they tend to be in a hurry to get it all going they never know for sure whats happening next. one realy tryed to rush me, another told me after i thought somthing could be there hes going home for good in 7 mo, the other developed a drinking problem . all good men im surenot that i had much time to get to know them. im not writing them all off as a whole tho. | |
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