tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530739.post464545677306297932..comments2024-03-02T05:30:52.253-05:00Comments on Alternate Brain: Jarhead Sounds OffFixerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09672137568947891733noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530739.post-58536931501731164622011-11-21T09:03:16.001-05:002011-11-21T09:03:16.001-05:00It's amazing how some folks (those of us here)...It's amazing how some folks (those of us here) who took that same oath want to protect everybody and others only want to protect the people who agree with them.Fixerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09672137568947891733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530739.post-44924627656080227672011-11-19T18:29:39.196-05:002011-11-19T18:29:39.196-05:00I once met a man who had been in the Queen Anne...I once met a man who had been in the Queen Anne's Service and I ask him how long he had been out. He fixed me with a cold eye and remarked "Young man, once in the Queen Anne's Service always n the Queen Anne's service. You are never OUT".<br />My dad and I discussed this many years ago. He was a volunteer in the Navy in WW2 and saw plenty of action in the South Pacific including being a photographer at Bikini. We agreed that once you decide to take that oath you have crossed the line and when you take it there is no going back.Oldfoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14688289425207257034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530739.post-7790169323674792452011-11-19T17:11:29.614-05:002011-11-19T17:11:29.614-05:00Thank you, Jim.
Labrys, one tour makes you specia...Thank you, Jim.<br /><br />Labrys, one tour makes you special. It's what I did and more than most have done.Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05772126106416366135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530739.post-20268792862798159422011-11-19T17:01:49.376-05:002011-11-19T17:01:49.376-05:00Thank you, Gordon...both for posting this and for ...Thank you, Gordon...both for posting this and for your service. I'm just an old one-tour WAC, but I feel the same way about the obligation.Labryshttp://herlander-refugee.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7530739.post-24499546257609564862011-11-19T16:46:57.998-05:002011-11-19T16:46:57.998-05:00Agreed. It's been 61 years ago, last month fo...Agreed. It's been 61 years ago, last month for me. Served in Inchon, Korea on the USS Consolation (AH-15) and years later in Vietnam at the Station Hospital in Danang. An oath taken sits with a person for the rest of their lives and incurs an obligation to see that it is followed.<br /><br />Semper fi, as my friends in the 3rd Marine Air Wing would put it.Jim_Pickeringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16708872544039200654noreply@blogger.com