Is anyone else thinking of elisting?

With the news of the attack and the talk of war going on for the past five days has gotten me seriously considering seeking out my local recruiter and signing up. You should know, that I haven\'t come to this point lightly. As the son of a Vietnam veteran, I know the personal horror and loss of innocence that going through a war can wreak on an individual. I always said that I would not fight for another Vietnam, I would dodge the draft if I had to, but I would be one of the first MOFO\'s to sign up if the United States is threatened.

This week, my words are being tested. The US has been attacked, weither by a group of individuals or a nation, and there is serious talk of war. Although, I sometimes despise my government, it\'s not them who I would be willing to fight and possibly die for. It is this nation, and everything it has come to represent throughout it\'s history. And as Sullivan Bellou said to his wife in a letter 3 day before being mortally wounded at the first battle of Bull Run, "I know how strongly American Civilization now leans upon the triumph of the Government, and how great a debt we owe to those who went before us through the blood and suffering of the Revolution. And I am willing -- perfectly willing -- to lay down all my joys in this life, to help maintain this nation, and to pay that debt."

I feel that debt must be repayed, for all those who served and died in past American Wars. Nothing in this world is free, not even freedom, and if that debt is not repayed, then I do not think that I diserve to live in this land which others have protected and preserved at the cost of their lives.

So I thought I\'d tell you how I felt, and was curious as to how many other American forum members here felt the same way and are considering signing up for the service?

[videoholic]

They have had a large increase in enrollment so you aren\'t alone in thinking about it.

Myself, as much as I love the US, the military is not for me.  I will lend support in other ways.  I\'ll be essentially the jock strap.

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If it came to a point where australian people had to enlist. I couldn\'t, I\'m a asthmatic so it would be pointless for me. If i HAD to go to fight/war etc, i would. But unless it came to that point i wouldn\'t bother.

I\'ve got a little saying.

War can come looking for me. I\'m not gonna go looking for it.

air force all the way if you wanna fly. thats what im going to do after im out of college. that way you can be an officer right off the bat.

too bad gohan got the wrong idea across. i knew about it before, and a made a big post about how sorry i was if i misled anyone because that was my little thing: having an airplane. (see my pic)

of course i will have an airplane, when i join the airforce, but i guess i didnt make myself clear enough when i told everyone i wasnt really in the airforce.

ah crap.

I\'ve thought about it too.  I am a son in a military family (Navy) and have a deep sense of pride in our nation.  4 of my closest friends went into the military- Navy & Airforce and they don\'t really have anything that bad to say about it at all.  The only thing I can remember is them saying "It gets boring."  Of course if they were in the marines it might be a different story.

But, as a senior in college, I might as well finish up and make my $70k/yr (yea right).  If worse comes to worse and they start drafting, I have no problem with dying for my country.  What good is making a living when you\'re living in fear?

If sweden was underattack, maybe..

But I wouldnt fit in the army verywell..
My grandfather was a Pilot.. rank Captain..

My father was in the army aswell.. (a few years only!)
Both of them liked it..

Im more of a talk guy than a fight guy..
(Eventhough Im pretty strong!)

not me guy!


if there is one thing in this world i know, its that Luke was not meant for the Army.

Come to think of it..

It would be much cooler sneaking in the woods with a shotgun.. Not being under someones order

Like a partisan!

why luke,


the only rason i would want ot join the air force, is to fly planes. that has always been my dream, and i want to live my life to the fullest.

Originally posted by Falcon4
why luke,

cause i sleep till noon
cause i smoke too much pot
cause i drink too much whisky


those are a few of my reasons

oh really. your a bad bad little person.

you are a wussy!!!!!!;) join the military you wuss!!;)

Originally posted by Videoholic
I\'ll be essentially the jock strap.

I could have made fun of that.  Anyway, if i was 18 i would be enlisting right now no doubt.

I won\'t enlist right now, because I have a wife, child, and an age problem...I\'m 25, so I\'m not too sure how happy they would be to have me.

HOWEVER, if they do in fact start a draft, I WILL volunteer in the first round of draftees, even though I wouldn\'t be a likely draftee in the first round.

My grandfather lied about his age to get into the Marines when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor.  At 16, he was willing to die for his country, and by the time most of his friends were graduating high school, he had already been to Iwo Jima and Guadalcanal, two of the worst hell-pits on the face of the planet, at the time.  The man was a hard-nosed leatherneck to the end, and recently, I have been thinking about him alot.  He had the courage to stand up for his country, and defended freedom in the prime of his youth.  Me?  I feel as if I have done nothing.

I look at my daughter and think, for her sake, how could I not join up if called.  The sad truth is though, right now in order to support her, I can\'t afford to join up!

BTW- Falcon, I hope you are studying your ass off, because you need to be one helluva student to get into the air force to be a pilot.  Last I heard, you also need a congressional recommendation to join their flight school.  Anyway, good luck to all of you who are going to join the selective service in the coming months.  Our road ahead will be bumpy, and uncertain.

Praise the lord and pass the ammunition, baby.

I don\'t care where I go or what I do, if I get drafted, I\'m going.

And for those who think I don\'t know what I\'m talking about, you\'re right I\'m just some 14 year old kid that doesn\'t know what he\'s talking about.