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Skull6 · 09-05-2007, 14:17 PM

"To better see the whites of my enemies' eyes?" "For the love of a flaxen-locked, blue-eyed maiden, perhaps?"

No, while a cadet, I was given a helicopter ride over one of our larger Army training sites. It had been raining that morning (which is why I wasn't having another fighter-jet ride that morning--weather grounding), & we were flying low enough so that I could see Army Soldiers hunkering down in their foxholes.

It was an extremely fun ride, but that afternoon, as I changed clothes to go have another "night on the town," I looked myself in the eyes in the mirror, & asked myself--"Could I go & fight in the air, deliver freight or drop bombs for a livelihood, returning afterwards to a cold beer & warm chow--while those green-suited men suffered in the mud while I did so?"

It was a life-changing moment, & one my USMC grandfather had warned me would happen. I put in the paperwork to cross-commission to the Army the very next workday. & with no regrets. No disrespect intended for those who are or have flown for a military. It just wasn't right for me.

Besides, while there still was some bellycrawling during my tenure, I elected to ride around in THE armored Cadillac!

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Skull6 *Military Professional* Join Date: 08-28-07 Location: Colorado Posts: 290 Country:	"To better see the whites of my enemies' eyes?" "For the love of a flaxen-locked, blue-eyed maiden, perhaps?" No, while a cadet, I was given a helicopter ride over one of our larger Army training sites. It had been raining that morning (which is why I wasn't having another fighter-jet ride that morning--weather grounding), & we were flying low enough so that I could see Army Soldiers hunkering down in their foxholes. It was an extremely fun ride, but that afternoon, as I changed clothes to go have another "night on the town," I looked myself in the eyes in the mirror, & asked myself--"Could I go & fight in the air, deliver freight or drop bombs for a livelihood, returning afterwards to a cold beer & warm chow--while those green-suited men suffered in the mud while I did so?" It was a life-changing moment, & one my USMC grandfather had warned me would happen. I put in the paperwork to cross-commission to the Army the very next workday. & with no regrets. No disrespect intended for those who are or have flown for a military. It just wasn't right for me. Besides, while there still was some bellycrawling during my tenure, I elected to ride around in THE armored Cadillac! __________________ If you know the enemy and yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles. - Sun Tzu Last edited by Skull6 : 09-05-2007 at 14:19 PM.