Is the millitary a waste of a life?

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  • cassie210
  on Jun. 3, 2009 at 3:29 PM

• Just wait.. The hippies will show up eventually to bash you.. LOL
  

  "Phedre yields with a willow's grace,
  And endures with the strength of mountains.
  Without her, life would be calm,
  And yet, lack all meaning." Joscelin Verreuil consort to Phedre no Delaunay de Montreve "Kushiel's Justice" by Jacqueline Carey

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  • culinaryqueen
  on Jun. 3, 2009 at 3:29 PM

• Not at all, I think that the military builds integrity and character in an individual.

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  • gypsy_rose
  on Jun. 3, 2009 at 3:30 PM

• Very much agreed
  

  Quoting culinaryqueen:
  
  

  Not at all, I think that the military builds integrity and character in an individual.

  
  

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  • KelseyNovy87
  on Jun. 3, 2009 at 3:30 PM

• as an army wife, i don't think joining the military is a waste. my husband is my hero, i am SO proud of him and honored to be his wife. the men and women of the military, whether it's army, navy, marines, air force, coast guard, whatever...they are our nation's heros. they defend our country, our lives, our children. they risk their lives for us. now if that's a waste, then i don't know what else to say.
  

  
  

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  • Pepperlynns
  on Jun. 3, 2009 at 3:31 PM

• Nah not a waste..just dont throw a black cat down around them..my dad was in vietnam..that man is psychologically messed up for LIFE
  

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  • momma2-3boys
  on Jun. 3, 2009 at 3:31 PM

• It is not a waste of life in my eyes.  MY husband served 6 years in the Navy on board a tiny submarine.  Did he like his job?  Not at times, but isn't it that way with EVERY job?  It gave him a meaning to life and structure and discipline which is FAR from a waste of life!

  He is now using the training he received in the Navy and working at a nuclear plant!

  I grew up in a military city (Hampton Roads Va) so it was a way of life for a lot of people I knew and none of them would say it is a waste of life!

  I would be ashamed if someone actually said it was a waste of life when men and woman put their lives on the line for the military and some do die serving in the military.  That is not a waste of life!

  It takes strong men and woman to serve in the military!
  

  
  

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  • abbynzachsmommy
  on Jun. 3, 2009 at 3:32 PM
• Not in the least. My husband is in the Navy and it has been wonderful for him and our family. I know several other young guys who's lives where headed no where, and they joined the military, got things turned around and are educated, productive members of society. I'm so tired of hearing how every one who joins the military is going to be killed. Thats the most ignorant statement. The vast majority of those who join, come home and come home better people.

       Lovin my Sailor!!!
  

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  • CAarmywife
  on Jun. 3, 2009 at 3:32 PM

• i dont know how to answer the poll. i would rather my husband be a father than a soldier or be #1 in his life.  i countdown the years until he is done with that and we can be normal. if anyone has a family and i hear about the talking about joining i wonder if they had lost their mind or just not realize they wont be around much to see their kids grow up.

  

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  • RaynesMommy07
  on Jun. 3, 2009 at 3:34 PM

• I dnt think it's a waste of life.  I think if that's what a person wants to do, then by all means they should get ALL the honest facts and then make their decision from there, just as those do when they apply to colleges for a certain major.  I think that a career choice should be a personal one.  But what I dnt agree with is that we are supposed to put ppl on a pedalstal for making that choice.  I think EVERY job that is done in this country, is to help this country, from McDonald's to making cars to the military...all careers and ppl are treated the same by me. 

  
  

  
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  • juggalette_mom
  on Jun. 3, 2009 at 3:34 PM

• I think it should be a personal choice and some of you will say well it is, but that's not always the case. I think they promote it too much and almost pressure people into it. I still have recutiers calling me asking me if I want to join. They even called while I was pregnant. I always tell them no, they continue to ask if my fiancee wants to join, I just hang up by that point. I don't think they should have recuiteirs at all, people know the army is there, they will join if they want to.

    
  

  
  

                                                         
  

  
  

  

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