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[Pirate]

I hate to bring up old topics but I have not checked the forum for a while. I hate people who say they have served but never did. I think Chas1000 is not telling the truth. First the whole OCS vs OTS thing. I don't think it was a honest mistake. I also don't believe that anyone who attended Air Force OTS would call themselvs a "soldier". I think you were looking for a place to get on a soap box. The straw that broke the camels back was the use of the word "flippant". This is not a military word and I do believe, in my office, you would get your butt kicked for saying something like that.

The use of emotion to get someone to break contact is weak.
Your first post:
"then voluntarily left before getting commissioned. To make a long story real short, I decided civilian life was MUCH better, for lots of different reasons"

Second Post:
"I left for reasons external to the military. A family member was in a coma while I was there."

To lie about military service is very dishonorable.
I don't buy it. Maybe you should tell it to Oprah.

 

[G100F16]

You must accept that you may be flying only a couple hundred hours a year, and you may not even be flying your whole career in the military.

Good comments from others about the disasterous 'critique' of the military by chas1000. I won't comment further other than to say if you don't have military experience or training at the task (dropping bombs, etc) better to keep your mouth shut.

I will say this about chas1000's other quote that I selected...

after my mil and civilain flying...NOT ALL HOURS ARE CREATED EQUAL!

Get that in your mind right now. I would never compare my fighter time to my 'lunchbox time'.

Sorry for those of you that might now think less of your hours (take offense)....but it's true. If you are looking to pad your logbook with x number of hours, then yeah...there are quicker ways to get hours and then you can feel good about your 'hours'. I wouldn't trade my 2000 fighter hours for 10000 "A to B" flying hours. Apples and oranges...