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View Poll Results: Are you active duty or a veteran of military service to the Country you reside in?
Army 31 24.80%
Navy 9 7.20%
Air Force 20 16.00%
Marines 10 8.00%
Cost Guard 1 0.80%
Never Served 52 41.60%
Plan to serve when old enough 3 2.40%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 125. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 07-14-05, 01:47 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Have you served in the Armed forces of your country?
Just out of idle and possibly insipid curiosity I am wondering how many Veterans and Active duty military are on this great site.
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Old 07-14-05, 01:50 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Yes, USAF '77-'81. I am a veteran of the great peace hoax.
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Old 07-14-05, 01:51 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Did you vote/ I don't see a vote for airforce.
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Army vet - 11 yrs total (8 active, 3 reserve 1986-1997 inclusive) - two combat actions (Operation Just Cause - Panama, and Operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm - Southwest Asia).
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Old 07-14-05, 01:53 PM   #5 (permalink)
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USMC - 1981-1984 Air Wing - El Toro, CA

I supported the last squadron of F4 Phantoms
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Old 07-14-05, 01:54 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Haven't Served, but come from a long military family.
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Derset Storm, Somalia, Haiti

been out for 10 years, going back in as a Chaplain as soon as I finish Seminary
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I just now saw the poll.
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Old 07-14-05, 01:59 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Never served but i wish i could. lot of military folks in my family
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Hmm there is an option saying i plan to when i am old enough but i am just not sure (maybe its the quaker school i go to getting in my head)
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Old 07-14-05, 03:09 PM   #11 (permalink)
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US Air Force 66-73
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Never served as it isn't mandatory in Canada.
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Old 07-14-05, 04:06 PM   #14 (permalink)
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US Army 1983-1986 :approve:
I most likely would have stayed in til retirement if my son hadn't come along at the end of my term :)
I'm a civil servant now... all of the holidays, no combat boots!
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It isn't mandatory in the US either.

Army '90-'93... Desert Storm in Riyadh, Juarez (not an offical military action, but I should have gotten a Purple Heart regardless :-) )

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