Pierce Manhammer
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I’m wondering how many posters are veterans, peacetime or combat. Regardless of country. If combat, please mention theatre, if so inclined.
Desert Storm, Armor.
Desert Storm, Armor.
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Are you a Military Veteran?
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Dinner ran three hours. She laughed at everything. You walked her to her car thinking this one's locked in.
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Rule 3 of the "22 Rules" changes the ending: tell her a little, hold back the rest, and let her imagination do the chasing. The ghosting stops too.
Scaramouche
Master Don Juan
Hi Pierce,
I was a very reluctant Serviceman,I hated the Army and they hated me,yes I saw service in Vietnam,but never fired a shot in anger,If they were honest most didn't!
I was a very reluctant Serviceman,I hated the Army and they hated me,yes I saw service in Vietnam,but never fired a shot in anger,If they were honest most didn't!
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US Army, peacetime, 2nd Infantry, DMZ Korea
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Nope.
Scaramouche
Master Don Juan
Hi Fruitbat,
Yeah the Brits treat their Servicemen like Shvit,and they are as good as any in the World....I became related to an American Korean War Veteran,Poor Old Bvugger got Parkinsons,the US used to Fly him once a month from Woolongong NSW,to Hawai for Hospital treatment,very impressive.
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The fix took me years to find and ten minutes to learn. Nervousness and excitement are the same physical state — pounding heart, adrenaline, flushed face. Your brain just picks the label. And you can pick a better one.
Rule 16 shows you how. You feel the nerves, relabel them as excitement, and let that energy pour out as enthusiasm. Women notice the guy radiating it. They always do.
Pierce Manhammer
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The poll is meant to discriminate between those who saw combat and those who did not. To me, being in a FOB qualifies as combat, even if you were a cook, aka Fobbit. Were you in harm's way—a drone driver in a refrigerated van in Arizona—dropping GBUs is not a combat vet.
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Pierce Manhammer
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This is an interesting response, the only thing that comes to mind is it’s the result of thinking that there’s a subtext that says one thing is more valuable than the other.
This thread is not meant to be exclusionary in any way, it is an informal social science exercise I’m conducting to understand the military background of the few folks on the board who’ve served, commonality in their thought processes and world view.
I don’t mean to leave any members out of the thread, but it is limited to those who served in the military. In peacetime or in a military conflict theatre where they were subject to the effects of military combat.
Scaramouche
Master Don Juan
Don't listen to him Lads he's working undercover,recruiting for Vyladimir Zelensky.....You'll all get Pressganged LOL.