If you were in WitP...How would you want to serve?

USSAmerica · Post by **USSAmerica** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 11:06 am

I think, I'd prefer to be assigned to the CentPac HQ in Hawaii.  Not too many people trying to kill me there.  [:D]

Yamato hugger · Post by **Yamato hugger** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 11:25 am

ORIGINAL: Sarge

ORIGINAL: Japan

I wouldn't.

I prefer to decide for myself who i swear allegiance to, I do not consider that I have any duty to a country only because I was born in it.

If My country was invaded then I would done one of 3 things

A) Fight to Defend it - But would only do it if I truly supported the policy's of my own country
B) Join the Invader, - But would only do it if I truly supported the Policy's of the Invading country
C) Move to another country, - But would only do it if I did not support any of them

Every man has a individual responsibility, and the responsibility is to think for himself.
There is no such thing as Duty, that is only propaganda, and as with all Propaganda only narrow minded or ignorant people believe in it.

image being in a fox hole with this guy............[X(]

I was. And amazingly enough when he did get hit on a patrol one night, no one was willing to risk their ass to fetch him. Imagine that.

DivePac88 · Post by **DivePac88** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 11:38 am

ORIGINAL: timtom

ORIGINAL: RevRick

ORIGINAL: timtom

CO of 69th Shore Battalion (WAWES) USN, Hawaii. [;)]

What's a 'wawe?' [:D]

The dyslexic branch of WAVES, Reverend.

Whats 'dyslexic'?

moonraker65 · Post by **moonraker65** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 11:50 am

Butch O'Hare's wingman in VMF 111 on Guadalcanal circa 1942.

Hard Sarge · Post by **Hard Sarge** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 11:59 am

ORIGINAL: Sarge

ORIGINAL: Japan

I wouldn't.

I prefer to decide for myself who i swear allegiance to, I do not consider that I have any duty to a country only because I was born in it.

If My country was invaded then I would done one of 3 things

A) Fight to Defend it - But would only do it if I truly supported the policy's of my own country
B) Join the Invader, - But would only do it if I truly supported the Policy's of the Invading country
C) Move to another country, - But would only do it if I did not support any of them

Every man has a individual responsibility, and the responsibility is to think for himself.
There is no such thing as Duty, that is only propaganda, and as with all Propaganda only narrow minded or ignorant people believe in it.

image being in a fox hole with this guy............[X(]

you wouldn't have to Sarge, we killed them before we left the ship

if I was around back then (and though few people don't believe it, I wasn't) if my eyes were good, I would of been a Marine Fighter Pilot, if my eyes were like they really are, I would of been a Marine Grunt, complaining about how easy them Air Jockys had it

(i'd tell you a sorry about leaving the ship, but we suppost to keep the BS out of the post)

ckammp · Post by **ckammp** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 12:16 pm

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Japan · Post by **Japan** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 12:22 pm

ORIGINAL: Japan

I wouldn't.

I prefer to decide for myself who i swear allegiance to, I do not consider that I have any duty to a country only because I was born in it.

If My country was invaded then I would done one of 3 things

A) Fight to Defend it - But would only do it if I truly supported the policy's of my own country
B) Join the Invader, - But would only do it if I truly supported the Policy's of the Invading country
C) Move to another country, - But would only do it if I did not support any of them

]Every man has a individual responsibility, and the responsibility is to think for himself.
There is no such thing as Duty, that is only propaganda, and as with all Propaganda only narrow minded or ignorant people believe in it.

ORIGINAL: Sarge

image being in a fox hole with this guy............[X(]

@Sarge

Yes, Imagine that. Please sir, try to Imagine it.

And when you think about that for a second, remember that the only time you would ever find that guy in a Foxhole, would be if that guy truly truly believed in what he was fighting for. Because that is the ONLY thing who would get that guy into a Foxwhole in the first plase.

If you did not understand that by reading the quote, then you should read it again.

Now that said, If I could choose my Foxhole buddy, then there is no one else I would choose then him.
A Man who truly truly truly fight for what be believe in, regardless of the cost.
A man who dedicated his life to the cause Evan before it all started, a soldier being both Professional and Fanatic.

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rockmedic109 · Post by **rockmedic109** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 12:44 pm

Some medical detachment that is
1.  Far away from the fighting.
2.  In an area where the climate is to my liking.
3.  Overflowing with nurses with liftable skirts.

gladiatt · Post by **gladiatt** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 12:48 pm

ORIGINAL: Japan
Now that said, If I could choose my Foxhole buddy, then there is no one else I would choose then him.
A Man who truly truly truly fight for what be believe in, regardless of the cost.
A man who dedicated his life to the cause Evan before it all started, a soldier being both Professional and Fanatic.

I've always heard that the best buddy to be with in a foxhole would be the one that would care for you, and you for him. Something that "camaraderie" (errr, brotherhood????) could bring after having face some hard time together. This kind of guy would fight along with you so you won't be alone to fight the threat; this guy would bring you back to the medic if you get hit....

Japan · Post by **Japan** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 1:12 pm

ORIGINAL: gladiatt

I've always heard that the best buddy to be with in a foxhole would be the one that would care for you, and you for him. Something that "camaraderie" (errr, brotherhood????) could bring after having face some hard time together. This kind of guy would fight along with you so you won't be alone to fight the threat; this guy would bring you back to the medic if you get hit....

Exactly!

And if you and him both share the very very strong feelings for the cause, then you will both be very effective soldier's. If you have same ideology, same values and same thinking, then you are "protecting" a individual that is not only a very very close and good freind, but also one you consider to be an asset, an asset for the common cause.
This is exactly what I'm trying to say.

So If I have to pick someone to be in a foxhole with, then I don't want it to be some random ignorant *** but I want to to be a man who have made a chose, a man who are there because he is fighting for the same as your self, a man who is there because he believe in something.
A man who would not been there, unless he was 110% sure that this was his ideology, his life and his cause.

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Grotius · Post by **Grotius** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 1:31 pm

Well, I'd want to be the skipper of the U.S.S. Enterprise, the Big E.

Anthropoid · Post by **Anthropoid** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 2:12 pm

I share the sentiment expressed by some that: "wouldn't . . . war isn't fun," "allergy to bullets." etc. Having never served in a military, let alone combat, it is perhaps vain and presumptuous to say I'd "wish" to be in one . . . However, in the interest of good fun . . .

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

HYPO Unit (MAGIC codebreaker unit in Hawaii). [8D]

In real life, at age 19 I was torn between college and enlisting in the Navy, who based on my ASVABs wanted to make me a "cryptographer."

So I think I'd be best suited to serve with Rtrapasso back in Oahu, keeping all you guys' sweethearts company while you are way storming atolls and shooting down Meatballs [:D]

jwilkerson · Post by **jwilkerson** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 3:14 pm

ORIGINAL: Terminus
I wouldn't. War isn't fun.

But this thread isn't about war - it is about WITP - so you can be the bits on the left - or the bits on the right! That is if you were "in" WITP.

DuckofTindalos · Post by **DuckofTindalos** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 3:16 pm

Fine, I'll be three doors down from Robert, making the coffee...

jerrylt2008 · Post by **jerrylt2008** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 3:22 pm

Please keep the BS out of the thread. Just have fun with it.[:-]

jerrylt2008 · Post by **jerrylt2008** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 3:28 pm

I would love to have been in the VMF-214. I would have loved to have served with ole Pappy B and the gang.[:D]

Bullwinkle58 · Post by **Bullwinkle58** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 3:59 pm

In USS Bluegill, my father's old boat. Sank a Jap light cruiser, among others. Survived the war to become a Guppy boat. Used early in the Vietnam War to do some skullduggery up and about North Vietnam way.

Now a diving reef near Oahu. (Or was. They may have moved her due to pollution.)

In the game she's the only boat I hand-manage, and Capt. Barr and the boys always Go in Harm's Way.

Anonymous · Post by **Anonymous** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 4:06 pm

I would like to be on a Dutch ship. A Dutch destroyer. I know I may die, but to be at front is exciting and with my friends.

MO

Fallschirmjager · Post by **Fallschirmjager** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 4:23 pm

Wow, way to kill a thread some of you.
I think most of you who say you would not have served, many of you would not have had a choice. Most nations had a little something called a draft that rounded up it's every day citizens and put them out into the field. Many had rear duty jobs of some sort. But many also fought and fought with distinction.
Maybe I will just play the draft board and decide where the non volunteers get stationed [:D]

Terminus just got assigned to a minesweeper [:D]

RUPD3658 · Post by **RUPD3658** » Thu Jun 11, 2009 4:26 pm

ORIGINAL: jwilkerson

ORIGINAL: Terminus
I wouldn't. War isn't fun.

But this thread isn't about war - it is about WITP - so you can be the bits on the left - or the bits on the right! That is if you were "in" WITP.

I would rather be a "1" than a "0" [8D]

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