How many of you have served your country in the armed services?

I used to visit with one of our boys stationed overseas. His avi was always stuck in one sim but at least we could talk.. It made him feel closer to home. Havent heard from him for a very long time, have always wondered what happened to him

Ex RN Auxilliary here - yep I come from a Navy family. Ancestors fought at Trafalgar and all that - but recently one young man from another side of my family was seriously injured in Iraq. He was lucky to survive as two other soldiers died in the attack and he has a wife and three very young children. Well - it was his choice to join the Army.

I feel sure we could do more in SL - support groups for service families maybe?

I agree with Collette - pacifism, the noble goal, may be golden, but there are times when it can seem just a bit yellow. In SL we can bring people together and listen and learn from each other - that has got to be good.

Ah, he was just having oodles of fun. he's a motorbike race driver (well, he used to be) and they instantly recruited him to give people driving lessons and he was also working as a despatch rider....but he didn't stay, he just did his year of obligatory service.

My great-grandad fought in WWI and died in action (Western front-my family always seemed to be extremely unlucky and ended up where the worst battles were)....when they brought his body home, my great-grandmother died of what they say was a broken heart the instant she saw his body....they were buried together.

Yeah - I think we've all had a grandparent that fought in a war.

My great grandfather fought in WW1, Grandfather fought in WW2, Father fought in Vietnam, and I work in civil service employed with the county near Oakland, CA. That's a warzone in itself. lol

I love you Rosie. I'm sorry I can't see your OP. IM or PM me if you want to talk.

My father and brother are/were USMC. I did ROTC and a stint in the army. Found out the hard way that we didn't shock and awe everybody in Iraq.

War sucks, but so does lots of other things. As long as some folks think they can get what they want by violence, or threat there of, there will be a need for society to have organized protection.

It's easy to be a pacifist when you are in a safe place.

I bet families of hundreds of thousands of deceased innocent iraqi civilians could have done without our 'protection'.



I think it takes more courage to be the first to lower your weapon than it does to pull the trigger. I also see no other long-term option if there is going to be anyone left on this planet to see the turn of the next century.

And apologies to you Rosie for my part in the way the thread has gone; I'm sure that is not what you had hoped when you started it.

/leaves thread.

Rosie, I did not see your original thread...
But I'm sending you much love and strength, and that you will be safely reunited with your loved ones very soon
xoxo
OneB

You owe pretty much everyone who has posted on this thread an apology. Now that you've left the thread, kindly don't come back.

I think it's great that so many of our forum regulars have a military background. I've never been in the military, but I work with the Navy every day as a contractor taking care of their communication satellites, and have met some really great people there.

Thanks to all those that have served!

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