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Gman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 11:15 AM
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6. It's not like he's enlisting
its just ROTC. If he enlists, then she should freak out.

Some of the most fun I ever had was in JROTC in high school during the Viet Nam war. Among other things, several of us were suspended for refusing to remove our black arm bands we wore on our uniforms for the first Viet Nam Moratorium Day. We used ROTC as a daily venue to protest the Viet Nam War.

For the record, JROTC was mandatory at the high school I attended.
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  -My nephew wants to join the ROTC and his mother is frantic. progressoid  Jun-07-05 11:10 AM   #0 
  - who has the link to all those graphic photos from Iraq?  FLDem5   Jun-07-05 11:11 AM   #1 
  - links to show him  unhappycamper   Jun-07-05 01:29 PM   #49 
     - Interesting article on how we treat out injured vets.  unhappycamper   Jun-07-05 06:15 PM   #55 
  - Do some research.  Bridget Burke   Jun-07-05 11:12 AM   #2 
  - "you cannot make this decision for him"  progressoid   Jun-07-05 11:18 AM   #7 
  - If he's 19, then I doubt there's much that can be said he hasn't heard.  redqueen   Jun-07-05 11:12 AM   #3 
  - I wish I could .... I could call him and BEG him not too. Maybe show him  paula777   Jun-07-05 11:13 AM   #4 
  - Best places to start (this is my area right here)  Hapameli   Jun-07-05 11:15 AM   #5 
  - Thanks  progressoid   Jun-07-05 11:22 AM   #11 
  - It's not like he's enlisting  Gman   Jun-07-05 11:15 AM   #6 
  - As I understand it, he's signing up for an 11 year stint.  progressoid   Jun-07-05 11:20 AM   # 
  - JROTC is different from ROTC  AllegroRondo   Jun-07-05 11:21 AM   #9 
  - Check out Coalition Against Militarism in our Schools - Lots of info there  Hapameli   Jun-07-05 11:20 AM   #8 
  - Thanks!  progressoid   Jun-07-05 11:33 AM   #19 
  - www.robert-fisk.com  loveable liberal   Jun-07-05 11:22 AM   #10 
  - Thanks  progressoid   Jun-07-05 11:28 AM   #16 
  - She should flat out forbid him...  Pockets   Jun-07-05 11:23 AM   #12 
  - Forbidding a nineteen year old?  AuntJen   Jun-07-05 01:03 PM   #41 
  - i do wish you the best in trying to infuse wisdom into your nephew.  flordehinojos   Jun-07-05 11:24 AM   #13 
  - Like the phrase "kids express what their parents supress"  Pockets   Jun-07-05 11:35 AM   #21 
  - She should take him to visit the wounded at Walter Reed. n/t  No Surrender   Jun-07-05 11:27 AM   #14 
  - Which branch of ROTC? Army, Air Force? Navy?  Texas_Kat   Jun-07-05 11:28 AM   #15 
  - He wants to go into Military Intelligence!  progressoid   Jun-07-05 11:30 AM   #17 
     - Which branch? There's Military Intelligence in every branch..  Texas_Kat   Jun-07-05 11:43 AM   #24 
        - Oops, Army I believe  progressoid   Jun-07-05 11:44 AM   #25 
           - It makes a difference  Texas_Kat   Jun-07-05 11:46 AM   #26 
              - Its an 11 year contract I think  progressoid   Jun-07-05 11:55 AM   #27 
                 - How's that work?  NCevilDUer   Jun-07-05 12:00 PM   #29 
                 - I was an Army ROTC grad -- it's an 8-year committment...  IrateCitizen   Jun-07-05 12:01 PM   #30 
                 - That sounds like his deal  progressoid   Jun-07-05 12:31 PM   #39 
                 - I did see your post after I'd replied  Texas_Kat   Jun-07-05 12:36 PM   #40 
                 - That doesn' sound quite right.  Texas_Kat   Jun-07-05 12:15 PM   #35 
                    - See my above post for the facts -- I was an ROTC graduate. (nt)  IrateCitizen   Jun-07-05 12:21 PM   #36 
  - Offer the kid an alternative  MadHound   Jun-07-05 11:32 AM   #18 
  - Well, he's 19 and  Warpy   Jun-07-05 11:35 AM   #20 
  - I don't think the military will offer him life lessons  Pockets   Jun-07-05 11:38 AM   #22 
  - Take him to a V.A. Hospital..............that will change his mind.  Joe_VB   Jun-07-05 11:39 AM   #23 
  - About Military Intelligence  Pockets   Jun-07-05 11:58 AM   #28 
  - Ummmm.... the kid IS going in as an officer...  IrateCitizen   Jun-07-05 12:09 PM   #34 
  - There is nothing wrong with a young person wanting to serve his country  noonwitch   Jun-07-05 12:02 PM   #31 
  - I was an Army ROTC graduate -- my thoughts...  IrateCitizen   Jun-07-05 12:07 PM   #32 
  - Thank You  progressoid   Jun-07-05 12:25 PM   #38 
  - He's not obligated to serve unless...  TreasonousBastard   Jun-07-05 12:09 PM   #33 
  - Is he a good kid?  pop goes the weasel   Jun-07-05 12:24 PM   #37 
  - What about the Peace Corps or other civilian service?  AuntJen   Jun-07-05 01:09 PM   #42 
  - Hey, he might just do that - thanks  progressoid   Jun-07-05 01:22 PM   #45 
  - Get him a ToN of literature from the Peace Corps  Veganistan   Jun-07-05 01:13 PM   #43 
  - What is wrong with the military?  SouthernDem2004   Jun-07-05 01:18 PM   #44 
  - If you have to ask that question...  TheGoldenRule   Jun-07-05 01:22 PM   #46 
  - Democrats serve their country too  MissMillie   Jun-07-05 01:38 PM   #51 
  - I do not think Democrats are anti-military. /nt  SouthernDem2004   Jun-07-05 01:41 PM   #52 
     - And I think the majority are.  TheGoldenRule   Jun-07-05 04:03 PM   #54 
  - Nothing  progressoid   Jun-07-05 01:26 PM   #47 
  - Why do we need a strong military?  IrateCitizen   Jun-07-05 03:04 PM   #53 
  - They sure come in handy during natural disasters  The Flaming Red Head   Jun-08-05 07:21 AM   #63 
     - Those units hardly justify expenditures >$500 billion per year...  IrateCitizen   Jun-08-05 09:25 AM   #64 
  - Anti-military is not the issue.  unhappycamper   Jun-07-05 10:10 PM   #57 
     - I am not arguing that. I agree with that. The problem is the current  SouthernDem2004   Jun-08-05 06:32 AM   #59 
        - I disagree. The military has allowed itself to become a political  unhappycamper   Jun-08-05 06:58 AM   #61 
  - Tell him to try the Peace Corps instead  GreenPartyVoter   Jun-07-05 01:28 PM   #48 
  - My sons are in the Junior ROTC in high school  MissMillie   Jun-07-05 01:37 PM   #50 
  - Try Teach for America  Sabriel   Jun-07-05 06:17 PM   #56 
  - The Gold Star Moms are going to DC on June 15th  unhappycamper   Jun-07-05 10:36 PM   #58 
  - "Mothers Against the Draft" may be able to help, too.  BikeWriter   Jun-08-05 06:40 AM   #60 
  - All of ours are joining the guard  The Flaming Red Head   Jun-08-05 07:05 AM   #62 
 

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