Transgendered and the Military

[IAMX 3,055]

1 minute ago, OriZ said:

I was a turret technician, which means I spent 4-6 days a week in a base working on tanks. It was technically an "open base" meaning those living close by can go home at the end of the "workday" and come back the next morning but it was too far for me to go home most days unless I really had to and really didn't wanna sleep much, so I would stay throughout the week, and then would have to do guarding duty on some weekends(usually like 1 out of 6-8), the rest of the time my commander would let us leave either Thursday or Fri and not come back till Sun many times. Sometimes we would guard during the week as well which wasn't fun as you got about 4 hours of sleep and then had to work on tanks all day th next day. Guarding at the base isn't considered very dangerous however several times they would send some of us out of the base to guard in more high risk places like bases out in the west bank - the one I kept getting sent to was right by Nablus. So while I wasn't in active, infantry like combat duty I did get to spend alot of time sitting by a gate or on a tower near Nablus. Pretty much everyone gets at least a taste of it even if technically you're not in combat.

Thanks for the story, I actually read that one entirely. 

[OriZ 3,165]

3 minutes ago, IAMX said:

aluminium 

I so agree with that.. during the last conflict Liveleak had tons of videos showing all the fricken sirens blaring off throughout Israel for random rockets being fired at them. I can't imagine how that state would psychologically impact us. 

I even taught my wife when she lived there and would sometimes take the bus by herself how to spot "suspicious" people(there's a certain degree of profiling to that but oh well) - who wants to be on a bus in the dead of summer when someone boards it wearing a long coat? You watch out for unattended objects, you watch out for people...it is what it is.

[Teddy B 17,252]

5 minutes ago, Boiler said:

ToC specifies English only outside the Regional Forums.

 

ToC is my Bible, should be yours.

I'm a well known TOS violator.

[OriZ 3,165]

Just now, IAMX said:

Thanks for the story, I actually read that one entirely. 

Hey you asked

[IAMX 3,055]

2 minutes ago, OriZ said:

Hey you asked

I wasn't being sarcastic though, I liked the story, and actually had the attention span to read it all. I feel like I've achieved something today. 

Edited July 27, 2017 by IAMX

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

9 minutes ago, Boiler said:

ToC specifies English only outside the Regional Forums.

 

ToC is my Bible, should be yours.

I carry a copy right next to my bible

[IAMX 3,055]

Just now, Nature Boy Flair said:

I carry a copy right next to my bible

Soon we'll be forced to cite using MLA or APA, or else plagiarism. 

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

3 minutes ago, Teddy B said:

I'm a well known TOS violator.

Hi I am Nature Boy and I am 8 months warning free.

 

Hey NB welcome TOS anonymous 

[Boiler 48,524]

1 minute ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

I carry a copy right next to my bible

Me too!

[smilesammich 10,727]

Just now, Nature Boy Flair said:

Hi I am Nature Boy and I am 8 months warning free.

 

Hey NB welcome TOS anonymous 

wow, how'd you pull that off? teach me sensei

[Teddy B 17,252]

2 minutes ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

Hi I am Nature Boy and I am 8 months warning free.

 

Hey NB welcome TOS anonymous 

If it wasn't for the mods I would be almost 6 years warning free.

1 minute ago, smilesammich said:

wow, how'd you pull that off? teach me sensei

He put down the Ambien, lol. Although I do kinda miss the Ambien induced NB.

Edited July 27, 2017 by Teddy B

[Jacque67 7,328]

http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/joint-chiefs-no-transgender-policy-changes-until-trump-clarifies-tweets-n787076

 

no modification until Donnie clarifies his tweets...hahaha

[IAMX 3,055]

2 minutes ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

Hi I am Nature Boy and I am 8 months warning free.

 

Hey NB welcome TOS anonymous 

Is there anyone who posts regularly on this subforum who hasn't had warnings/bans?

 

It's a rite of passage.

 

Step 1: Warnings/bans

Step 2: More warnings/bans/permaban

Step 3: Happily post elsewhere

Edited July 27, 2017 by IAMX

[Boiler 48,524]

Just now, IAMX said:

Is there anyone who posts regularly on this subforum who hasn't had warnings/bans?

 

It's a rite of passage.

Go Platinum!

[The Nature Boy 7,659]

2 minutes ago, smilesammich said:

wow, how'd you pull that off? teach me sensei