Some annoying Naval officer named LT Weiner didn't want to serve her IA time in Iraq. Hey, LT, none of us did, but here we are. Stop making us look like jackasses. I write more about this at VetVoice. Sorry, but this bullshit pisses me off.
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Who is This Clown?
- Nixon
- Bangkok, Thailand
- Nixon is a former Navy guy who did a couple of deployments at sea and spent a year in Iraq. He enjoys reading and writing about the strange intersection between war, politics, and the media. He enjoys being an ex-pat and NGO employee in Bangkok for the time being.
Contact LT Nixon with hatemail (the wackier the better) : LTNixonRants at gmail
See what the others have said:
"I'm tired of every REMF who has been deployed anywhere in Southwest Asia thinking they are the sole source of info for us non-deployed."
"Sounds like shavetail LT Nixon is part of the problem, not part of the solution. Resign your commission and go home with the rest of the losers."
"LT...sometimes you just have to turn to, salute the flagpole, and do your f***ing job"
"Thanks for the hits, faggot"
Join the party!
See what the others have said:"I'm tired of every REMF who has been deployed anywhere in Southwest Asia thinking they are the sole source of info for us non-deployed."
"Sounds like shavetail LT Nixon is part of the problem, not part of the solution. Resign your commission and go home with the rest of the losers."
"LT...sometimes you just have to turn to, salute the flagpole, and do your f***ing job"
"Thanks for the hits, faggot"
Join the party!
7 comments:
There's a big article in the Seattle PI about it. I saw it yesterday http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/359728_navalofficer19.html
Keep up your good work over there! While you guys fight the fight, she's busy finding a way out. We appreciate the sandbox sailors too.
I went over and read what you wrote over there. Seemed from those comments that people were pretty much agreeing with her.
But I don't agree. Yes, it may not have been the best "fit" for her -- the woman/money issue -- and sure if you're against the military you can use a lot of big words and also say mismanagment.
But seems to me like she just didn't want to go. Seems very whiny "I'm in the Navy, I'm not an Army person." What happened to -- do you job as assigned? What happened to -- helping the war effort? What happened to all of that? You're in the military, no one forced you to be there.
Just comes across as all around badly handled. But I DO NOT feel sorry for her.
And, Lt., you have the knowledge of all this first-hand, what if you had pulled this stunt?
Kath
Kath,
If I refused? I would have been ashamed of myself for the rest of my life (no joke).
Exactly.
Which is just another reason to be proud of you.
Please stay safe while you are there doing your job.
Kath
Thanks for the linkage Sub Rookie!
anytime LT. There's a lot of comments at the end of the article. Pretty left coast newspaper and area, but with Bangor and Everett there's thousands of Navy folks here, many of whom used the soundoff at the end of the article. Anyway, just dropping by!
Kath already said a lot of what I was thinking as I read your post at vetVoice and the Seattle PI article. Given that she is a National Merit Scholar, HS valedictorian, Stanford grad, etc., I think we can assume that she's at least of average intelligence. She voluntarily joined the Navy. All of the branches of the military put restrictions on individual rights that are stronger than those of society overall- how to dress, where to live, what your job will be, etc. She knew this going in and by accepting her NROTC scholarship and then serving active and reserve, she gave her consent to these restrictions. Six years after graduation is a bit late to try and change the terms of the deal. At that point, if having the Navy making these decisions is a problem, you suck it up until your time is over and then leave the service.
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