Nothing against Travis or the content of these posts, but I have said and will continue to say that my military experience(s) during my 30 year career was/were different than his. Travis is well aware of this and I'm only noting this on this thread to point this out that we all had our military career paths that were defined by which bra…
Nothing against Travis or the content of these posts, but I have said and will continue to say that my military experience(s) during my 30 year career was/were different than his. Travis is well aware of this and I'm only noting this on this thread to point this out that we all had our military career paths that were defined by which branch of service we chose, the military occupation/job we did, the Commands/Commanders we served under, the era we served and a million other things including who we are and how we respond to the various situations...so there are just a lot of factors involved preventing us from all having the exact same experiences and feelings about it.
I will add that there are far too many service member suicides and I was also appalled by the number of sexual assaults that were happening as well. It's bad enough fighting an enemy but when the enemy are in your own ranks...that's even worse.
Bravo, Travis, on your book endeavor and you can count me in on buying a copy and reading it.
All fair points. I've also served as a naval officer for five years, so I've seen what the non-ground combat stuff looks like in addition to the enlisted/officer differences. I'll let you know when I get a publisher and what not.
Nothing against Travis or the content of these posts, but I have said and will continue to say that my military experience(s) during my 30 year career was/were different than his. Travis is well aware of this and I'm only noting this on this thread to point this out that we all had our military career paths that were defined by which branch of service we chose, the military occupation/job we did, the Commands/Commanders we served under, the era we served and a million other things including who we are and how we respond to the various situations...so there are just a lot of factors involved preventing us from all having the exact same experiences and feelings about it.
I will add that there are far too many service member suicides and I was also appalled by the number of sexual assaults that were happening as well. It's bad enough fighting an enemy but when the enemy are in your own ranks...that's even worse.
Bravo, Travis, on your book endeavor and you can count me in on buying a copy and reading it.
All fair points. I've also served as a naval officer for five years, so I've seen what the non-ground combat stuff looks like in addition to the enlisted/officer differences. I'll let you know when I get a publisher and what not.