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Originally Posted by c130jumper53
Hey guys,
Seeing as how im former active duty (6 years in Ft. Bragg) and am currently National Guard (my drill station is 2 hours away). I think i might have some good info on this subject.
If you are active duty... You have absolutely no time to pledge. Period. Active duty, you are a soldier 365/7/24. Monday through Friday from 530 am to about 1700-1900 at night, you are doing your job skill. Saturdays and Sundays, your too burned out to even remotely think about dealing with some Pledge Educator telling you what to do.
However, i went through my pledgeship while i was in the Guard. And while i will never say that being in the Guard and Reserve isnt being a real soldier... Guardies and Reservists, really have no clue of the time commit to active duty. Granted in the Guard you are a soldier 365/7/24, you really only play soldier 24 days a year, 2 weeks a year, and about 12 hours a day. A fraction of active duty.
So... It is completely possible to pledge a GLO while being a Guard or Reservist, Being Active, its not even gonna come across your mind.
(As for doing the same exact training, On active, I spent 27 months deployed to Iraq, 30 months in a constant state of training, and 15 months, recovering/recuperating. You factor that into the Guard/Reserve training, and Reservist may do the same, but the amount of time spent on each task is greatly reduced for Reservists)
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Wow...You sure are a pompous asshat. What makes you feel superior to people who were in the guard or reserves? I'm sorry I chose to attend college instead of go active duty. Wait-I'm NOT sorry. Yes, we do the SAME EXACT training as you. Oh, and another thing-I'm willing to bet you outright volunteered for some of that "hard work" overseas that you claim you did. Yes, we all "volunteered" but I've seen far too many people choose to go to war over being with their family. Before you use the whole "patriotic" reasoning-don't try that with me. I was in the military. I've seen too many people with crap jobs and little civilian skills try and say they were being "patriotic" so they raised their hand and volunteered when their commander asked who would WANT to go. Many of those people did it because they needed the money or they wanted that combat patch.
You really need to get over yourself and have respect for ALL the branches of the service (to include guard and reserve). My boyfriend was active duty and I respect the active duty force, but don't come on here and act superior because you chose to go active duty. I'm curious, where did you attend college after going active duty?
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