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Originally Posted by MedInformatics
Do you even know what goes on in a military training facility? Little comments like that piss me off so much because I just assume you're some punk who thinks he knows everything and feels the need to put some arrogant comment out there like they know whats going on. Here's and idea maggot, go to Basic Military Training and technical training then come back and tell me what it's like.
Maybe you can go to a desert facility for 6 months of training so you can separate from your family for 15 months (or more) and tell me how "impressed" you are.
Go build networks and set up information hubs in hostile areas like Iraq, and then go on some message board and hear some punk who hasn't done anything that closely resembles giving up their freedoms so others can have theirs and tell me how you feel.
No, that's too tough. You'll sit on your but and type on your stupid computer and pout around like every other disrespectful American that doesn't have enough courage to stand up for their country. You'll then spout off at the mouth about how "unimpressed" YOU are like YOU matter one bit to anyone. I'm not sure what you've done with your life but I highly doubt it's anything like what the men and women that have been through this training do for people like you every day. How about some respect for the people that give you your freedom?
Disrespecting military training is like spitting in the face of everyone that goes through it. You might as well say you're not impressed with the military and what they do for America because none of it could happen without the training they recieve. Once you sign up for a branch let me know when you get back from Basic so you can tell me how much training doesn't "Impress" YOU... Your a clueless joke man. Get a life.
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First, let me start by saying "Thank you for your service" to our country. I also want to say that I don't necessarily know if that's what Seurset was saying. Believe it or not-military training does not impress a whole lot of people. Think about it-MANY people join the military, daily. There are members of the military I have encountered that I wonder how they get themselves dressed in the morning without the assistance of others-they are that....ehhhhh....well....
Second, before you say that I am bashing the military-please know that I spent 9 years in the military. I was in both the Reserves and the National Guard. I am/ was a 96B/35F Military Intelligence Analyst. I served overseas during "Operation Iraqi Freedom" at the beginning of the war and I was pulled out of college (Penn State) to serve in Baghdad, Iraq. I have to admit that while it is great to have military experience, no one really gives a damn if I served 4 years, 6 years or 9 years-they just care that I served. Sure, being Military Intelligence has had its advantages but, not as much as being a Penn State Alum!
I really wish people would stop using the whole "I'm serving our country" and "Wouldn't you want someone who is in the military over someone with a traditional college education?" arguments because they don't hold up for me. I'm sorry but, I would rather have someone who had BOTH but, if I had a military man who graduated from a so-so school or a non-military man who graduated from a great nationally recognized school...You bet I'd choose the non-military man.
Please stop assuming that just because you join the military you have to attend a horrible school or do all of your classes online. It simply isn't true. In fact, my Professors and my uncle (who was a Professor at my University) all said not to really "play up" my military involvement for my law school applications. I even had Professors who are on the board of Admissions tell me that it was best not to focus on my military experience because while many people in Academia may not be anti-military...many of them are def. not pro-military. My boyfriend spent 6 years active Navy with 2 deployments to Iraq as a Hospital Corps. Man and now he is a full-time student at an incredible University...He did online courses at a great school and received his Associate's after getting out of the Navy and finishing the rest of the classes at that school's brick and mortar buildings.
Also, to say that having an online degree for certain programs like Education but, not Engineering is a bit messed up. I would rather my child's teacher take traditional classes (like all the teachers in my Masters of Education program did) then take online courses. Its important to interact with students. Do online courses serve a purpose? Yes. I'm happy for anyone that can get a great education (online or traditionally) through hard work.
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