THE FOUR RULES

1. ALL GUNS ARE ALWAYS LOADED.

2. NEVER POINT YOUR MUZZLE AT SOMETHING YOU ARE NOT WILLING TO DESTROY.

3. KEEP YOUR FINGER OFF THE TRIGGER UNTIL YOUR SIGHTS ARE ON THE TARGET AND YOU ARE READY TO SHOOT.

4. KNOW YOUR TARGET AND WHAT'S BEYOND.

Winston Churchill said
"A GENTLEMAN, SELDOM, IF EVER, NEEDS A GUN.
BUT WHEN HE DOES, HE NEEDS IT VERY BADLY!"
Si Vis Paceum Para Bellum

Sam Adams, more than beer

“If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquillity of servitude than the animating contest of freedom, — go from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains sit lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen”
― Samuel Adams

Lincoln on power

"We must prevent these things being done, by either congresses or courts — The people — the people — are the rightful masters of both Congresses, and courts — not to overthrow the Constitution, but to overthrow the men who pervert it —" Abraham Lincoln

Monday, March 3, 2014

ON SHAME, AND DISHONOR

ON SHAME, AND DISHONOR



Why is it that some people have to embellish their military service? That's something I have never done. I have exactly one medal, the National Defense Service Medal. The only other badge I have is the wreath and crossed rifles of the Marine rifle expert. Most of my time in the Marines I was a truck driver. I did spend some time in a artillery unit and I did some time as a small arms instructor. Nothing special. I was discharged after 3 years, 8 months and 12 days. I  got a general discharge under honorable conditions-medical. All because some idiot didn't know how to operate the vehicle he was driving. That was my truck accident, run down by a fool and doomed to a lifetime of pain. I did go on to work another 30 + years before I was finally forced to retire on disability. Never once in all of those years did I feel a need to enhance my service.
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2 comments:

Angus McThag said...

Got me.

I've got more salad than you, but it's pretty small potatoes. I'm proud of two of them because we shot 1,000 on the tank table.

But I did that, it's real.

How can you be proud of something you didn't do?

March 3, 2014 at 2:49 PM
Robert Fowler said...

That's something I have never understood. I'm proud as hell of my one medal and my rifle expert badge, that's always been enough for me. How do they not feel dirty?

March 4, 2014 at 11:22 AM

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