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To: epicure who wrote (58016)	10/8/1999 1:23:00 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

Well, it is difficult to figure out what your point is, since the assertion that combat duty is "different" is platitudinous, so one takes a stab at it, and it seems like you are disparaging rear echelon service, not merely drawing a distinction.....

To: epicure who wrote (58016)	10/8/1999 1:27:00 PM
From: Lizzie Tudor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

I agree with your cushy friends about this. My ex was in the Army in Hawaii right after he graduated from college. He did research on Borneo there. After that, he came back to Ca to join one of Gene Amdahl's startup companies - a living hell. He says the Army stint was one of the best times of his life, like an extension of college.

To: epicure who wrote (58016)	10/8/1999 3:20:00 PM
From: Michael M	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

"Cushy billet" can go either way in terms of ridicule among people in military service. Say it once, it's a friendly punch in the shoulder - keep on saying it - whole 'nother story. For a Marine officer to refer to another as an "8th & I Marine" would not be considered a compliment. Draftees aside, I would say most who served in my era felt a little "left out" if they were never in Southeast Asia. I have never heard a non-draftee say he wished he could have avoided going -- many career people and young enlistees went more than once. Not all of these came home. God keep them.