@NoThanksLeon Lack of service. Cause it was not classified.

@Sojournersoul My military service is classified. I answered your original question. Deal with it.

@NoThanksLeon Okay. We will go with classified. I have TS clearance.

@Carissimi Within a normal conversation, out of the blue they say ..."when I got out of the marines..." or military. It is usually marines.

@NoThanksLeon So, I don’t see the problem. What’s wrong with saying that? Get over it. It’s nothing.

@Carissimi I didn't say anything about a "problem". I merely asked why do they do it?

@Notmesam My brother in law is like that and its funny because he served during one of the easiest times when there was no war. But he walks around in army gear like he was a combat vet.
We all know he is afraid of guns.
I know you are required to qualify with a rifle so I wonder how the hell he even got through basic.

@Cassieeeee They rake gravel, pull weeds, and say "YES SIR"!

@NativePortlander1970 Thats not what I asked. The Military probably would not want you any way.

@Adrift No skin off my back

@MorbidCynic Do they? Hmm. I'm reminded of something my gran used to say: "If you go fishing for compliments, you'd better be prepared to catch wellies"

@eMortal Your more likely to get a disease from your own keyboard or cell phone than you are from standing next to someone wearing thier uniforms. They are fully aware and trained on infection control.

@Adrift When I've been visiting someone in hospital,I've seen nurses, going off duty, walking into a staff room, and re-appear in their "civvies" to go home in.

@calicuz Most still wear their dog tags. 😂 Like Rambo.

@curiouslady93 shoot

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@NativePortlander1970 Yep.

@NativePortlander1970 They probably watched Apocalypse Now and had all kinds of adventures.
I guy I worked with did that. Vietnam Vet. After the movie came out (which I did not see initially) he started telling stories about the jungle and such. 10 years later I happened to watch Apocalypse Now. It was like he wrote the script. 😂

@NoThanksLeon My dead maternal uncle did three tours in the jungle as a junior infantry officer, one thing he always said was that no one talks about being in combat or being in the shit, that those who do are most likely wanna bes that were most likely stationed stateside or in Europe, that the only combat they saw was dealing with crab grass.

@NativePortlander1970 Exactly