forty2skates

Wisconsin or Oregon?

My grandfather went to work for Bell after he came home from the pacific theater where he was a Marine on the ground at both Midway and Okinawa. Lucked out and got the job right away. Retired in '84 along with the breakup and made out like a bandit. Growing up we were all told we'd be disowned if we became jarheads, and I really think he was serious. In addition to his first hand experience his brother in law spent the entirety of the war, from before Pearl Harbor until after V-J Day, as a Japanese POW and was a major motivating factor in him initially wanting to serve in the Pacific theater. He was quite upset when my father enlisted in the army out of fear that his draft number would come up. He was considerably less upset about my brother looking at a nursing career in the Navy. Didn't bat an eye when my cousin looked at the Coast Guard. Anyway, I digress. How do you feel about your children and grandchildren serving in the military? Do you feel differently about various branches? Did any of your children or grandchildren serve?

*w/ a 4 cyl. The 3.0 has a bad rep for a reason.

Is there a list being maintained somewhere and am I on it for some reason? In the 5 years I've owned my current home they visit my house once or twice a month. I lived out in the country on a private road, I'm the first house on the road of ~20 neighbors. On a recent visit I saw them pull into my driveway from the direction of the main road and after they were rebuffed with extreme prejudice they left in the direction of the main road. If I'm on a list and being targeted for this shit I'm going to have to start putting my foot down even harder on their unwelcome visits.