netchemica

By not filming any more takes after you give them ice cream.

I've always wondered specifically about "have you ever killed anyone".

I'm in the Coast Guard and the O6 on base loves doing PR events. We frequently get middle school and grade school classes coming by. We tell them about how we stop drug runners and save lives "all the time", then ask if they have any questions. One question ALWAYS comes up... "Have you ever shot/killed anyone?". We chuckle about it because the only use of force we have done is shooting warning shots or disabling fire, but I always think about how it would have felt if I had seen combat and someone mature actually asked me that.

Are there some things that are taboo to talk about / ask someone who's seen combat?

Amy Good Conduct 2

Shouldn't you have three of those?

What'd you get in trouble for?

Damn. Hopefuly they didn't hit you too hard. I got NJP for "Unlawful use of force towards a junior member" after I used OC to clear out a room full of E3s who were hiding away during a busy work day after several warnings. One of them got butthurt and complained to the CO. I got off easy with drop in paygrade suspended for 90 days (for you non military folk: lose one rank if I fuck up within the next 90 days). It wasn't fun and luckily it happened a month after I got my 2nd Good Conduct, so it didn't set me back too far.

It did screw me over since now I can't go CGIS (like NCIS, just for the Coast Guard), which is what my ultimate plan was. Plan B was always going CBP Air/Marine interdiction, hopefully that's not out the window too.