(January 7, 2021 at 12:09 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:(January 7, 2021 at 11:50 am)Fireball Wrote: I served in the Navy, '72-'76. In my rating, there were few guys who even went to services on Sunday. I was in a medical holding company in '74 after my ruptured appendix was removed, and one buddy who was an electronics tech kept trying to get me to go to one of his religious meetings. Wasn't happening. The "A" school for electronics techs was rampant with christ-punchers, though. My eldest son is currently in the Air Force, and lives off base specifically because senior NCOs keep rounding up the lower echelons for bible study whenever they can.
I joined '69, fourteen hours after graduating from high school. In boot camp I was ordered to attend a church service each week. I hope my snores weren't disruptive.
After boot camp I put "Zoroastrian" in the "Religion" box.
I got you both beat. I washed out of Air Force basic.
Actually the physical aspect of it was easy. But prior to going in, I had a childhood of being bullied, so it was no fun being yelled at, being called a pile of shit from 5am to 10pm every day.
I actually liked the physical training, because they combined platoons so the crowd was so large odds a Drill Instructor singling you out was low.
I have to admit, I couldn't handle it. Not everyone is cut out for it. But I am damned glad there are people who can and did.
