-For those who've served in the military

[Ravenshire]

Most of my 39D(elta) brethren got South Korea. I was smart enough to tell the CO that I was willing to risk a bar to re-enlistment for refusing orders if he sent me there. Germany is sooooooo much nicer.

Yes, yes it is (in his best southern drawl) -unless you seriously like electronics. 39 delta? I couldn't have told any of my CO's shit, in any way shape or form - unless I wanted to be found dead in a ravine with my face peeled back ( i jest, sort-of). Last CO was a real hard-ass, take that however, lot of us called him Captain America when we thought he was out of earshot.

39D(elta) was my Army MOS. De-centralized automated service support system's repair. AKA "The poor asshole who sends broken shit back to Honeywell." Ugh. Why the fuck they put "repair" in the MOS title is beyond me.

My CO at Fort Gordon was a pussy (AIT and the CO who controlled where I shipped to). He asked where I wanted to go, so (knowing many of my buddies were already going to Korea) I told him. When I told him I'd refuse orders he asked why. I told him I wasn't interested in being sent to shit-holes. I know now that South Korea is a great place to visit, but in the early nineties it was a shit-hole for military service, or at least for the Army.

I had a couple Drills who would have beat me silly for that shit (one of whom was drafted for his first Vietnam tour and volunteered for two more), but I wouldn't have given that shit to people I respected.