I want to preface this thread by letting everyone know that it will probably come off as a rant. However there is an important question at the end that I'd like answered by my fellow Veterans here. I am genuinely curious as to where you all stand. I am also sorry for the long post and do appreciate those that take the time to read all of this.
I'd also like to say that while I've done and seen some crazy things I am literally a nobody in the eyes of the military. I am no hero nor am I special by any means.
I have contemplated making this thread for about a week. As the situation in Afghanistan has deteriorated I've continued to grow more and more angry. I am nothing short of appalled at what has transpired with this haphazard pull out of Afghanistan. I guess I've finally been pushed over the edge after some of the events of the last two days.
I joined not long after 9/11 in April of 2002. I did 12 years before being pushed to the breaking point and chose not to raise my right hand again. It is still to this day the hardest decision I've ever made. Had things been slightly different I'd still be in but looking back I don't regret it.
I still keep in contact with friends from those days. They call me when they are having a hard time and I do the same. I've had conversations that go on for hours. I've asked and been asked the question that if we had another 9/11 type event would you go back?
The answer has always been yes for both my friends and I. Even with all the crap we've been seen, done and been put through we would always go back if we saw the need and there was still gas in the tank. We may not go back to our old jobs or branch but we would go back and contribute some how.
Now after watching the botched pullout this administration has started, hanging our military out to dry and essentially signing the death warrants of United States citizens I can't do it.
I haven't had a chance to talk to my friends about my reversal but I am sure they feel the same.
Never again will I raise my right hand! I am forever done!
I never imagined that a president would commit such atrocities towards his own military and citizens. If whoever is running Joe is capable of doing this then it is possible it will happen again and I want no part of it.
Yes I know that when you're in neck deep shit that all that matters in those moments is the guy next to you and your job. Trust me, I've been there on several occasions, I know first hand like many of you.
However now it's far far above that for me. These ****s in the white house have found a new low to drag our military to. I thought Obama was a serious POS but this dip shit in office and his cohorts have far surpassed him. These embarrassing, brain dead imbeciles have proven they have no problem casting us off and feeding us to the sharks. They give even less ****s than I thought possible and their actions prove it.
So here I am, gas still in the tank with a middle finger and complete refusal to play the game ever again.
I know some of you are retired and flat out can't go back and that understandable.
However if shit hit the fan would you go back if needed taking into account the recent events?
For me it's an obvious hard no.
I'd also like to say that while I've done and seen some crazy things I am literally a nobody in the eyes of the military. I am no hero nor am I special by any means.
I have contemplated making this thread for about a week. As the situation in Afghanistan has deteriorated I've continued to grow more and more angry. I am nothing short of appalled at what has transpired with this haphazard pull out of Afghanistan. I guess I've finally been pushed over the edge after some of the events of the last two days.
I joined not long after 9/11 in April of 2002. I did 12 years before being pushed to the breaking point and chose not to raise my right hand again. It is still to this day the hardest decision I've ever made. Had things been slightly different I'd still be in but looking back I don't regret it.
I still keep in contact with friends from those days. They call me when they are having a hard time and I do the same. I've had conversations that go on for hours. I've asked and been asked the question that if we had another 9/11 type event would you go back?
The answer has always been yes for both my friends and I. Even with all the crap we've been seen, done and been put through we would always go back if we saw the need and there was still gas in the tank. We may not go back to our old jobs or branch but we would go back and contribute some how.
Now after watching the botched pullout this administration has started, hanging our military out to dry and essentially signing the death warrants of United States citizens I can't do it.
I haven't had a chance to talk to my friends about my reversal but I am sure they feel the same.
Never again will I raise my right hand! I am forever done!
I never imagined that a president would commit such atrocities towards his own military and citizens. If whoever is running Joe is capable of doing this then it is possible it will happen again and I want no part of it.
Yes I know that when you're in neck deep shit that all that matters in those moments is the guy next to you and your job. Trust me, I've been there on several occasions, I know first hand like many of you.
However now it's far far above that for me. These ****s in the white house have found a new low to drag our military to. I thought Obama was a serious POS but this dip shit in office and his cohorts have far surpassed him. These embarrassing, brain dead imbeciles have proven they have no problem casting us off and feeding us to the sharks. They give even less ****s than I thought possible and their actions prove it.
So here I am, gas still in the tank with a middle finger and complete refusal to play the game ever again.
I know some of you are retired and flat out can't go back and that understandable.
However if shit hit the fan would you go back if needed taking into account the recent events?
For me it's an obvious hard no.
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