29 October 2005
About Me
- Name: american short-timer
- Location: whereabouts unknown
writing for those who can't
short - tim·er shôrt tī'mer noun
1. one nearing the end of a contractual term of service; a military enlistee at the end of a tour.
2. one arrested in service past a mutually agreed upon date after invocation of an executive order.
3. one at the proverbial end of his proverbial rope.
Inference: declining institutional loyalty proportionate to the nearing of one's Expiration Term of Service.
See also: Boobus Enlisticatus.
ALSO:
I am not in Iraq and I am not currently in the Army and I am not getting my ass shot at. This site is in compliance with MNC-I #9 as per FICI-CE-I, DoD Directive 5230.9 and AR 25-1, etcetera etcetera andsoforth.
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- if only
- obsolete
- who's on first
- almost normal
- out of order
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live each day as though it were to be your last, and one day you're sure to be right.
--Harry Harbord Morant
4 Comments:
IN WW1 in the UK, there was a famous recruiting poster featuring Lord Kitchener, pointing at the viewer, and the words: "YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU". It was noted at the time that it did not say: "YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS ME."
my son nate was stationed at a base near baqubah, w/an idiot for a sgt. mjr-
this guy but in 5 speed bumps from the front gate, till the main hospital, even
tho they were the primary hospital base in the area. if an officer wants you to
salute him, outside, say- sniper -check and watch them flinch.
dear short, how short? glad you made it thru the c-f, sorry you all and the
locals had to go thru it. how bizarre, to go from full-on battle, to doing
jumping- jacks, whoa! glad the front guy pulled himself up short. love, susie
It's F**** great bolg!! Keep it up shortie!
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