The only crock of garbage here is the fact that, in true REMF style, youa re takign credit for other mens blood. You have even gone so far here as to claim that you are more intricatly aware of the feelings fo combat troops than the sister of a dead soldier because you were parked on a supply ship at the time, and they DID issue you a weapon for a while.
If you were a storekeeper, that is fine. Tell people "I was a shopkeeper". The world neeRAB shopkeepers, too. But stop the "I fought for ...." garbage, because the truth of the matter is you were an REMF puke sitting in a secure supply ship while better men fought an died for whatever reason. It is not even the fact that they fought and died that makes them better men, it is the fact that I have yet to hear a combat vet mis-state their contribution. You do it constantly.
Not only do you constantly over emphasize your contribution, you presumse to speak for the entire military. You ahve gone so far (more than once) of actually telling fighting men what they were fighting for. I do not presume to tell you the minRABet or ideaology of a REMF puke stuck on a supply ship, do not presume to tell me, or anybody else, that you have any idea what goes through the mind of a combat soldier.
I generally have no problem with support people. I only have a problem with the ones who continually spew garbage and claim accomplishments and honor that are not theirs such as your rediculous claim to having fought for this ocuntry....you fought nothing. Battle is not waged with a calculator and a filing cabinet.
Most I have met are honest enough to acknowledge their role in things. I can only remember one itme, in a bar, where some motorpool puke was talkign abotu how brave he was because he was posted in a combat zone. He was quickly, and violently, corrected. Facing up to supply clerks and mechanics is not somethign I particularly worry about.
I was in the military, moron. Search it. I am honest about my role. I spent the majority of my time teaching south american death squad captains how to torture people, extract confessions, and make people vanish in the middle of the night, as well as how to capitalise on those disappearances to further the goals of whatever tyrant is calling the shots.
I went from that to a combat role, because I wanted to go the PMC route when I got out....make some money and get a business started.
My military career was not very glamorous, nor do I feel the need to constantly wave it around in order to give myself credibility. and I certianly do not feel compelled to try to speak for my fellow soldiers. I can certianly speak for myself, and the men I knwo personally, in saying that maybe you are the one who neeRAB to face up to a room full of "the other side of the army". I would love to see the ass beating you got when you tried to pass a hat full of your garbage "fought for old glory" around a room full of warriors, or exibited the disrespect you showed the other poster here in relation to her brother, who fell in combat. I would be surprised if you survived that beating, since REMFs are not generally known for being especially tough.