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61,... grew up as a proud Rebel in the Carolina hills.  After my dad passed on, among some of his personal belongings,  I found my great-grandfather's enlistment papers into the Grand Old Army of the U.S. during the civil war.  He was sworn in by one of them Pinkertons.  That sure did burst my...

In my Navy days in Long Beach, I used to surf HB and HB Cliffs along with Trestles on the weekend camp trips to Pendleton.  Competed in the All-Military contest a few times in the mid 80's at Pendleton and had a blast every time.  Even got my last command at Naval Unit, Lowery AFB, CO to issue...

I sense an imbalance in the force, young jeti.

I have used my brother's sea kayak to scoot arround some of the mangroves in FL in search of snook or any other finned species.  Loved it, and look forward to doing it agan whenever I want to. alan

Watched my "Pop" pass at the early age of 61 from the complications of diabetes. Dad and other family members talked with his Doc, a family friend, about a dignified way to end his pain. The response was the "three monky" routine. He was afraid to even discuss it for fear of losing his liscense...

Hello everyone. I am 41, wife of 14 years is 40, with one kid in 4th grade. My primary goal is to have our home paid for in five years which in turn will hopefully help us get FI and be able to RE by age 50 - 56. Both of us are prior military, I was a squid, she was a wingnut. Now both with the...

Sorry for keeping it going,... spent the better part of the evening and early morning reading all 31 pages of the "Introduce yourself here" forum before finally venturing to another topic. I was surprised to see the "What's your political affiliation" forum and was curious to see it. Was...

I hate it that this my first post to this fine service, but I had to throw in my two pennies.  I will post an introduction later. OK, these are just my comments and opinions to anyone that believes that the war in Iraq is justified. If you believe the so-called war on terror in Iraq is so...