I served in the Canadian Forces from 1998-2002. I was in the Reserves while I was a university student. For me, it was a part-time job (one night a week, one weekend a month, and two months during the summer) to help pay for my education and maybe earn a bit of beer money. I was never deployed to an overseas combat zone. My time in the military wasn't entirely without risk of injury or death, but it was no more dangerous than any other job that involves working around heavy machinery.
I'm proud of the time I spend in the Forces and the excellent training I received as a young man that played a significant part in shaping the person I am today. I still include it on my resume nearly two decades later. But there are some people who, upon learning of this part-time job I had ~20 years ago, get completely weird about it, making a big showy display of shaking my hand and thanking me for my service. I find it super creepy and off-putting.
It is the most uncomfortable thing ever.
Want to thank the military, properly fund them, but I digress.
Wait unless it is P12, I'll take that all day long.
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Captain James P. DeCOSTE, CD, 18 Sep 1993
Corporal Jean-Marc H. BECHARD, 6 Aug 1993
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I served in the Canadian Forces from 1998-2002. I was in the Reserves while I was a university student. For me, it was a part-time job (one night a week, one weekend a month, and two months during the summer) to help pay for my education and maybe earn a bit of beer money. I was never deployed to an overseas combat zone. My time in the military wasn't entirely without risk of injury or death, but it was no more dangerous than any other job that involves working around heavy machinery.
I'm proud of the time I spend in the Forces and the excellent training I received as a young man that played a significant part in shaping the person I am today. I still include it on my resume nearly two decades later. But there are some people who, upon learning of this part-time job I had ~20 years ago, get completely weird about it, making a big showy display of shaking my hand and thanking me for my service. I find it super creepy and off-putting.
You haven't lived until some drunken old bat on the LRT stares at you for 10 minutes when you're in uniform and accuses you of being a baby killer. Its the anti thank you for your service thing, and I was actually more comfortable with it.
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Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
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WASHINGTON — A memorial placard for the late Congressman John Lewis was ruined in the riots at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, according to Maryland Rep. Steny Hoyer.
Hoyer, the House Majority Leader, tweeted photos of the placard outside his office and wrote:
"While rioters shamefully destroyed this tribute to my brother John Lewis yesterday, let his words continue to echo in the halls of Congress and in our hearts. Let us always stand up, speak up, and speak out against injustice and for our democracy."
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