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November 1st 06, 11:57 AM
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What is the ARRL's thought on having good amateurs?
Dave Heil wrote: wrote: Dave Heil wrote: wrote: Dave Heil wrote: wrote: Dee Flint wrote: wrote in message oups.com... wrote: Then why do the military service have technical schools to do somehting so very simple? I guess it is because of the raw material they have to work with. Always a kind word for our armed forced... Armed forced? Must you put on your stupid face? Can't you take a typo? I didn't write it. You did. Correct. I made a typo. You chose to trip over it. You pretend to be stupid and not understand. Too bad for you. Our military isn't perfect. Many of those who enlist aren't all that sharp. Most are shoved into a career field in which they have no interest. Most aren't going to make the military a career. You must be remembering the draft years when, even though the Air Force didn't use the draft, the draft generated a significant interest in Air Force service. ...but one had to at least be a high school graduate to enter the Air Force. That didn't mean that everyone who entered the Air Force was particularly bright or had prior experience in a field related to an Air Force career field. Of those who *were* bright and experienced in a field, there was no guarantee that they'd be placed in an AFSC related to their experience. A member of my basic training flight had some medical school. He became a Security Policeman. A fellow with electronics skills was made a cook. They call that "Air Force needs..." The AF needs SPs and Cooks, too, or didn't you know that? Some are lucky enough to have skills obtained prior to military service. Some of those are fortunate enough to serve in a field in which they have some expertise or interest. Some with grave disappointment that they couldn't be hams in particular combat zones. I don't know anyone who experienced "grave disappointment" or anyone who has written anything like that. I guess others know you better than you know yourself. Why aren't the communications billets merely a direct duty assignment after basic training? They can be. That's how I did it. I never set foot in an Air Force technical school. Of course I'd already been a radio amateur for seven years when I joined the military. I was awarded my 3-level right out of basic training. I went directed duty to Barksdale AFB after ten days of leave after Amarillo. Lackland. San Antonio. Yes, Lackland AFB is in San Antonio. Amarillo AFB was in Amarillo. That's where I went through basic training. Amarillo. Amarillo. I see. Wikipedia confirms Amarillo AFB as an inprocessing base. I knew it without consulting Wikipedia. If I'd meant "Lackland", I'd have written "Lackland". Yet you place punctuation outside of parenthesis as if you were writing code for a machine instead of writing language for a person. You need to work on your interpersonal communications skills. Did you catch what Robesin's got? I have no idea of what you mean, Brian. Stories about the military. So you're asking if I caught stories about the military? There's that stupid face again. Whole government agencies gave up on code. Commercial businesses gave up on code. Oracle uses a lot of code. Is Oracle an Extra? What's his call? Oracle is a business which didn't give up on code. Bill Gates has an answer for your Oracle. Bill Gates never gave up on code either. Dave K8MN He punctuates correctly. See where it got him? |
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