"Tim" wrote in message
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On Jan 29, 3:07 pm, "mmc" wrote:
"Tim" wrote in message

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this was brought up by one of the distinguished posters here on
rec.boats, and when I said YES, I was given a "Sure ... snerk"

So I'd like to know, seeing I've got a box with a few pay stubs in it
from being a guest of Uncle Sugar, I'd say that doing military service
IS actually considered as a "job". But now I'm left in confusion
because the distinguished poster I've mentioned seems to be skeptical
of that claim.

So I present this question to the other distinguished posters on
rec.boats:

"Do you, or do you not, consider service in the US military as being a
"job"?"

What say ye?

Yep. More than a job, it's an adventure! For us Navy guys anyway.- Hide
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Oh yes. i forgot that.

But that brings up another question: Being an adventurer in the US
Navy, did you have a "job" or were you considered a "boondoggler?"

Thanks for the contrubution (and the enlightnment!)

Well, my first hitch was spent on a Frigate as a sonarman with secondary
duties as a line handler, nuke weps security, weapons (torpedoes) handlers
and member of the underway replenishment team.
I then went EOD, where we did a lot of crazy but fun stuff and got paid for
it. When I wasn't deployed I worked in the boat shop where we took care of
team rubber ducks, utility and work boats, as well as generators and diving
compressors.
I did work and Uncle Sugar paid me. I think it was a job.