Ed Huntress wrote:

I made a couple of calls to Washington today to see what in the hell you're
talking about. Type 1 diabetes (or any insulin-dependent diabetes) is an
absolute disqualification for military induction now, as it was then,
whether you were drafted or volunteered.

You did not know "GIs" who had Type 1 and who were then inducted into the
service. You're full of crap, once again.

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Ed Huntress


Sigh. Doctors and nurses are commissioned officers, not inducted.
They can resign their commission, except in a war zone. Anyone inducted
can't. Also, you needed to make that phone call through a time machine
to any time when the military was desperate for medical personnel. A lot
of regulations are ignored, when convenient or necessary. As someone
who never served, you haven't got a clue as to what is done. Peddle
your ignorance to all the Veterans who were drafted during W.W.II, Korea
or Vietnam. if you had a pulse, and could see at all, they would take
you, in spite of any other regulation Pilots were not allowed to be
diabetic at all, along with anyone who couldn't keep their Insulin at
hand. Also, the only regulations they can quote you are today's
version. The latest supersedes all previous, meaning they never existed
and are removed from the files.

The only thing they will tell you is the 'official policy' of the
day, because they can't publicly admit to breaking it. If they admit
that they 'can' make exceptions, then people can cause problems.

In your case, the last thing they needed was a defective paper
pusher. Paper pushers were the lowest of the low in the military,
because anyone could do it. Why take anyone like you, when there were
plenty of healthy people who could pound away on a manual typewriter all
day long, and didn't need to be babied?

BTW, I was attached to Command at every base I served at, after basic
training. That means I saw things most GIs didn't. One base was the
helicopter training center, preparing people for deployment in Vietnam.
Any veteran who needed a Medevac flight to save their life, owes their
life to the brave Army pilots who flew through battle zones to transport
them to a MASH unit, of field hospital. The Air force did the Air
Traffic Control Duties, but wouldn't fly the Medevac choppers. My job
was to make sure they got the best training possible. The other base
was the US Army Cold Weather Research Facility. There were two
companies. Command and Engineering. The enemy there was quickly
freezing to death.

I was threatened with a Court Martial for breaking regulations. When
it got to my Commanding General, I received a letter of commendation,
and a promotion. Of course you're going to call me a liar, but you
operate out of ignorance, as always. I did major overhauls of over
$250,000 worth of military electronics. Everything was Depot level only,
with a mandatory Court Martial for touching any of it. Nothing worked
right. Most didn't work at all. I couldn't do my job because of it. We
had waited over three years for support from the Depot in Sacramento,
and had just been told it would be another year. Or two years. Maybe
three years. Defiantly they would be there in four more years.

The military is great at making regulations, but they will not let
them get in the way of completing a mission. A military that can't
complete their mission is as useless as you were to the military.

Keep up your ignorant ranting, so real men who served can continue to
laugh at you. I'm enjoying the funny e-mails about you. You have no
clue about how things really are, and never will.

Also, you calling ANY solder a 'Fool' shows you for the jackass that
you really are. keep calling Washington. They will quote official
policy all day long, then laugh at you after they hang up. In fact,
they are likely to talk about your ignorance for days or weeks.


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You can't have a sense of humor, if you have no sense!