>SNIP
>>One of the reasons I did not reenlist in the Air Force was I could not handle all the information I had to work with. When I left in 1967 the United States could destroy the world 7 ½ times with nuclear weapons and the Russians 4 ½ times. Things have really improved. Today the United States can destroy the world 770 times and the Russians 400 times. How times have improved!
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>>Tom
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>Gives new meaning to the words "Ignorance is Bliss." I felt the same way when I left the military in 1991. There is some knowldge that it is better (and healthier) not to have.
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>Tracy

Tracy;

How true! When you live with the threat of a nuclear or biochemical attack 24 hours a day it can get to you. We would have red alerts, etc. constantly. I truly enjoy getting away from that type of knowledge. Now with the new security attitude our nation has taken when I hear the word “alert” it brings back some very bad memories, which I would not like to visit. Our civilian population is exposed to some of the terms and pressures the military is under 24 hours a day. Right now we are under a “yellow alert”, according to the news media.

In the military you have to be ready 24 hours a day for anything. If we keep telling civilians what the alert status is they will be immune to what it may mean. That is both good and bad. One nice thing about being a civilian is “you do not have to sign up for another hitch”! Some things just come naturally. :)

Tom