Employed 6 part 10

l've spoken of how Al's students call themselves "Monterey Merries" (or
Marys) and "titless WACs",usually in the context of how we think soldiers who are not combat-exempt might perceive those of us who are exempt. In my own experience though, l never encountered a "straight soldier" (our term for the non-exempt) who had so much as heard of MM's or tW's. So, those terms almost certainly originated with ASA enlistees who perhaps hoped to confuse the issue of that exemption with a little levity. lt's really a serious matter though. l can only speak for myself, but l think my peers at Al's would agree with what l'm about to say. You may  recall, from a very early installment of Employed, my recollection of Pearl Harbor Day and the long and hellish WWII
that followed. For more than four years the war kept us frightened and horrified
and then near it's end it took our truly beloved, thrice re-elected President FDR.
Too soon after that, the Korean "police action", now known as the Korean War.    l
was not the only one of my peers pretty much completely freaked by the near-
ing proximity between ourselves and draft age. And by US's apparent delight in
providing never-ending opportunities for weapons manufacturers everywhere.
On and on it goes, still. US is everywhere and on any given day is murdering
innocent civilians and brave young soldiers. Even if not by intention, the victims are no less deceased.

Eventually (if one survives) the fright grows to become resolve. To deny the warmongers at least one more participant. We aren't cowards or sissies, or MM's or tWs. We are people who loath conflict between people and person-
ally refuse to suffer being maimed or killed. And certainly won't do any killing
except as below:

 lf an agressor were to invade our country, l think that even students at
Al's would be taking up arms  (which are not issued to soldiers there) against them. While that's not very likely, l think we need to consider that graduates of Al's work in positions that, given the right circumstance could be in a position to take action in a timely way and maybe avoid loss of life.