tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4642548439896244587.post9046174764391579796..comments2024-03-24T13:12:39.210+13:00Comments on Bluestocking <i>Blue</i>: Big Brave SoldierViviennehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06137595207723645418noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4642548439896244587.post-41990125061989188762014-09-16T21:03:32.217+12:002014-09-16T21:03:32.217+12:00What was that song by the Chills again, on Flying ...What was that song by the Chills again, on Flying Nun records? Never trust anyone in camouflage gearAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4642548439896244587.post-55142265414643391372014-07-11T02:41:37.961+12:002014-07-11T02:41:37.961+12:00To Victoria; - we, as do many others, have somethi...To Victoria; - we, as do many others, have something in common. The desire to serve in our country's military services no matter what position it puts us in, and in so doing we serve twice. Both as a male and as a female. It's true we bury the feminine side to accomplish our missions at hand, but that same feminine side is the driving force to keep us sane. I sometimes think that while my comrades were decompressing, after a particular rough mission that they had only their own selves to deal with, while I had Janice. She was there to pull away the pains and memories which made me more alert and professional. My comrades didn't have a feminine side to help deal with the stresses. Perhaps that's why I am alive today and many of them aren't. I still remember them all but through Janice the pain is lessoned. I wish you the very best in your life as Victoria.<br />Luvs .... JaniceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4642548439896244587.post-45257018879713969892014-07-10T18:21:47.840+12:002014-07-10T18:21:47.840+12:00Thanks for posting Victoria. I will email your com...Thanks for posting Victoria. I will email your comment to Janice to make sure she gets it.<br /><br />Vivienne.Viviennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06137595207723645418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4642548439896244587.post-5643091126879871192014-07-07T19:34:59.716+12:002014-07-07T19:34:59.716+12:00Your totaly right Janice.
I served in the British...Your totaly right Janice.<br /><br />I served in the British Army through the 80`s and 90`s during the Gulf and Bosnia, Kosovo and made many tours to Northern Ireland. <br /><br />Even with all the training and work we do, the feminin side just hides away till the day she can pop out. I am so glad that Victoria survived my Military career, <br /><br />Even if I did try and be done with her by doing even more "Manly" things and courses. Back then I didn`t realise what and why I was like that, today I am grateful to her for being so pig headed and stubborn and not letting the squaddie destroy her.<br /><br />With out her I wouldn`t cope so well with my military past today.<br /><br />VictoriaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4642548439896244587.post-81177012878863359982014-05-15T08:44:51.818+12:002014-05-15T08:44:51.818+12:00Hi Janice,
Thanks for giving your perspective. I ...Hi Janice,<br /><br />Thanks for giving your perspective. I can see how allowing trans people to continue to serve in the military would pose some potentially very difficult-to-solve problems. Not least, which accommodation to put them in.<br /><br />I think there needs to be a change in attitude, driven from the top down by good leadership, that being gay or trans doesn't automatically make you a less worthy soldier. (Mind you, Chelsea Manning hasn't done anyone any favours in this regard).<br /><br />I can only speak for myself, when I say I loathe violence. I detest guns and other weapons. The life of a combat soldier would be very close to a living hell for me. I am not saying that I couldn't be trained to be an effective combatant; but I am saying that the psychological effect on me would be devastating, and probably permanent. But, like I say above, that's not to say I couldn't usefully serve my country in ways other than shooting things.<br /><br />Vivienne.<br />Viviennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06137595207723645418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4642548439896244587.post-35712327945532233222014-05-15T04:01:47.865+12:002014-05-15T04:01:47.865+12:00Having served for "a couple of decades" ...Having served for "a couple of decades" myself in the US Navy I can assure you that the military is unable to "grind out all your femininity, all your sensitivity" but rather the military imbeds it deeper. I find that when I try to put aside all that haunts me, the haunts get larger and deeper imbedded. I talked to many young men, while I was serving, that were homosexuals and I didn't report them as they came to me in confidence.. They served proudly aside me and others in hazardous times and in peace times. That a person is in the proverbial closet doesn't mean they don't exist. I'm sure that many of the men I served with were probably wearing something feminine in their hearts as opposed to their bodies. Kristen Beck is a great example. I served with many of the Seal's and can't imagine anything occupying their minds other than mission at hand, and yet ... we have Kristen Beck. <br /> As to the question regarding the allowance of Transgendered to serve in the US Military .. although not completely negative, my thinking is still out to lunch on that one.<br />Luvs,<br />JaniceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com