Thank you for your story. My impression of military advancement (at least in the south) was that you had to show subtly or overtly that you are Baptist or, at least, religious. Which is 100% illegal... Not as illegal as child trafficking though...
That's interesting, well, it was the south, Ft. Hood, and the couple in question were extremely religious, (not Baptist) and my visit was centered around a religious visit. (I've since left church activity altogether, but at that time I was involved in community church service projects for the transient members in the military - as a community liaison making them feel welcome in the church community until they moved out.)
Maybe that's why they couldn't agree to whatever it was she was alluding to, and maybe that's why she brought it up on my church-service related visit. (I'm guessing, because that was a topic of discussion that I actually didn't even think about until you mentioned religion.) She blurted the disjointed information out (which wasn't really any type of information that made sense at that time at all) and was sweating and red faced, almost constipated looking, saying that they just couldn't do ''this'' (whatever this was) ... very stressed even talking about whatever it was. I thought she was going to have a melt-down and actually tell me this secret, but I didn't pressure her, because I know that military secrets are a big deal and I didn't want them, or myself, to get into trouble for leaking this serious secret.
This is so interesting, because I haven't thought about this event in years. At the time it was so bizarre, I couldn't imagine what major secret was required of this magnitude that would cause him to be rejected from increased positions, but also make her sweat bullets enough to admit that they were thinking of leaving the military after a life of service all because he wouldn't, or couldn't, do whatever it was he was supposed to do to move up in rank.
From your description it seems like someone who was upset over the worst possible thing. Normally, I would think "refusing to kill someone" because that would be the worst possible thing (it's a gang acceptance activity). But now that I know about pizzagate, I can say that's the worst possible thing and it would warrant that panic. Poor people.
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KansasJakeBG ago
Thank you for your story. My impression of military advancement (at least in the south) was that you had to show subtly or overtly that you are Baptist or, at least, religious. Which is 100% illegal... Not as illegal as child trafficking though...
cosmicmind ago
That's interesting, well, it was the south, Ft. Hood, and the couple in question were extremely religious, (not Baptist) and my visit was centered around a religious visit. (I've since left church activity altogether, but at that time I was involved in community church service projects for the transient members in the military - as a community liaison making them feel welcome in the church community until they moved out.)
Maybe that's why they couldn't agree to whatever it was she was alluding to, and maybe that's why she brought it up on my church-service related visit. (I'm guessing, because that was a topic of discussion that I actually didn't even think about until you mentioned religion.) She blurted the disjointed information out (which wasn't really any type of information that made sense at that time at all) and was sweating and red faced, almost constipated looking, saying that they just couldn't do ''this'' (whatever this was) ... very stressed even talking about whatever it was. I thought she was going to have a melt-down and actually tell me this secret, but I didn't pressure her, because I know that military secrets are a big deal and I didn't want them, or myself, to get into trouble for leaking this serious secret.
This is so interesting, because I haven't thought about this event in years. At the time it was so bizarre, I couldn't imagine what major secret was required of this magnitude that would cause him to be rejected from increased positions, but also make her sweat bullets enough to admit that they were thinking of leaving the military after a life of service all because he wouldn't, or couldn't, do whatever it was he was supposed to do to move up in rank.
KansasJakeBG ago
From your description it seems like someone who was upset over the worst possible thing. Normally, I would think "refusing to kill someone" because that would be the worst possible thing (it's a gang acceptance activity). But now that I know about pizzagate, I can say that's the worst possible thing and it would warrant that panic. Poor people.