Green Libertarian: You were in the military, TOO, Sgt. Christie? No wonder Goose chase Gookin can't stand you, he never had the stones to serve himself, and CLEARLY has problem with strong career-oriented women, especially those in public service.

Christie Wood: I was in the Air Force. Long story...but Sheriff Watson and his lovely wife Mary are like second parents to me. I worked for them in the early 80's and I was spoiled beyond any one's tolerance(their doing!) so one day Rocky told me he had a new plan for me. He decided I should join the Air Force. He did the research and referred me to a recruiter. Their plan was for the military to knock the spoiled out of me. I thought Rocky was the smartest most honorable person I had ever met (and he is)so I did what he told me to do and joined the military. I arrived at bootcamp in a very similar fashion of Private Benajamin. It is funny now but it was'nt at the time. A drill instructor immediatley made my life miserable and my first thought was "What was Rocky thinking?" "This is not fun". After a few months their mission was accomplished. I returned home on leave with the spoiled knocked out of me. It was an honorable experience to be in the Air Force. There were some interesting challenging times but I do not regret any of it. Good call on Rocky's part. As for Mr. Gookin...he is only focused on me for a short moment in time. I predict he and I will be able to discuss our difference of opinion in the future. We have a different style of communicating so if he continues to call me names I will most likely ignore him until he feels he can talk civily to me. Time will tell...

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