Military- Who has served their country ?

PsychoSniper · Post by **PsychoSniper** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 6:56 pm

Since Ive just joined the US Army, I thought I'd ask who else is in the military, and what country theyre in.

Ernesto · Post by **Ernesto** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 6:57 pm

Where's Hammer and Minno when you need them?

fallout ranger · Post by **fallout ranger** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 7:31 pm

What branch of the military are you in PS?

Aneurysm · Post by **Aneurysm** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 8:02 pm

I am from Portugal and I have served my country for 4 years, ended this year.Why have you joined the military, you want to follow a career?

Kashluk · Post by **Kashluk** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 8:05 pm

I'll be facing a 12-month service in no more than two years from this moment, propably in the infantry and from there I'll try to get to the reserve officer school.

Nicolai · Post by **Nicolai** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 8:16 pm

Same here, save for the last part.
Doing my obligatory 12-month service when I turn 19 (after having finished high-school or whatever).

Wolfman Walt · Post by **Wolfman Walt** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 10:36 pm

I'm probably going to go to Officer Training school and serving afew years after college. My dad on the other hand served 33 years as a tanker.

avenger69ie · Post by **avenger69ie** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 10:51 pm

refused on grounds of ill health.

Grandad and uncles served in ww2 british infantry.
all seen combat, none injured to my knowledge and all of them survived into their 70's.
Luck of the irish eh?

PsychoSniper · Post by **PsychoSniper** » Sun Oct 03, 2004 11:49 pm

fallout ranger wrote:What branch of the military are you in PS?

[quote="PsychoSniper]Since Ive just joined the US Army[/quote]

Aneurysm wrote:Why have you joined the military, you want to follow a career?

Yeah, Im wanting to go carrer. What sucks is I dont have basic for 5 months (supposed to report to MEPS on 20050127 to get shiped to basic.)

Blargh · Post by **Blargh** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 1:26 am

I possess a sufficiently developed sense of self-preservation to not particularly want to be involved in any of my nation's (Australia) Armed Forces, on any level. This facet of my sense of self-preservation is emphasised, given not so recent global political developments. Yes.

Mix with an insufficient drive to be a patriot, and I become a proudly (as many have gone out of their way to inform me) 'un-Australian' citizen of this fine, fine world. Huzzah.

Franz Schubert · Post by **Franz Schubert** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 5:46 am

No thanks.

LlamaGod · Post by **LlamaGod** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 5:51 am

Dont really want to join since all the wars suck now.

Mismatch · Post by **Mismatch** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 9:56 am

I had the choice of 15months of cumpusory military service in this reallyreally cold place (Boden) or to start studying computer science. Not really a hard choice.

Sol Invictus · Post by **Sol Invictus** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 10:20 am

If you asked me this question during World War 2, I would have said yes, but considering the state of world affairs these days, I would have to say no. While I have no disrespect for my country's military (of which my own dad is a senior officer), I have no intention of fighting anybody else's war. The only action we see consists of fending off Filipino pirates, shooting smugglers and fighting wars elsewhere - in Bosnia, Indonesia, parts of Africa where the United Nations is involved.

There is no righteous cause, no reason for me to want to be in any of those places. Those people there probably don't see the United Nations as "peacekeepers" but rather as invaders, like everybody else whom they're fighting with. It's not my war, and it's not my country's war. I don't want to have any part of it. The same applies for every single one of you guys, unless you're living in Israel, in which case you're fighting to defend your country and not fighting anybody else's war.

Mismatch · Post by **Mismatch** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 10:35 am

The same applies for every single one of you guys, unless you're living in Israel, in which case you're fighting to defend your country and not fighting anybody else's war.

uh, no, the Israeli are invading Palestine, there IS a reason it's called an occupation of gaza you know.

Sol Invictus · Post by **Sol Invictus** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 11:18 am

That is a matter of debate.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 5:20 pm

God I had written a nice little post and DAC went down or something for like a minute and screwed everything.

GODDAMN YOU INTERWUB!1

Aneurysm · Post by **Aneurysm** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 5:43 pm

Ah you lost your pearls of knowledge, I bet it was a solution to the Israeli Palestinian conflict, damn you interwub!

MurPHy · Post by **MurPHy** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 9:14 pm

Man, this kind of topic makes you wish that Hammer and Menno were still here.

I myself am of age to serve, but unless those dumbass politicians reinstitute the draft, I will probably not serve. Why? Well, I'm in college, trying to get an education and all that.

If that doesn't work out, I'll probably join the U.S. Army for a couple of years, for shits and giggles.

S4ur0n27 · Post by **S4ur0n27** » Mon Oct 04, 2004 9:24 pm

The army is stupid, only Retlaw serves it.