anyone here in the armed forces

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Originally posted by G35

i'm in the navy, been in for 7 years almost

finally, more navy dudes.....whats your rate?

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whats your rate?

Hmmm, navy. Don't they charge 20 bucks for full service and 5 bucks for sucky sucky?

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Originally posted by BIG-EGGY

lets start a war! gay bar gay bar.

donkey is a sailor.we;; doesnt that explain a lot!

donkey, do u have to bite the pillow often?

b.bhoy. being a protestant from northern ireland i take EXTRMEME offence at your avatar and your signature!and im not even joking a little! it is after all a reference to terrorisim in northern ireland.

Nah. I make whiners like you bite the pillow.

He is serious too. I have the pictures.


Yes, I am that fucking sick.

You mean when he did it at last year's christmas party?

wow jack, i had no idea you were multi-talented...

no but i was in the rotc in hs.

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Originally posted by RomeoFoxtrot

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Not me....but my kid is a Marine Corps grunt.....hey romeo foxtrot...not sure if you remember me, but we posted to each other when he was getting ready to go into Fallujah. Well...he made it through ok. Got hit twice but neither time was too bad, shrapnel in his hands and arm. Never had to leave his unit though. Anyways, you had expressed an interst so I thought i'd just update.

Yeah, tried to IM you pecker head! Glad he made it out ok. Living life once you get back is pretty rough though. But glad he's ok. I'll be making many stops to the worst parts of Iraq. Gee, I can't wait.
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Here's the back story. Mike's platoon was the one trapped on the rooftop. He made it through the doorway, LT Malcolm didn't. He was KIA.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4037009.stm

Here's a video during the event, at about the 5 or 6 minute mark i believe. My kid is a 0351, after the LT went down, he took out the Minaret(sp) with a rocket.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/media/news_web/video/40566000/bb/40566639_bb_16x9.asx

my best friend has jus left to go in the turkish army yesterday but he only has to do 1 months service as he paid a few grand to get out of doing a years service, i think it is unfair that people get forced to go in the army i know he has been forced, and if i remember rightly so has wit_ & Ascaris!

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Originally posted by tupacshakurday

my best friend has jus left to go in the turkish army yesterday but he only has to do 1 months service as he paid a few grand to get out of doing a years service, i think it is unfair that people get forced to go in the army i know he has been forced, and if i remember rightly so has wit_ & Ascaris!

i know that the guys who pay to be only one month at turkish army has no funny time.... ...

Briefly served in USMC Reserves, Plt. 1068, 1st BN, ALPHA Co. Forced to quit because activation interfered with school. MOst likely to re-enlist after grad-school.

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i think it is unfair that people get forced to go in the army i know he has been forced, and if i remember rightly so has wit_ & Ascaris!

Well, to be exact, everyone here don't get forced to go to army as in military service.
You can choose to do the normal armed service, or un-armed service in a base. Or if you think that being in the army is un-ethical or something, you can do the civilian service, which is doing things like taking care of old people and such for 13 months. the lenght of normal armed service is 6, 9, or 12 months depending on what you are trained to do.

But the bottom line is that in Finland, everyone is expected to do something for their country, either armed or civilian service. And in my opinion this is the right way. When we have only 5 million people and a country bigger than the Whole United Kingdom, it's the only way we can afford to keep up a defence force that can be taken seriously.

But sadly still around 70 people every year decide not to do anything for the country that has given them everything in life and choose to go to prison for 197 days for it.

I personally haven't enjoyed my service (which by the way ends in 7 days ) that much mainly because of some personal things, but it just is a thing that I need to do like every man in this country. And so I did it.

that's very well put wit_ !

Dude- the Israeli military rocks-- seen some hot as hell chicks w/ automatic rifles and full gear patrolling a base when I was in Haifa...

everyone i would like to say that i will enjoy these next two weeks on leave then i go to the USS eisenhower for the next 3.5 years of my life. i have some time that i can continue on this site before i leave and i will enjoy that time... while im away i will take many pics for when i return and they ALL will go up on this site.

it does make sense, but i a way i do something for my country i pay tax which if i had a choice i would not but the tax i pay goes towards new hospitals, schools and roads etc..., but i meant that you hav a choice of doing it or go to prison which i dont find fair as in my friends case he lives in the uk and has done all his life now he has gone to Turkey to be in the army for a country that he has visited for a few months in his life, in your case it is understandable and i respect u for doing it, it sounds like you like living in your country and feel strongly about it and you want to give something back to it but would you have chosen a differnt way to give something back to your country if there was a differnt choice available like teaching or something, i think that perhapse instead of countries forcing ppl to serve in forces they could offer the choice of going to a country like affrica and helping them get out of poverty!

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Originally posted by EricTheViking

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i'm in the navy, been in for 7 years almost

finally, more navy dudes.....whats your rate?
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i'm an OS2, i hate being an OS so i picked some shore duty orders that have nothing to do w/ my job. I work for 1st Lt. lol its so awesome!