 | Greek Cypriot soldier here| The NAAFI & PX Discuss Greek Cypriot soldier here in the Military Matters forums; Hey just thought you might find this interesting-I'm in the Greek army in Cyprus. I'm in my ... |
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08-31-2005, 01:07 PM
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#1 | | Senior Member
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| Greek Cypriot soldier here
Hey just thought you might find this interesting-I'm in the Greek army in Cyprus. I'm in my second month(of the two year service) and I am an artillery gunner. 
And guess what, i'm gonna be firing-yes 1944 vintage 155mm Howitzers. World War two and Korean war veterans. 
How'bout that? Not really enjoying the army but this is quite cool nevertheless 
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08-31-2005, 06:58 PM
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Country:  | Thats awesome Chocks! I plan on joining ROTC next year so i can have the prviledge to salute and wear uniform!
I bet those 155mm guns are pretty cool. Congrats again!
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08-31-2005, 07:06 PM
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#3 | | He who does not skim
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08-31-2005, 07:30 PM
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Country: | Oh yeah. Where your helmet and ear plugs whenever you get ready to fire artillery!
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08-31-2005, 07:54 PM
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Country:  | G'day Chocks I'm an ex Aussie Army Gunner myself. I wasn't field guns though, I was an Air defence gunner using RBS-70 and Rapier SAM's.
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08-31-2005, 08:38 PM
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Country: | Awesome Wildcat! You have any pics of your service? Seeing someone fire a machine gun is pretty cool!
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08-31-2005, 10:26 PM
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Country: | Have alook at "Wildcat's Deployment Pics" in the personal gallery thread. Lots of photos that I took while in the Gulf in 2003.
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09-01-2005, 09:34 AM
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#8 | | Der Crewchief
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09-01-2005, 05:55 PM
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09-04-2005, 05:31 AM
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| I'll try and post some photos when I have time. We are actually sort of a branch of the Greek army in Cyprus. Hey about the earplugs-Yeah I'll remember that! I was interviewed by the new commander yesterday-he says that as i'm a aimer a lot is expected of me, hehe. Apparently our unit has a certain reputation.
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09-04-2005, 06:36 AM
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09-04-2005, 07:56 AM
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#12 | | Der Crewchief
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Country: | Well keep up that good tradition.
__________________ US Army Blackhawk Crewchief 2000-2006 Classic ww2aircraft.net quotes: fly boy said: "isn't that the first jet bomber? becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles" "wait what ok who made the b-2 crash come on people that messed up its a b-2" "ah yes the mistel those things are so annoying is games and in real life" | |
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09-04-2005, 08:04 AM
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#13 | | He who does not skim
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Originally Posted by Chocks away! Apparently our unit has a certain reputation. | In the good sense I hope.  | |
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09-04-2005, 08:15 AM
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09-04-2005, 09:02 AM
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#15 | | Der Crewchief
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Country: | You can have bad reputations too, like our Air Defense Artillary which has a bad reputation for shootind down our planes and the planes of our allies more than anything. It sucks but it is the hard truth.
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