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08-31-2005, 01:07 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Cyprus
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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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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Auburn,Alabama; USA
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| 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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| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia
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| Good stuff. Don't go deaf. |
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08-31-2005, 07:30 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Auburn,Alabama; USA
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| 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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| Senior Member  Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Queensland
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| 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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| Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Auburn,Alabama; USA
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| 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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| Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Queensland
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| 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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| Der Crewchief   Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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| Welcome Chocks.
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09-01-2005, 05:55 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Auburn,Alabama; USA
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| Awesome! Ill go check them out!
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09-04-2005, 05:31 AM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Cyprus
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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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| Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Auburn,Alabama; USA
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| Hmm...Interesting.
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09-04-2005, 07:56 AM
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| Der Crewchief Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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| Well keep up that good tradition.
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09-04-2005, 08:04 AM
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09-04-2005, 08:15 AM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Auburn,Alabama; USA
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| I guess that is good, right?
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09-04-2005, 09:02 AM
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| Der Crewchief Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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| 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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