Are you or have you ever been in the Armed Forces?

[Medvedya]

By request, I have set up a thread for people who are, or have been in the military of their country - or someone else's country, if you're a mercenary.

[plan_D]

Maybe you're one of those Mercs that tried to take over Equatorial Guniea, if so, we want to hear your story.

[cheddar cheese]

[lesofprimus]

I think most everyone already knows my story....

[Medvedya]

Well, bits and pieces - you were a SEAL yeah?

[the lancaster kicks ass]

yes- my story begins in 1990, my dad was on ops. in my folks bedroom when it all turned ugly...................

[lesofprimus]

Been all over and shot alot of rounds...

[Medvedya]

This is all good stuff - loads of serious expertise from all branches!

I've been in uniform myself once, but you don't wanna know about that..... (one year in the TA and a year at ROTC)

[cheddar cheese]

Territorial Army?

[Medvedya]

Yeah, for a bit.

[lesofprimus]

One thing thats good about the Military, is that u get the chance to leave it.... I got sick and tired of getting shot at by 13 year old kids.... Damn Haitians.....

[Maestro]

I never was in the army myself. I took some info about pilot training for the Royal Navy, but I decided to don't go in UK when I realised that I didn't had enough money to move over there.

It was at the end of 2001, beginning of 2002.

Then, when my godfather (who is French (the lone true French of my family)) told me about his past in the French Airborne, I thought about enlisting in the Canadian Airborne, but their equipment sucks ! And I didn't wanted to be assigned to a G*D D*MNED peace keeping mission (you know, the "Blue Helmets"). I'm the kind of who would shoot before geting shot at. That doesn't match with the UN philosophy.

[Nonskimmer]

I'm in the Navy. Much of our equipment sucks too, but thankfully not all of it.

[cheddar cheese]

*sings* In the Navy...

[Nonskimmer]

I thought about enlisting in the Canadian Airborne, but their equipment sucks ! And I didn't wanted to be assigned to a G*D D*MNED peace keeping mission (you know, the "Blue Helmets"). I'm the kind of who would shoot before geting shot at. That doesn't match with the UN philosophy.

You know all about what happened to the boys in Somalia in '92, right? What a friggin' dumb ass move that was, by the brass! Sending the Airborne to do peace keeping! What the hell did they think was going to happen?!