WW3?

[Harvard]

Don't ask, don't tell..

[R988]

Plenty of people faked their way into the military during WW2, frankly if they need people they relax the requirements as much as they can and 'overlook' somethings.

There was that RAF pilot who was short sighted and faked his way in using contact lenses (bit like the movie Gattaca).

Douglas Bader, didn't even have any legs.

That Australian dude in the stories section of this website who was apparently too old to sign up, ended up getting in and kicking some major butt.

There is always something you can do, it doesn't always need to mean lifting a gun in anger, there are numerous support jobs needed, pretty much everyone can do some job, even something like driving or transporting equipment, working in a factory making war materials and so on.

[Pisis]

Yeah. One of the most scoring Czechoslovak pilots, hero fo the Battle of France and French holder of Legion de Honneur (I think he had 15 kills in BoF), W/Cmdr Alois Vašátko, DFC, had an eye defect. He managed to keep that insilent when entering the airforce... And look how succesful he became!

[loomaluftwaffe]

nice, wonder how he could even get in the plane without getting hurt

[Soundbreaker Welch?]

I guess I have thought about WWIII about too. If it happened I might think about doing something to defend this country.

[MacArther]

Ya know, you aren't helping my self-esteem... anyway, I forgot one issue, I also have a sliped spinal disk. Yay, I'm a freakin walking Surgeon education system!

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Well I have 4 pins in my shoulder that were inserted after they completly rebuilt it. Hell after joining the this army I feel like I am 59 years old, by knee is shot, my back is shot and my shoulder has not gotten any better.

[Erich]

careful Adler when you say "feel like 59" I'm not that far away from that age and feel like I'm 26 yrs physcially, mentally..............well ah, da, doo, erg, . . . burp !

honestly some of you guys are scaring me with all these ailments

let's ride ~

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

That is what 8 hours a day in a helicopter will do to for a year straight. The vibrations kick your *** believe it or not, they dont feel bad, but after a while they hurt you. It is only really bad when I have bad days. I work out a lot and that pretty much keeps me going. My shoulder I hurt before I joined the army and that pretty much was just bad luck.

[Pisis]

Yeah I hurt my left shoulder onna snowboard and it took 1,5 years to get it better - still hurts me sometime when I don't work out...

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Yeah that is the same, I had to have about 5 years of rehabilitaion for my shoulder to get it better and I have to keep working it out.

[Pisis]

Although being only 21, I have damage some parts of my body - mostly from the time I was skateboarding - my right ankle clicks from time to time, I got this shoulder, got a big scar on my chin from a streetfight... I learnt to say "Uh oh" on such situations LOL

[Erich]

stretch boys stretch, and I am quite serious about that. naturally I do this before a cycling ride/event and when I am climbing in the trees. My tail bone is cracked from a work injury many years ago and I do the regular massage chiro. stuff and guys it really helps . eat right helps too of course, slow down on the alchohol consumption which I know will displease may here,

ok this is getting OT

[Pisis]

Well I try to but eating right and alco consumption lowering doesn't go that well...

[Erich]

why not P ? I have never understood why it's so "cool" to eat like a pig and get drunk and then puke all over yourself............. yeah real fun

be sensible, take control