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Title: Official Military service poll!
Post by: Nesher on July 14, 2010, 21:40:32
So, after more than 5 years in the IDF and 100 days to my release...
I wanted to see how many members in this community served their country :cool:

I'm in my permanent service (after 3 years of mandatory service) and my rank is Master Sergeant  :twisted:
my main job is a programmer but I do much more..
I was in the army during the "2nd Lebanon War" and operation "Cast Lead"
I also used a discount on the Hyundai cars in the begining of the year for military service men (these day we have on Citroen and Peugeot)
and that's about it..

so give us the details about your service, what did you and where did you serve...  :arrow:
Title: Re: Official Military service poll!
Post by: Dazzler on July 14, 2010, 23:09:41
Too old now...I was too young when we had National Service during the Vietnam war...
Title: Re: Official Military service poll!
Post by: clackerz on July 14, 2010, 23:58:02
Toyed with the idea when I was leaving school........
Never eventuated though.
Title: Re: Official Military service poll!
Post by: Hemmi on July 15, 2010, 01:54:30
No army in Iceland :D
Title: Re: Official Military service poll!
Post by: clackerz on July 15, 2010, 02:14:11
Quote from: Hemmi on July 15, 2010, 01:54:30
No army in Iceland :D

So Icelands' like Princess Leia's home planet of Alderaan........ and look what happened there!  Just keep an eye out for a Death Star!  :)
Title: Re: Official Military service poll!
Post by: Hemmi on July 15, 2010, 02:15:43
Quote from: clackerz on July 15, 2010, 02:14:11
Quote from: Hemmi on July 15, 2010, 01:54:30
No army in Iceland :D

So Icelands' like Princess Leia's home planet of Alderaan........ and look what happened there!  Just keep an eye out for a Death Star!  :)

Haha, death star is already here, The IMF :'(
Title: Re: Official Military service poll!
Post by: clackerz on July 15, 2010, 03:34:27
Ahh yeah read that post - nice pics BTW.
7%-25% are they serious?
Title: Re: Official Military service poll!
Post by: StuartB on July 15, 2010, 05:54:43
Quote from: Hemmi on July 15, 2010, 01:54:30
No army in Iceland :D

Best way to have it.
Title: Re: Official Military service poll!
Post by: 2i30s on July 15, 2010, 08:36:06
i didn't pass the medical,I've got one leg shorter than the other by half an inch from a bad car accident when i was 18. i have 2 metal rods in my leg and a plastic knee cap.
Title: Re: Official Military service poll!
Post by: Shambles on July 15, 2010, 08:48:30
Quote from: 2i30s on July 15, 2010, 08:36:06
... i have 2 metal rods in my leg and a plastic knee cap.

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you...


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Title: Re: Official Military service poll!
Post by: Shambles on July 15, 2010, 08:49:45
Never had any interest in the services. If I was forced into it (conscription) I would choose the airforce though.
Title: Re: Official Military service poll!
Post by: bumpkin on July 15, 2010, 09:05:25
Quote from: 2i30s on July 15, 2010, 08:36:06
i didn't pass the medical,I've got one leg shorter than the other by half an inch from a bad car accident when i was 18. i have 2 metal rods in my leg and a plastic knee cap.

2i30's is actually Barry Sheene :eek: :eek:

Like Shambles if we had national service I would have tried for air force, however I suspect my dodgy eyesight would have left me on the ground :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

My great-grandfather was too young to serve in WWI and too old for WWII, but he was in the Home Guard for II, Interphase will appreciate the humour when I say that I think he was given a stick and told to keep the enemy out of Echt :lol: :lol:

For the rest of you here is a link and yes the first picture is the village in it's entirety!

http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/echt/echt/index.html
Title: Re: Official Military service poll!
Post by: Mike SX on July 15, 2010, 10:42:40
Quote from: bumpkin on July 15, 2010, 09:05:25
Interphase will appreciate the humour when I say that I think he was given a stick and told to keep the enemy out of Echt
Brian, you have stated a fact that you could only guess. As a Commisioning Engineer for over 30 years, Echt was the only place where I was given protection from a Gangmaster (Scott)  :twisted: & his entourage :evil:; when threatened with physical violence for carrying out normal engineering duties as instructed by Transco (now National Grid) :exclaim:
Mike.
Title: Re: Official Military service poll!
Post by: Mike SX on July 15, 2010, 10:50:40
I don't know whether this would count, but at 16, I joined The Cadets and one Friday afternoon, I was awarded the DCM.....











Don't Come Monday :lol:
Title: Re: Official Military service poll!
Post by: bumpkin on July 15, 2010, 10:57:50
I was a corporal in the army cadets if that counts :lol:  D Company Gordon Highlanders
Joined at 12 (I lied that I was 13 :-[) and left at 16.
Title: Re: Official Military service poll!
Post by: Dazzler on July 15, 2010, 11:17:14
I forgot I was in the air cadets for about a year in my teens.. Loved the uniform but hated everything else...Never did like being told what to do... :twisted:

My dad was a tail gunner in Lancasters for the RAF in WWII and is still around at almost 88 y/o  :eek:
Title: Re: Official Military service poll!
Post by: agentr31 on July 15, 2010, 11:46:04
wow... thats pretty cool... cant say i would place myself in a position of danger deliberatly!!
Title: Re: Official Military service poll!
Post by: 2i30s on July 16, 2010, 07:30:54
Quote from: sǝlqɯɐɥs on July 15, 2010, 08:48:30
Quote from: 2i30s on July 15, 2010, 08:36:06
... i have 2 metal rods in my leg and a plastic knee cap.

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you...


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:lol: :lol: :cool:
Title: Re: Official Military service poll!
Post by: snowcherry on September 08, 2010, 03:54:14
i said No
not particularly much call for females to join service in australia when i was younger, in fact it was quite difficult to get in unless you were in the reserves or talented in a trade, and then still difficult.
Title: Re: Official Military service poll!
Post by: agentr31 on September 08, 2010, 12:55:34
i didnt think they let women in during WWII !!

*agent dodges a torrent of thrown objects from snowcherry*

BTW i am kidding :p
Title: Re: Official Military service poll!
Post by: eye30 on September 08, 2010, 18:41:22
Quote from: agentr31 on September 08, 2010, 12:55:34
i didnt think they let women in during WWII !!


If anyone is interested as to what UK females did check thes links out:

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/women_WW2.htm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/britain_wwtwo/women_at_war_01.shtml

This link is for Oz females:

http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-conflicts-periods/ww2/land-army.htm
Title: Re: Official Military service poll!
Post by: snowcherry on September 09, 2010, 01:01:48
^yeah you tell'm  :rolleyes:

and if you ever want to complain about women's lib or women being too naggy etc, then you only have yourselves and your little wars to blame. if women didn't have to step up to the plate and look after everything back home and realise hey i can do this better than they can, you wouldn't be in this mess.  :wink:
Title: Re: Official Military service poll!
Post by: SRT Metro on December 26, 2010, 16:18:36
I was driving a Husqvarna 258 motorbike during my military service.
Really fun to drive with skis mounted on the motorcycle in the winter...

Husqvarna 258 in winter (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_wVogooks4#ws)

Title: Re: Official Military service poll!
Post by: Opa_1 on December 26, 2010, 19:44:36
Was quite keen to join the Navy when I was 15, trouble is we had just moved from Australia to Holland and though I had spent a year at school I was not really caught up.  :confused:
What I mean is I was between two ways of life and to some degree cultures. The medical people thought was it better I settle in for another year as it seems I only 'just' did not pass.

After this I tried the dutch Police in Delft but with similar results.. :rolleyes: So I finished Tech and got an apprenticeship instead.
Came back to Australia where I missed conscription as it had been ended by the Whitlam government in 1972 so one could say it was perhaps 'not meant to be' :neutral:

My father served with the Dutch Army during world war 2 as a Sargent Major and was later stationed in Indonesia before demobilisation.
Title: Re: Official Military service poll!
Post by: Dazzler on December 26, 2010, 20:39:48
Great Vid SRT (Would be nasty if you lost it  :scared:)

Interesting story there Nic .. you might not have met the wife or had kids if you had gone that way.. :exclaim:
Title: Re: Official Military service poll!
Post by: Surferdude on December 26, 2010, 20:46:38
Great bitof road, SRT.
I notice that, despite the snow, there's still enough armco exposed there to hurt you if you got it wrong. :sweating: :goodjob:
Title: Re: Official Military service poll!
Post by: Shambles on December 26, 2010, 21:26:45
Quote from: surferdude on December 26, 2010, 20:46:38
... there's still enough armco exposed there ...

/googles armco/

Yep. Got it now :D

[lmgtfy]armco[/lmgtfy]
Title: Re: Official Military service poll!
Post by: Opa_1 on December 27, 2010, 03:22:32
Quote from: Dazzler on December 26, 2010, 20:39:48
Great Vid SRT (Would be nasty if you lost it  :scared:)

Interesting story there Nic .. you might not have met the wife or had kids if you had gone that way.. :exclaim:

True Dazz, makes you wonder though doesn't it! What if... could have :scared: or  :goodjob:...either way it is as it is.. :razz: :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Official Military service poll!
Post by: Dazzler on December 27, 2010, 06:17:40
Quote from: Shambles on December 26, 2010, 21:26:45
Quote from: surferdude on December 26, 2010, 20:46:38
... there's still enough armco exposed there ...

/googles armco/

Yep. Got it now :D

[lmgtfy]armco[/lmgtfy]

No 'arm done then  :goodjob:
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