How many of the players have done military service

Chairman · Post by **Chairman** » Fri May 03, 2002 2:37 pm

Myself was washed out of Th Royal Swedish Army due to a medical problem, well I could have done it iif I went behind a desk, but spending 15 months there were not my way of being a soldier.

Anders

heiks · Post by **heiks** » Fri May 03, 2002 4:53 pm

Originally posted by Chairman
Myself was washed out of Th Royal Swedish Army due to a medical problem, well I could have done it iif I went behind a desk, but spending 15 months there were not my way of being a soldier.

Anders

Yes, spent 362 days serving in the Finnish Defence Forces in Hamina, in the south eastern corner of Finland. Got reserve nco training in AA-artillery communications.

Oh, and yes, I got to spend two months behind a desk too... the most boring months of my life so I'd say you made the right choice

Ed Cogburn · Post by **Ed Cogburn** » Fri May 03, 2002 7:46 pm

Originally posted by heiks
Oh, and yes, I got to spend two months behind a desk too...

4 years, Navy. Unfortunately, none of it was spent behind a desk!

Guardsman · Post by **Guardsman** » Fri May 03, 2002 8:23 pm

10 years Infantry for me in the Canadian Forces.

Mike Solli · Post by **Mike Solli** » Fri May 03, 2002 9:03 pm

14 years in the US Army. 6 more to go!

Raverdave · Post by **Raverdave** » Fri May 03, 2002 10:41 pm

8 years in the infantry, last unit was 5/6 RVR.

Preuss · Post by **Preuss** » Sat May 04, 2002 2:53 am

Almost 7 years in the USMC. Some combat service in Desert Storm.

Svar · Post by **Svar** » Sat May 04, 2002 4:51 am

1963 to 1965 82nd Abn Div as an artillery surveyor with the Little John Rocket battery. That was a lot of fun for a teenager because I got to play a lot of wargames with real weapons and blanks. 1970 to 1978 I was a UH-1 helicopter crewchief with various units and spent a tour in Viet Nam with B company 101st Aviation Battalion, 101st Abn Div.

MagnusOlsson · Post by **MagnusOlsson** » Sat May 04, 2002 1:47 pm

A year in the Swedish Air Force. I applied for UN service but then college saved me from Lebanon

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RickyB · Post by **RickyB** » Sun May 05, 2002 12:46 am

4 years in the US Marine Corps, in the reserves.

boomboom · Post by **boomboom** » Sun May 05, 2002 7:54 am

Three years Marines.69-71.Raido operator.Rvn 69-70.
I'm one of seven Marines on the cover of Major Norton's book
Force Recon 1970.I'm knelling lower right.I go to the Force recon reunions,most of plt like me,divorced grandfather's.

jontegrabben · Post by **jontegrabben** » Sun May 05, 2002 11:09 pm

One year in the Swedish Royal Engineers as a communications soldier (?). Or maybe the right title would be clerk

. Well, well not behind a desk anyway!!

Paulchen · Post by **Paulchen** » Mon May 06, 2002 12:47 am

15 months at Luftwaffe
Obergefreiter at 17.FMRgt33 in the Year 1989

Rado · Post by **Rado** » Mon May 06, 2002 10:25 am

Yes, I was spending one year in CZECH ARMY as an aid man (Czech army medical corps).

shane056 · Post by **shane056** » Mon May 06, 2002 4:33 pm

I served nine years in the Royal Australian Navy from 1972 to 1981 being a Marine Technican in Propulsion (ie.. an engine room artificer), having done my apprenticeship through the RAN. I paid off form the service as a Petty Officer (equivalent to a seargent), and enjoyed my time in the grey funnel line no end, and would do it all over again. Where else can you get over-seas trips courtesy of the Australian tax payer

...Shane

Sardaukar · Post by **Sardaukar** » Mon May 06, 2002 7:59 pm

About 4+ years in Finnish military so far.

Cheers,

M.S.

Ed Cogburn · Post by **Ed Cogburn** » Mon May 06, 2002 8:07 pm

Originally posted by Sardaukar

Is "Sardaukar" a word in Finnish, or are you a DUNE fan?

(Probably a DUNE fan. but then again, I don't know where Frank Herbert got that word. I suppose it *could* be Finnish?)

Look at all these posts from people who don't regularly post here. Who was I talking with a few months ago about how many people are in this forum? Ten or twelve unfamilar names, and there are many others who wouldn't say anything here because they weren't in the military. I said there would be a lot of lurkers. Hello, all!

VictorH · Post by **VictorH** » Tue May 07, 2002 5:41 am

Grew up during Vietnam and experienced the deaths of 2 close friends fortunate to have been drafted. No way I wanted to be in the Military after that. Fortunately they stopped the draft right before I turned 18. Also growing up without a silver spoon in my mouth I didn't have the option of working on a friends political campaign instead of showing up for duty in the Air National Guard.

Armorer · Post by **Armorer** » Tue May 07, 2002 8:24 am

3 Years, USA, including 2 1/2 in B co, 1-35 Armor, Jan 88 Jul 90. Erlangen, West (at the time) Germany.

Randy

Sardaukar · Post by **Sardaukar** » Tue May 07, 2002 2:48 pm

Originally posted by Ed Cogburn

Is "Sardaukar" a word in Finnish, or are you a DUNE fan?

(Probably a DUNE fan. but then again, I don't know where Frank Herbert got that word. I suppose it *could* be Finnish?)

Heh, it's from Dune, yes. As far as I know, there is no such word in finnish

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I've been lurking few years now..since I got hooked into Pacific War...and after that WiR. Now even SPWaW is trying to compete to get slice of my free time. Somehow it's always "I'll just play one more turn.."

Cheers,

M.S.

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