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Helsingin Ilmatorjunta Rykmentti 1998-1999 (Helsinki AA-Regiment)

First at AA FireControl and after that supply. Rank "Alikersantti" and that is like us sergeant (?)

Correct me if im wrong:
Tykkimies = Privat
Korpraali = Corporal
Alikersantti = Sergeant

Originally posted by Kaiutin

Correct me if im wrong:
Tykkimies = Privat
Korpraali = Corporal
Alikersantti = Sergeant

That's correct.

Tykkimies, Jääkäri, Pioneeri or whatever:rolleyes: = Private
"Alikersantti" or "Kersantti" = Sergeant
"Vänrikki" = 2nd Lieutenant

And welcome to the forum Kaiutin!

Well, I guess I'm going to be the first one to say that I haven't done any military service and I won't do any. However, that doesn't stop me from finding the game fascinating and great fun! Not surprisingly, I have found the learning curve to be very steep as I have no basic knowledge of anything military. Just... gotta... try... harder...

I have to correct those ranks a bit...

Sotamies = Private
Korpraali = Private 1st. class / Lance Corporal
Alikersantti = Corporal
Kersantti = Sergeant

I served in Finnish Rapid Deployment Force, a PfP (Partnership for Peace) organization of the Finnish Army, and we used NATO-standards in everything so I should know.

I did my military service in the german Bundeswehr as gunner on an M-109 self propelled howitzer. It was back in 1989 and the duration for the service was 15 months. For those interested I was in the 3./PzArtBtl 285 in Münsingen, Germany.

That's my Avatar: it shows me (yes, I'm there ) in front of the M-109.

Originally posted by Losqualo
It was back in 1989 and the duration for the service was 15 months.

My condolences... how close did you miss the reduction of the military enlave..., err, compulsory service to 12 months? (Happened in 1991 IIRC)

Well I entered service in January 1989 and IIRC the recruits which entered January 1990 had only to do 12 months.
But honestly I don't think it was too bad. I learned a lot about social behavior and comradship.

Originally posted by Losqualo
Well I entered service in January 1989 and IIRC the recruits which entered January 1990 had only to do 12 months.
But honestly I don't think it was too bad. I learned a lot about social behavior and comradship.

i was lucky and made only 12 months in 91 ( IIRC )... but i too think it was not that bad.

Originally posted by Rune Iversen
Mechanized Recon in either APC/GD (jeeps). Transferred to National Guard Motorized Infantry, where i am currently serving part-time.

Den her har jeg da heller ikke hørt om før. Den er vist på linie med den med marine corps

Well, I made my experiences in 1986/87 and during one reserve exercise in 1989.
If the battery commander of a M109-battery doesn't know that there is 155mm ammo that can be laser-guided (of corse not in the german inventory), if a battalion commander isn't able to tell that approx. 50% (Numbers of the mid-80s) of the Bundeswehr consists of conscripts (that question was asked by a civilian on an open day), then the rememberances aren't too well.

I remember one 1st Lt. telling me that he belived that the Federal republic of Germany is a country woth to be defended when he entered the Bundeswehr.
He would still have this cconviction, however after several years in the Bundeswehr he doubted that the Bundeswehr is the kind of organization that could be used for this task.

Originally posted by Berserk
Den her har jeg da heller ikke hørt om før. Den er vist på linie med den med marine corps

Har du ikke hørt at hjemmeværnet for fremtiden skal opstille en stor del af Kampgruppernes MotInf;). Temmeligt sjovt, jeg laver næsten det samme men får ingen penge for det:p

12 months 1975-76 and ended up as sergeant in the artillery, swedish army. Trained on 105 mm howitzers, as support for a armoured batallion.

Later transferred to air-force as an air-feld engineer (being a civil engineer in my profession)

US Marine Corps

Active 1981-1985, Cryogenics Tech. Liquid Oxygen and Nitrogen for aviation suport. Cherry Point, NC 81-81 and Kaneohe Bay, HI 82-85. I see from a couple of posts I may have shared a beer or two with a couple of you.

Active Reserve 85-87, A Co., 1/25, Albany, NY. 0331/0311 (Guns up!) Finished up as a Sgt. Great time. Semper Fi!!!

4 years as a radio operator in the British Army. Learnt skills such as morse code which I have found particularly useful in civilian life. Served in Germany as ground support for RAF helicopters and Gulf War I (I guess it's gonna be know as that right?) as recce for Div HQ

4 years US Navy as a Gunner's Mate from 1981 to 1985 on the USS Moosebrugger.

4 Years in the US Army as an M1A1 Tanker

Finished as an E5 (Sergeant) Tank Gunner

USN 4 yrs.. USS. EISENHOWER CVN-69..Was 7 days out to sea when the Nimitz launched that fubar attempt to free the Iran hostages. Spent 9 months dodging russian ships?bears tring to screw up our landing patterns. Best wishes to our brothers in Iraq

9 months in Finnish Army as medic, rank jaeger. Now in reserve, hoping to attend refresher courses sometime soon.

6 years USN
4 years onboard USS ARKANSAS (CGN-41) out of Alameda Naval Air Station, California.
Combat Systems Department
Data Systems Technician (DS2)
Specialty: NTDS (Naval Tactical Display System)
I worked on the consoles that displayed the radar and sonar data, and the computer gear that ran the programs to display it.
Became a shellback on 3 July 1986, on the way around Africa.

And my avatar is the ship seal.

GO NAVY!

1985-88 Alpha Co. 38th Signal Battalion, 56th Field Artillery Command
at Bismark Kaserne, Schwaebisch Gmuend, Germany(Active)
1988-89 26th Arty, Yankee Division, Rehobeth, Mass. (Reserve)

I remember reading,"Red Storm Rising", while in the woods in Germany and wondering if an Eastern Bloc bomb was gonna travel down my radio signal and waste us! Oh the Reagan Regime! Thank god we never pulled triggers back then.

I never knew there were so many Finns into wargaming!
Thanks to those who served and are serving.