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[GhengisFarbâ„¢]

Originally posted by Azazel
The queen of the battlefield.

Maybe I'll go to combat anyway...

Artillery = "King of Battle"
Infantry = "Queen of Battle"
Calvary = "Prince of Battle"
Everyone Else = "Stays away from Battle."

Helpful Hint for the Artillery # 209:

When using an illumination round do NOT use a pd fuse. The white phosphorus does not effectively light up the sky if doesn't go off until it hits the ground.....

scribbled on the margin by GhengisFarb:
Aug 8, 1998 - But it does make a really cool burning blob on the battlefield.........

[MarkG]

i'll be named an officer of the greek army this friday and should have a small vacation....

[Skanky Burns]

So is training complete now, or still more to go?

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by MarkG
i'll be named an officer of the greek army this friday and should have a small vacation....

Yeah, what they didn't mention was that the vacation is in Afghanistan.

[MarkG]

i'll be going to a unit with different kind of artillery so new training, but in other "mode"

[Gramphos]

What rank will you recieve (not knowing the greek officer system )

[Asmodean]

I'll bet my salary this month that he will become a second leutenant.

Asmodean

[alva]

So they have one leutenant already?

[Master Zen]

what you join the Greek army and in less than a year end up being an officer???

[alva]

I suspect this to be so in most army's, it has to do with college degree, note that he probably will not be a full officer but sort of a reserve (IE in time of war he will get 'promoted' to a full officer).
Well, IIRC that's how it it used to work here when we still had a conscription army.

[MarkG]

I'll have to check a dictionary to give you an exact title for my rank but it's (obviously) not something important

[Master Zen]

I might be wrong but perhaps its being promoted from being just a conscript to actually getting an enlisted rank? Like say conscript -> private?

[Az]

Officer? Already? I thought you were just a conscript... Or did they send you to an officer course?

[Gramphos]

isn't all conscripts privates?

It's no use... I don't know the english ranks either.

Swedish conscript ranks are
Menig (private) (everyone)
Korpral
Furir
Sergant
Värnpliktig (concript) Fänrik

Where a conscript can reach all but Värnpliktig Fänrik during the time in the army. And than at demob one will advance one level...

[Az]

In Israel men are conscripted for 3 years:

Turai ( Private)
Rav-Turai ( Corporal )
Samal (Sergeant)
Samal Rishon (1st Sergeant, or whatever).
Then, they're demobilized.

Oh and since I am destined to be either an academical officer, or a regular one, I'll better list those ranks as well.

There are two Academical officer ranks:
Professional Academical Officer
Senior Academical Officer.

But I want to become a "real" officer, so I'll probably end up climbing:
Junior Leutenant
Leutenant
Captain.