Have you been in the army

[Gangerolf]

Originally posted by Thue


Yes there is, I can attest to that .

denmark doesn't really need an army does it? it's so small and flat and hard to defend.

well you can always train soldiers and send them to kosovo and places like that I guess.

[Nubclear]

Originally posted by Gangerolf


denmark doesn't really need an army does it? it's so small and flat and hard to defend.

well you can always train soldiers and send them to kosovo and places like that I guess.

The New Danish Empire....First Germany, and next...THE WORLD

No, but I have seen conditions in both the Russian and American militaries (training and duty). Baaad.....

[loinburger]

Originally posted by Garth Vader
You?

History of bipolar disorder and history of seasonal allergies. ****ing DOD doesn't care how long ago "history" refers to -- I haven't had allergy shots since I was 12, but that alone was still enough to get me DQed.

I didn't know they had a minimum uncorrected vision requirement -- I'm kinda surprised they let my grandfather in, he's pretty much blind as a bat without his glasses (and always has been).

[Lars-E]

Originally posted by rah
There should be an an option for those of us that went through the draft lottery and were never drafted, since at that time it was mandatory and we didn't avoid it.

Right. Didn't know about the lottery. I should have made a preliminery thread - fishing for the different options that exist. loinburger also reminded me of an extra option - medicinal.

Sorry!

Paiktis22, Pakkis is slang for Pakistani. No offense, just rhymes with paiktis. I take it the Greeks have no issues with Pakkis? Just turkeys right

[Pekka]

gangerwolf, nice.. I got 98 days (I still have my notepad, which I used as a diary) in the woods.. I didn't mind though, it was the best part.

[Lars-E]

gangerolf, you were in Inner Northern Norway - ice hell? That's were most Norwegians spend their mandatory year. I was there a few weeks for a repetition exercise. Foreign military personnel wouldn't last long up there

[Gangerolf]

gangerwolf, nice.. I got 98 days (I still have my notepad, which I used as a diary) in the woods.. I didn't mind though, it was the best part.

yeah we were out and about most of the time anyway (or in the garage - boring maintanence work), but spending the night in a smelly old tent is quite different from a nice comfy bed. I agree it was the best part though

[Harovan]

Yes. Fourteen years as volunteer.

[Lars-E]

It almost killed me when the guys started smoking in the small tent with 7? ppl. My lungs were tearing apart. And we had just agreed not to smoke.

The enemy came and overtook us in the night in our beds. I was watching the lamp ("oven") and the lieutenant (I was in the admin. tent) accused me of sleeping on guard duty. I denied. Anyways the guy manning the M12 were was he?

[Gangerolf]

Lars-E, no I was in Hjerkinn, another ice hell. lots of cranky musk ox's too

[statusperfect]

I got the highest possible score on the intelligence test when applying (which is VERY rare). Then i went on and had a chat with the psychologist. After a 15 minute chat i got the worst grade possible by the psychologist and was sent home.

[Giancarlo]

Re: Have you been in the army

Originally posted by Lars-E
Have you EVER been in the army? Free will or mandatory service. Avoided draft. Conscience-no?

Well I am 18 and I probably won't though... however, if Spain still had mandatory service I would not avoid it. Speaking hypothetically.

Edit: Just turned... nevermind... unless you consider last June recent...

[Amadan]

No - medical (blind as a bat for starters)

But then, I've really had no desire to serve in the military, so I said 'banana'

[Lars-E]

Who dodged draft?

[Anodyne]

Originally posted by loinburger
History of bipolar disorder and history of seasonal allergies. ****ing DOD doesn't care how long ago "history" refers to -- I haven't had allergy shots since I was 12, but that alone was still enough to get me DQed.

I didn't know they had a minimum uncorrected vision requirement -- I'm kinda surprised they let my grandfather in, he's pretty much blind as a bat without his glasses (and always has been).

That's quite weird. Over here you'd have to be almost an invalid for them to disqualify you... Reasons like allergies would never be a problem (weren't for me... and a friend of mine has even more severe than I do, they didn't even consider letting him go...) when I went through the medical tests before the draft, they basically just checked if I could walk, talk and breathe... almost reminded me of the end of the movie "Requiem For A Dream" - ("Can you see me? Can you hear me? You're fine.")

These kind of reasons lead to the fact that a surprisingly large amount (can't remember precisely, but I'd estimate it 10-25%) of draftees quit their military service - they're either released for medical reasons, or choose to switch to non-military service.