Does every military unit think it's the best....

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by Chemical Ollie
Yeah, in the 80's, they did that just for sports. Swam ashore from a submarine, walked 70 km across dry land, patted our evil dogs on the head and scratched them behind the ear, then climbed the radar mast and spray painted "Igor was here" on the antenna.

Also ask your wives and daughters why they know so many Russian words

[Chemical Ollie]

They do? And actually, I have only one wife.

[LordShiva]

How many evil dogs do you have?

[Chemical Ollie]

This was in the 80's. The dogs are probably dead by now. We only had about 1 year of subscription.

[Blake]

I'm sure they all think they're above average.

[Apocalypse]

My old natty guard unit thought it was fairly bad actually.

[Ancyrean]

Originally posted by Zkribbler
I've heard that when Turkish soldiers arise in the morning, they shout out at the top of their lungs:

"One Turk is worth the entire world!!"

There's indeed such a saying from the 1920s-30s when there was an effort then to bolster a Turkish identity as opposed to the by-then bygone Ottoman identity, also to give people morale for the loooong hard work ahead to build the country from virtual scratch. But by now, it's only quoted tongue-in-cheek, say, when you want to complain about something wrong in the country, as a kind of mock-self reassurance

By the way, you don't actually shout stuff in the morning when you arise in the army, but during marches and runs to mark your step. Things like "Every-Turk's-Born-a Soldier!", "Everything's-For-the Motherland!".

The funniest one was "Pull-Pin-Throw-Grenade!". I guess they want to emphasise the right order of things

[Lancer]

I ordered spetznaz once, floppy noodles.



No really, didn't the Russians lose most of those guys fighting elite Afghan sheep herders?

[Lancer]

Originally posted by Ancyrean


There's indeed such a saying from the 1920s-30s when there was an effort then to bolster a Turkish identity as opposed to the by-then bygone Ottoman identity, also to give people morale for the loooong hard work ahead to build the country from virtual scratch. But by now, it's only quoted tongue-in-cheek, say, when you want to complain about something wrong in the country, as a kind of mock-self reassurance

By the way, you don't actually shout stuff in the morning when you arise in the army, but during marches and runs to mark your step. Things like "Every-Turk's-Born-a Soldier!", "Everything's-For-the Motherland!".

The funniest one was "Pull-Pin-Throw-Grenade!". I guess they want to emphasise the right order of things

Nice story Ancyrean. What about dirty/nasty songs, have any of those for marching? One of ours:

A yellow bird
With a yellow bill
Landed on
My windowsill

I lured him in
With a piece of bread
then I smashed
His ****in head

[Sirotnikov]

Yeah, in the 80's, they did that just for sports. Swam ashore from a submarine, walked 70 km across dry land in a quite densely populated area, patted our evil dogs on the head and scratched them behind the ear, then climbed the radar mast and spray painted "Igor was here" on the antenna.

NOT!

fine don't believe me

[MarkG]

Originally posted by Ancyrean
The funniest one was "Pull-Pin-Throw-Grenade!". I guess they want to emphasise the right order of things

:rofl:

[Sir Og]

There are a lot of units that don't fool themselves that they are any good.
I know that my unit when I was in the army was not trained well enough and had mediocre equipment.

[Az]

No really, didn't the Russians lose most of those guys fighting elite Afghan sheep herders?

actually, Spetznaz and VDV ( Russian Airborne ) fared very well against the afghans. All light infantry did. It was the mechanized forces that suffered heavy casualties. All units suffered from rather low morale, though.