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Post by mobbie on Aug 16, 2008 14:54:56 GMT
Hai everybody mobbie-the-forever-a-little-absent is here again I just wanted to tell those who may wonder what keeps me from posting right now, namely the army I'm now 3 weeks into my training to become a militarypolice, and I'm loving every second, even though it's a complete pain and extremely demanding right now. In the start you are about 4ranks lower than the dogs and horses. This week we had combatpractice and we had set up a camp(a lot of work with that... xD I'm great at digging, less great at setting up military tents xD raw muscular work is much simpler xD) The food is, surprisingly, really good. Though we never have any time to enjoy it, as we´re always in a hurry. My service usually starts with me going up at 5:00, brushing my teeth and boots, then cleaning, showering etc etc and around 23:00 I'm free to do what I want.... In between, it's stressy as hell, but it's all fun I'm glad that an old friend of mine was also recruited to the same place, he's in the 2nd plutoon and I'm in the 1st. A lot of prestigous battles are going on, especially the plutooncaps, they all want their plutoon to be the best one naturally 1st plutoon has to be best ;D
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Post by Elliot Kane on Aug 16, 2008 15:39:01 GMT
Mobbie the MP! Will wonders never cease? Was wondering where you'd got to and now this! It'll be Ubereil the Marine, next! ;D It's obvious you're enjoying yourself though, so good luck to you Although... four ranks below the dogs & horses sounds a bit... high doesn't it? ;D
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Post by mobbie on Aug 16, 2008 16:26:01 GMT
Mobbie the MP! Will wonders never cease? Was wondering where you'd got to and now this! It'll be Ubereil the Marine, next! ;D It's obvious you're enjoying yourself though, so good luck to you Although... four ranks below the dogs & horses sounds a bit... high doesn't it? ;D hai elly!!1 =) Ye well, that's the rookie dogs/horsies ;D being an MP rocks, as soon as I start serving as a real MP in the field I'm ***NOT ALLOWED TO TAKE ORDERS (from anyone apart from MPs with a higher rank than myself)*** Heck, if I judged it to be necessary, I'd be allowed to execute razzias wherever and whenever I want, even the commander of the entire swedish military forces can't tell me to step down ----------THE POWER!!!!1111ONE!1!111!!---------------
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Post by Elliot Kane on Aug 16, 2008 17:27:52 GMT
And the popularity! Oh, wait... ;D
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Post by mobbie on Aug 16, 2008 19:57:18 GMT
And the popularity! Oh, wait... ;D Loved by.... by.... ehr.... xD
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Post by peterh on Aug 16, 2008 22:18:03 GMT
And the popularity! Oh, wait... ;D Loved by.... by.... ehr.... xD Ube? We all know you have a man crush on him
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Post by LaFille on Aug 17, 2008 4:55:15 GMT
Oî, the army life.... Good to read from you and that you like what you do.
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Post by mobbie on Aug 17, 2008 8:22:17 GMT
Oî, the army life.... Good to read from you and that you like what you do. you bet I enjoy as my brother has been in the army for about 6years now, it feels quite natural to me, I´ve always wanted to join the army ever since he got recruited. I really think that the swedish military has done and will keep on doing a lot of great efforts to maintain peace in the borderline countries that need help. I do not approve to going to war against others, but as my brother said to me; "If there are mines, they should be cleared. If there are rebelling groups using extreme violence and causing unhappiness to the people, they should be stopped. If there is a war, then politicians should save that country, not guns." I think those words are quite wise, and foremost true. Waging war against another country is an absolute last resort which I wouldn't even support, I would never go into another country and try to take it over by violence, such an act breeds more hate and insecurity in the country, and history is likely to repeat itself, only escalatingly stronger.
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Post by Elliot Kane on Aug 17, 2008 10:23:18 GMT
Your brother is a smart guy. Can't argue with any of that.
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Post by The Sonar Chicken on Aug 17, 2008 10:33:50 GMT
Glad to see you again, mobbie. Those are good words from your bro. Often many(including myself is guilty of that) associate the military with aggression, offense and don't think that the military and police play a role in defense, peace-keeping roles, emergency situations within the country, etc.
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Post by Hildor on Aug 17, 2008 12:04:08 GMT
That's a very smart philosophy, stick with it. And since you enjoy your time in the army, well...enjoy it ;D
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Post by mobbie on Aug 17, 2008 17:40:24 GMT
Soon I'll be riding ze horzies
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Post by Elliot Kane on Aug 17, 2008 17:52:59 GMT
Do we want to know what you'll be doing with ze dogs? ;D
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Post by mobbie on Aug 17, 2008 17:54:59 GMT
Glad to see you again, mobbie. Those are good words from your bro. Often many(including myself is guilty of that) associate the military with aggression, offense and don't think that the military and police play a role in defense, peace-keeping roles, emergency situations within the country, etc. glad to see you 2 luci =) I think most people associate militaristic operations with aggression, it's a natural thing to do, but as you say, peace-keeping is the important part. Sweden has been active in such operations for a long time now, and done so much for so many. :3
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Post by Hand-E-Food on Aug 17, 2008 23:57:59 GMT
In the start you are about 4ranks lower than the dogs and horses. "Excuse me, Spot. You can't pee there. I'm going to have to... Oh. Yes, sir. Certainly, sir."
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Post by Nero the Glorious on Aug 18, 2008 19:49:05 GMT
See at least I am smart enough to be in the AF and be an ossifer!
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Post by LaFille on Aug 18, 2008 23:02:29 GMT
you bet I enjoy as my brother has been in the army for about 6years now, it feels quite natural to me, I´ve always wanted to join the army ever since he got recruited. I really think that the swedish military has done and will keep on doing a lot of great efforts to maintain peace in the borderline countries that need help. I do not approve to going to war against others, but as my brother said to me; "If there are mines, they should be cleared. If there are rebelling groups using extreme violence and causing unhappiness to the people, they should be stopped. If there is a war, then politicians should save that country, not guns." I think those words are quite wise, and foremost true. Waging war against another country is an absolute last resort which I wouldn't even support, I would never go into another country and try to take it over by violence, such an act breeds more hate and insecurity in the country, and history is likely to repeat itself, only escalatingly stronger. That's a noble stream of thought; I wish you luck in realizing it... and without collateral damages especially!!
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Post by Galadriel on Aug 19, 2008 15:25:33 GMT
Good luck Mobsie, I'm soo proud of my little Mobsie joining the army and even liking it! Talk soon ok? And stay out of trouble there
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Post by mobbie on Aug 27, 2008 6:18:41 GMT
*********UPDATE*********** Another fieldweek successfully endured :3 From Monday till Sunday, we practiced first aid for all kinds of scenarios, it was all really interesting, and of course it's not only to be applied for military purposes. The actions we are to take in the situations we´ve been prepared for, can just as well be used if someone crashed with a car or in some other way got hurt. Also, running around in the forrest groupwise(groups of 8-11people) with one guy/girl pretending to be injured, so we had to quickly assemble a stretcher (took about 1 minute to construct it and 1 minute to pack it down again) and then run with them for kilometers, was great fun, but also really hard work. We ran with approximately 23-25 kilos of equipment, so in my case I weighed 92-94 instead of 69, and then you carry the stretcher as well, with someone weighing 75 +23~25 kilos. It was hard, but our lieutenant put great weight on the fact that we must be able to take care of hurt ones, always. He used the cliché saying "A chain is never stronger than it's weakest link" All in all, it was funnier than the first fieldweek, but it was also more tiresome, as after 10hours of medical training, we had to keep improving the camp we set up, more camouflaging, better placement of the alarm-mines, there was always something to do. And then when the week is over, you take it all down, and no one is supposed to be able to see that we were there. It's quite hard, as in 1 week, a tent makes quite a mark on the ground/grass, and all small campimprovements we had built also demanded certain attention afterwards, to make it look natural again. Mobbie still having fun!! )
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Post by Elliot Kane on Aug 27, 2008 13:47:11 GMT
And here was me thinking the job of MPs was to scream at people and club them over the head! ;D Seriously Mobs, glad you're still having a great time
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