can anybody imagine what its like to be a soldier ? ( Archived) (27)

And frightening at times

hi everybody and thanks for joining the hopefully banter free thread !

there's a few more questions to add to the list for anybody that chooses to answer any of these questions ( i don't expect any one person to answer more than a couple of these questions at a time

...and i'm in no rush for the answers ....but please don't refer me websites ..because i prefer ' THE CHAT ' )!



13. is anybody thinking of signing up to armed services ..but having second thoughts



14.what are suppose to be the best regiments ?..and why ?

15. have you got any fond memories of being a soldier

or being a loved one of a soldier that you want to talk about ?

16. how does the armed services get soldiers to overcome ' the fear factor '




17. did anybody see the films

FULL METAL JACKET

OR

SAVING PRIVATE RYAN

18. what makes the best soldiers and leaders in the world ?

19. what does 'the britsh legion do ? ..and when was it set up ?

20 last but not least a question i wanted to know that answer to for a long .....long....... time !

WHAT IS THE GENEVA CONVENTION ?

WHEN WAS IT SET UP ?

AND DO ALL COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD STICK TO IT ?

.......because when ever you watch these old war films with the british prisoner of war officers arguing with their captors the japanese prison officers

they're always saying " what you are doing is breaking the code of the geneva convention "

and thejapaese officer shouting back to the british officer " YOU ARE NOT IN GENEVA "



no rush !

My son is in the Army and has served in Iraq...thank God he is home safe now. When I asked him why he wanted to do that... he told me it was like my job... there are parts I like about it and parts I don't like. And like me he said... he has a boss giving him orders.
I didnt sleep much that 16 months he was gone.

I dunno about all this soldier stuff but I sure can't wait to see the new Rambo Movie.

I can. I was in the U.S. Army once. It is a different kind of life. I would have never had the opportunity to go to Germany and to Crete had I not joined. You gotta take orders and do some things you would not do normally but it was a great experience for the most part. Some women like a man in uniform too so that is a plus side. I got to meet some really coll people from all over the world too. Those soldiers from the UK know how to party too. i had many a good driking poarty with them as well as the drinking parties with German troops too.

so why don't you start a rambo thread then ?....and leave people that want to talk about soldiers.... talking about soldiers ?

hi heatherhoney

how are you love ?

how many kids have you got ? i feel sorry sorrow for people that have only got th one son that becomes a soldier !

tell you something though i was spoke to an high ranking officer when were filmming brize norton ..and i said to him ' you think some of these young problem yobbo teenagers were in the a armed forces so that you can brush them into shape hey mate ? "

he said " certainly not ...what makes you think we want them !..volunteers always makes the best soldiers ..because they're ones that really want to be here . the rest just cause problems for everybody else "

so i guess it does'nt matter what you say or do the real soldiers will just find a way of soldiering on



how did your son get on in iraq then heather ?




and can you imagine coming back from a war like vietnam that nobody was interested in

i'm with you lovaboy



i almost shed a tear for all the servicemen and women we've lost then !

keep on talking lovaboy ! ..don't let the threadwreckers that havent got anything to say about the subject but just want to ruin the thread with their senseless banter

have thier way !



why did you go for the marines then ?

and what made you wanted to become a soldier ?

do you think you would have made a good soldier ? ...if so why ?

call me a fantasizer ( Do ya like ma spelling )!


but i wish i could fly jets man


ere tell me something is it true that everybody in thre R, A, F
is stuck up and middle class ?
and that your family has got to be somebody before you canj train ti be a pilot ?

Cmon Gilly, you started this thread with one question mate now it went from one to twenty, write them down in a new thread as a questionaire and I and all the men and women who were in the forces will answer them the best we can


As for the original question---- I loved being a soldier, was in the army for 15yrs and it was a major part of my life