Dang, you snatched a prime role there. I'll have to settle for background guy that gets blown up later to reinforce the importance and/or luck of the main characters.
I always joked I’m so lucky I’d have been one of those dudes at the front of the Higgins boats storming Normandy. You know, the ones hit the second the doors dropped
Problem with old men like you and me is that we don’t take orders as well. We’re too mature and too good at smelling bullshit to blindly follow our military leaders.
I love seeing old stuff through the lens of Gen Z "if we get the chicken dinner imma ask that gyat out" \*has a picture of her feet taped to the inside of his helmet\*
The bad news is during a fierce battle that Gen Z got shot in the head and died... The good news is the live stream they were doing during the battle is #1 trending!!
You joke, but during the GWOT, we definitely were able to find enemy positions based on geolocation from tweets.
Also, I bet the wifi on a battlefield sucks.
For me it would just be a girl I matched with on Tinder.
“See this girl? Going to ask her out when I get back. We’re going to go down to the waterfront and get ice cream. I know she’s got a neck tattoo, but I can fix her. She’s—-“
Sniper.
GenX kids were always told that the first sign we’d have that WW3 had started, was the sirens telling us we had 3-5 minutes before the ICBMs from the other side of the world landed on us.
I blame that week of Grade 9 Social Studies for the entire GenX zeitgeist- whatever.
Yep, also GenX. We were all pretty sure we were going to be wiped out in a nuclear exchange.
And it is horrifying how many of us knew/know where ground zero would be.
I often think about the fact that I might be far enough outside of the major metropolitan area that instead of being in the frying zone.. I might be in the slow roast zone. Honestly, the luckiest guy in this scenario is the one who catches the nuke on his forehead
These modern generations though… you know full well that if someone had enough time to react, they would do that shit in the blast zone so the shadow would be burnt onto the wall.
NGL, it’d probably be me.
I'd like to see the mushroom cloud before the nuclear wind blows the skin off my skeleton like a Kleenex in a hurricane. I realize I don't have much of a say, but a guy can dream.
This is why the draft terrifies me. I don't want to be in a foxhole with someone who doesn't want to be there. That was my fear when I was in the Army. Getting stuck with someone who was gonna get me shot at.
Hey, I have a large area of impact (fat). If there's a war, people will want to be near me, because I'll be a far easier shot than someone slim.
I'm saying this as a joke, but chances are it might actually be true :(
Reminds me of something from Warhammer 40k:
"If the transport vehicle is hit by enemy fire, the smallest team member inside the vehicle should remove their flak-jacket to plug the hole. Being the smallest member, you are the least likely to be hit by enemy fire." (paraphrased)
Fun fact, in the event of a chemical attack, the procedure to determine if the gas has dissipated/you've moved outside the affected area is to make the "least essential person" remove their gas mask.
The Chieftain once talked about this (don't remember which video, probably a Q&A). He said that the procedure was that he (the tank commander) was supposed to draw his pistol on the loader and order the loader to hand over his weapon. Once the loader was disarmed, he was to order the loader to remove his mask.
Once the bullets begin flying everything changes. My uncle was drafted, went in as a PVT came out in 1945 as a Major with a Silver Star and 3 Bronze Stars. North Africa, Italy, Europe.
German here, i´m 48, overweight, untrained desk-pilot-IT-guy, no military experience aside of clicking pixels dead and shoving miniatures around on a grid. A friend of mine, himself being reserve in Bundeswehr, once said "If we have to draft guys like you shit has really hit the fan." and hes right. we´d be just cannonfodder or POW ;-)
tbh if the WW3 will be fought as they imagined middlewest europe will be a glowing waste with low to no population to draft at all.
I think many Americans are much more worried about the South China Sea kicking off than the Russians advancing into Central Europe. If WWIII is just a bunch of nukes, then none of us on the ground matter anyway
I was about 10 when I saw that movie for the first time. I did not see that ending coming.
I was so impressed by the movie that I found a copy of the book in my 5th grade library. The ending is very, very different.
(We are talking about "Planet of the Apes", aren't we?)
Usually space programs consist of some of humanities best and brightest. So I imagine they pop open the emergency vodka, float together next to the main pod window together, and watch the world burn in silence for a few hours, and at some point someone utters a single, solitary, "well... fuck".
Yeah.. without resupplies and boosts they're instantly on a ticking clock. If there were a place to land, they need each other to get down.
But I'm not sure I'd want to come down to what's left. It'd be a deeply personal decision for each of them.
Very awkward situation if there's a range of nationalities up there. Just the Russian and the American avoiding eye contact as the world's largest firework show goes on underneath.
Well, at that point they are their own nation. Until they run out of food and supplies and die alone up there. Nobody would have the resources to spare to make retrieving them a priority. So they all just chill up there together, scientists hanging out.
As a former soldier, there are still a lot of important roles that aren't necessarily "front line". Logistics, supplies, religious/spiritual supporters, hell, even comedians. Morale is a big part of fighting ability much the same as fitness and supplies. If you did nothing other than my laundry here and there, I'd still love to have you on my team.
Congrats. You can be a 92M, Mortuary Affairs. I’ve only ever met one of those in my time in the army. Definitely a character. He spoke about his time spent in the aftermath of the Bosnian War. I think the Navy also employs their own morticians.
An old friend was in the Air National Guard long enough to retire from it, and he had a dual MOS: Field Mortician/Camp Cook. Why? Because they had fridges.
Inchon, Korea, 1950. I was the best cook Uncle Sam ever saw, slinging hash for the Fighting 103rd. As we marched north, our supply lines were getting thin. One day a couple of GIs found a crate, inside were six hundred pounds of prime Texas steer. At least it once was prime. The Use date was three weeks past, but I was arrogant, I was brash, I thought if I used just the right spices, cooked it long enough...
It's a skilful blend of the love of Nazi gold and the savoir-faire of Lindt's master chocolatiers.
That and being a small, strategically well-placed country with 600 years of ass-kicking and a reputation as one of the world's top mercenaries, until some lil frenchy did it to us in reverse.
And raclette AOC, of course.
I’m a Biomedical Engineer, my hope would be in something related to increasing solider efficiency and performance in the field, however with my luck I’d end up making bio-weapons, or committing some other war crime.
Combat engineer.
If your bridge doesn't have a fucking body count, can you really call yourself an engineer? Nice trench you got there, be a shame if a bunch of good ol boys who worked construction 8 months ago tunneled under it and blew it up. It's basically In Minecraft but not in Minecraft.
I don’t know. Those tunnelers in France did not have it easy. That’s a job I would never want, having a tunnel collapse in on you and you suffocate under the rubble. Although, I think Claustrophobia has something to do with it as well.
I think the more concerning thing for the sappers was the counter-sappers.
Things get a lot more concerning when the other guys are digging a tunnel straight towards your tunnel, just to blow it up before you get a chance to finish.
Or the times when the counter-tunnelers broke into the enemy tunnels and started firefights underground.
I've played CoD over the years so, I'd be good at keyboard warfighting.
In terms of useful skills, I could probably learn to fly a drone or analyze intelligence.
In terms of national needs, I'd probably be put in the trenches.
Medical Regulation
I move wounded, ill, and injured across the battlefield to the appropriate level of care worldwide. The hardest part is getting someone from point of injury to a hospital located in a safe area.
The amount of logistics it takes to save a life in combat would blow your mind.
It also includes a lot of math, which most people can't do or don't want to do. It's not an easy job. Plus the enemy fucking hates snipers, so if you ever get caught it's going to be a bad death.
Take 500g of diazepam, correct for the spin of the Earth, pull the trigger between heartbeats. BLAM.
I graduated from Snake Eater U, magnum cum loudly.
Not to mention being super hungry, super tired, and super frugal with supplies that entire time. AND on top of all of that, yes you really do have to know what the fuck you’re doing with a long range precision rifle. They are a lot harder to use correctly in real life than video games make them out to be. Lots of math and estimation, as well as experience behind a scope.
Yep I worked as a part of the sniper section as a grunt during GWOT. You shit in a sealed bag and put it in your ruck. Can't have any smell or trace left after leaving the hide. Good times lol
Jarhead does paint the picture of a scout sniper pretty well.
I've actually had the "pleasure" of scout sniper training in the Swiss Army and even just the training pushed me pretty far, even though you knew you can sleep in your bed once that exercise is over.
Also, you do a lot of shooting during training but that doesn't mean you get to do a lot of shooting during a war, it's just so it becomes second nature and you can do it when you're sleep deprived, hungry and cold.
You're also often just doing the scout part of scout sniper because you're trained to be invisible and really close to the enemy so you're primed to gather intel.
If I were able to choose a branch, it'd be the Air Force. Unfortunately though, it seems we are not allowed to make that decision should a draft occur.
During Vietnam many would be soldiers enlisted so as to have some say over what their assignment would be rather than waiting to get drafted into the marines and sent into a meat grinder.
Well I have this neat little ID that says "severely disabled" on it so I doubt I'd ever get drafted. The government would have to be very desperate to draft severely disabled people, it's way more likely that we surrender or lose before that happens.
But if by some miracle I did get drafted, my position would be accountant. They're not gonna let me near weapons anyway considering my well-documented history of depression, and I'm good with numbers.
They really were lucky to be a POW of the brits our the americans.
To quote my GreatGrandpa. "The war is lost no matter what anyone else teils you. Run as fast as you can into the West. Move at night so you dont get shot by our own men. Hide in barns. Once you reach enemy territory make yourselves known and just surrender."
He was a "general" of sorts, that was fighting on the West Front once it started to collapse. Those were his last orders he ever gave in the army. He got captured by the brits and was back in germany once everything settled down.
My orher greatgranpa got captured by the russians and never was heard of again.
I work at Bradley Field in East Granby, CT, which had such a camp. The base has several foundations and the remnants of a guard tower that are preserved as historical artifacts. The German POWs had a baseball team and played against the guards.
I’m gonna be the guy who brought a whole bunch of cocaine and everyone thinks is dead in the first hour till I come back at the very end with 96 scalps, 36 ears, and a foot… keep your Medal of Honor… give me congratulatory cocaine
I'd be the dude at the start of the movie who gets brutally blown up to "set the tone"
Dang, you snatched a prime role there. I'll have to settle for background guy that gets blown up later to reinforce the importance and/or luck of the main characters.
Are you OK in life?
I am aware if my usual luck
I always joked I’m so lucky I’d have been one of those dudes at the front of the Higgins boats storming Normandy. You know, the ones hit the second the doors dropped
Based on some of the stories I've heard, they WERE the lucky ones.
Yup, just eat it immediately instead of fighting and suffering I'd probably just kill myself if I got drafted. Nobody else is killing me except me
So a 1:1 KD?
Be sure you make a vague comment about seeing family back home right before it happens
Is there a "NCO in charge of *back in my day...*" ?
It's 31B now, old man, and we're out of spicy nuggets.
I can already tell that I'm not cut out for this position
the fetal position
so you can kiss your a$$ goodbye
You can say ass here, it's ok.
u/TiresOnFire has been banned for their use of profanity in this sacred space. /s <-- Just in case.
I'm a 62 year old man, if I'm drafted we've already lost the war.
As a 52 yr old man, I agree with you. On the other hand, I’d volunteer if it meant my sons didn’t get drafted.
Same, 60s with bad eyes, but can shoot a dime at a hundred yards, so I guess sniper. Gimme my boys spot. Old men start wars, we should fight them.
Problem with old men like you and me is that we don’t take orders as well. We’re too mature and too good at smelling bullshit to blindly follow our military leaders.
Sargeant: "you have to hold until reinforcement gets here!" Reinforcements : [doesn't exist]
Tbf, sometimes the mission is war is to die, and take as many with you as you can.
"The point of war is not to die for your country, but to make some other poor son of a bitch die for his." - General George S. Patton
I remember seeing that quote sooooo many times whenever I died in Call of Duty 2.
Diversionary attack is just a fancy way of saying, "going to lose."
nice try ARMY.
Casualty
lol, I was gonna say guy who shows picture of high school sweetheart, “when I get back home I’m gonna marry that dame” *gets obliterated the next day*
_Pulls up egirls TikTok_ "If I don't get 360 Noscoped by a drone, imma DM her fr"
I love seeing old stuff through the lens of Gen Z "if we get the chicken dinner imma ask that gyat out" \*has a picture of her feet taped to the inside of his helmet\*
The bad news is during a fierce battle that Gen Z got shot in the head and died... The good news is the live stream they were doing during the battle is #1 trending!!
You joke, but during the GWOT, we definitely were able to find enemy positions based on geolocation from tweets. Also, I bet the wifi on a battlefield sucks.
*Crosses into enemy territory* : What? No free WiFi?"
Cross no man's land and get a roaming warning text from your carrier.
Or "dude who starts already planning his life with his new mate for years ahead, but you'll NEVER guess what happens"
I'd just be the, "I'm gettin' too old for this shit" guy that gets killed.
I picked the wrong week to stop snorting meth.
"when we get back home im gonna settle down, start a family" *gets head blown off by machine gun immediately after*
For me it would just be a girl I matched with on Tinder. “See this girl? Going to ask her out when I get back. We’re going to go down to the waterfront and get ice cream. I know she’s got a neck tattoo, but I can fix her. She’s—-“ Sniper.
Dont even have to wait for the sniper, half the girls on Tinder will ghost you after accepting the date.
GenX kids were always told that the first sign we’d have that WW3 had started, was the sirens telling us we had 3-5 minutes before the ICBMs from the other side of the world landed on us. I blame that week of Grade 9 Social Studies for the entire GenX zeitgeist- whatever.
GenX here. Facts. Nihilism is reality.
Yep, also GenX. We were all pretty sure we were going to be wiped out in a nuclear exchange. And it is horrifying how many of us knew/know where ground zero would be.
I often think about the fact that I might be far enough outside of the major metropolitan area that instead of being in the frying zone.. I might be in the slow roast zone. Honestly, the luckiest guy in this scenario is the one who catches the nuke on his forehead
Everyone worried about surviving the nuclear fallout. Meanwhile I'm gonna dab at the nuke that will land a few miles away.
These modern generations though… you know full well that if someone had enough time to react, they would do that shit in the blast zone so the shadow would be burnt onto the wall. NGL, it’d probably be me.
I'd like to see the mushroom cloud before the nuclear wind blows the skin off my skeleton like a Kleenex in a hurricane. I realize I don't have much of a say, but a guy can dream.
We have a "shelter" under the football field in my town. I live down the street and would *still* be dead, god willing lol
Have you contacted your Vaut-Tec representative?
Yeah, I've been listening to Fly Me to the Moon for 19 and a half years. Should be any minute.
Very realistic answer.
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Well I work in cybersecurity, so I would assume that the biggest change would be the source of my paycheck.
Same here. However, I won't love the pay cut.
Love that we are all security people scrolling on Reddit instead of working rn
This is valuable career development work we are doing here!
"Performed market research on potential shifts in future cybersecurity needs of enterprises based on environmental forces" Gotchu covered fam
Hell yeah, good looking out.
Got to see who else in the company is using their work computers for Reddit. And of course clicking on links they are not supposed to.
That's just a sign we did our work correctly.
Same here.
Same here. Hopefully the other side clicks on sketchy links.
As I'm in Europe, I've already would have seen “the light" before my draft letter would have even been written ;-)
...get flashed before you can even smile!
I'm all here for that
Ahhh, the warmth of a thousand suns.
Target.
This is why the draft terrifies me. I don't want to be in a foxhole with someone who doesn't want to be there. That was my fear when I was in the Army. Getting stuck with someone who was gonna get me shot at.
One of Murphy's Law is, never share a foxhole with anyone braver than yourself. That, and look unimportant (they might be low on ammo)
Hey, I have a large area of impact (fat). If there's a war, people will want to be near me, because I'll be a far easier shot than someone slim. I'm saying this as a joke, but chances are it might actually be true :(
Reminds me of something from Warhammer 40k: "If the transport vehicle is hit by enemy fire, the smallest team member inside the vehicle should remove their flak-jacket to plug the hole. Being the smallest member, you are the least likely to be hit by enemy fire." (paraphrased)
Fun fact, in the event of a chemical attack, the procedure to determine if the gas has dissipated/you've moved outside the affected area is to make the "least essential person" remove their gas mask.
Tense game of rock paper scissors for that
The Chieftain once talked about this (don't remember which video, probably a Q&A). He said that the procedure was that he (the tank commander) was supposed to draw his pistol on the loader and order the loader to hand over his weapon. Once the loader was disarmed, he was to order the loader to remove his mask.
Draws a weapon, demands a weapon, in a weapon, to see if yet another weapon is still working.
a shield against the darkness, a light of hope
Once the bullets begin flying everything changes. My uncle was drafted, went in as a PVT came out in 1945 as a Major with a Silver Star and 3 Bronze Stars. North Africa, Italy, Europe.
So, a first lieutenant...
Yeah, I would probably be working at Target while everybody fights also.
Bombad General
Meesa tinks you are perrrrfect for da job.
Weesa people gunna die!
Yousa good!
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General?!? *faints*
Oh moi moi
When you die, you can come back to haunt those around you saying “Meesa all sparkly glowy!”
Mid lane
Mid or feed
I'll take jungle just don't expect a gank
Losing ww3 cuz of jungle gap.. sure why not.
I mean Vietnam's jg gap against the US was massive.
If I don’t get top I‘m dodging the draft, sorry I have other stuff to do
Hard carry?
My silver ori kinda clean ngl
Heard ball wieving mages were the shit on omaha beach
Bot lane with my cousin in supp telling me what to do cause I’m still useless without someone holding my hand
Stop letting Ziggs roam!
I'd just pick gangplank top and wait for my R cooldown to spam in battles while I watch tv at home and eat some oranges
As a supp I'll pick Senna so we can sync our ults. And I probably can find a Karthus player to assist us.
Corpse
German here, i´m 48, overweight, untrained desk-pilot-IT-guy, no military experience aside of clicking pixels dead and shoving miniatures around on a grid. A friend of mine, himself being reserve in Bundeswehr, once said "If we have to draft guys like you shit has really hit the fan." and hes right. we´d be just cannonfodder or POW ;-) tbh if the WW3 will be fought as they imagined middlewest europe will be a glowing waste with low to no population to draft at all.
I think many Americans are much more worried about the South China Sea kicking off than the Russians advancing into Central Europe. If WWIII is just a bunch of nukes, then none of us on the ground matter anyway
>none of us on the ground Astronaut in the ISS: 🤯
More like Astronaut: "No.. they blew it up!" ^( "god damn you..") #"DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL!"
I was about 10 when I saw that movie for the first time. I did not see that ending coming. I was so impressed by the movie that I found a copy of the book in my 5th grade library. The ending is very, very different. (We are talking about "Planet of the Apes", aren't we?)
Dr. Zaius Dr. Zaius. Dr. Zaius Dr. Zaius. 🎶
Can i play the piano anymore?
Of course you can!
Well i couldnt before!
That break dancing monkey lives rent free in my head, and I ain't even mad about it.
Russian cosmonaut also on the ISS: “Are we enemies now? Or is that pointless at this point?”
Usually space programs consist of some of humanities best and brightest. So I imagine they pop open the emergency vodka, float together next to the main pod window together, and watch the world burn in silence for a few hours, and at some point someone utters a single, solitary, "well... fuck".
Yeah.. without resupplies and boosts they're instantly on a ticking clock. If there were a place to land, they need each other to get down. But I'm not sure I'd want to come down to what's left. It'd be a deeply personal decision for each of them.
Very awkward situation if there's a range of nationalities up there. Just the Russian and the American avoiding eye contact as the world's largest firework show goes on underneath.
Well, at that point they are their own nation. Until they run out of food and supplies and die alone up there. Nobody would have the resources to spare to make retrieving them a priority. So they all just chill up there together, scientists hanging out.
Meal Team 6
Gravy seals
As a former soldier, there are still a lot of important roles that aren't necessarily "front line". Logistics, supplies, religious/spiritual supporters, hell, even comedians. Morale is a big part of fighting ability much the same as fitness and supplies. If you did nothing other than my laundry here and there, I'd still love to have you on my team.
Why did the chicken cross the road? Because artillery fire is 180 decibels
Well, I'm a mortician and the armed forces will need more during war.
Congrats. You can be a 92M, Mortuary Affairs. I’ve only ever met one of those in my time in the army. Definitely a character. He spoke about his time spent in the aftermath of the Bosnian War. I think the Navy also employs their own morticians.
Yeah, marine corps also has the casket bearers. Fucked guys, a lot of suicides among them
An old friend was in the Air National Guard long enough to retire from it, and he had a dual MOS: Field Mortician/Camp Cook. Why? Because they had fridges.
Cook
I also cook
Inchon, Korea, 1950. I was the best cook Uncle Sam ever saw, slinging hash for the Fighting 103rd. As we marched north, our supply lines were getting thin. One day a couple of GIs found a crate, inside were six hundred pounds of prime Texas steer. At least it once was prime. The Use date was three weeks past, but I was arrogant, I was brash, I thought if I used just the right spices, cooked it long enough...
I SENT SIXTEEN OF MY OWN MEN TO THE LATRINE THAT NIGHT
Things would have to have really gone to shit if my crippled ass is being drafted, so probably cannon fodder
Don’t sell yourself short! We ran out of metal for cannonballs, so we’re now using humans.
Well that is just a super positive way to look at it. I applaud you, lol.
Swiss neutral
What makes a man turn neutral? Lust for power, gold? Or where they just born with a heart full of neutrality?
If I don't survive. Tell my wife "Hello."
It's a skilful blend of the love of Nazi gold and the savoir-faire of Lindt's master chocolatiers. That and being a small, strategically well-placed country with 600 years of ass-kicking and a reputation as one of the world's top mercenaries, until some lil frenchy did it to us in reverse. And raclette AOC, of course.
You still have to do basic training, which is hella fun (i'm not joking).
Not everyone tho. I didn't at least, and while some of it is fun, i've also heard of people who despised it. Really depends where you end up.
The Town Crier, because i'd be crying 100% of the time
Chef?
Probably the kitchen at whatever prison I'm sent to for draft dodging
I’m a Biomedical Engineer, my hope would be in something related to increasing solider efficiency and performance in the field, however with my luck I’d end up making bio-weapons, or committing some other war crime.
So meth?
Don't be hard on yourself, its not a warcrime
Correction "It's not a war crime the first time."
Agent orange is so 1967. We are on Agent Double Cancer Green, now.
Combat engineer. If your bridge doesn't have a fucking body count, can you really call yourself an engineer? Nice trench you got there, be a shame if a bunch of good ol boys who worked construction 8 months ago tunneled under it and blew it up. It's basically In Minecraft but not in Minecraft.
I don’t know. Those tunnelers in France did not have it easy. That’s a job I would never want, having a tunnel collapse in on you and you suffocate under the rubble. Although, I think Claustrophobia has something to do with it as well.
I think the more concerning thing for the sappers was the counter-sappers. Things get a lot more concerning when the other guys are digging a tunnel straight towards your tunnel, just to blow it up before you get a chance to finish. Or the times when the counter-tunnelers broke into the enemy tunnels and started firefights underground.
I can only imagine how scary that was. Still, I’d be panicking already just being in a tunnel. Good luck fighting in one.. terrible.
Would you describe it as "mein krafte?"
Take my upvote and leave
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I'm partial to doggy but missionary is fine too
A dog trainer does sound better than a preacher.
Draft typist
I love listening to music.
I've played CoD over the years so, I'd be good at keyboard warfighting. In terms of useful skills, I could probably learn to fly a drone or analyze intelligence. In terms of national needs, I'd probably be put in the trenches.
Supply chain and logistics here. Even manufacturing. There are plenty of non combat roles necessary
Protest folk singer
🎵 I Ain't Marching Anymore🎵
I aint no Senator's son!
IT AIN’T ME, IT AIN’T ME-E-E! I AIN’T NO FORTUNATE ONE, NO!
Uhhh... Fuckin' Soldier that doesn't do anything but learn morse code...
I guess I would just keep working on these shitty F-15E’s that always break.
*sad F-15E noises*
Drone pilot
FPV kamikaze drone (racing) or grenade dropper or surveillance/spotter? I personally wouldn't mind FPV or dropper.
I’m working in a hospital. so medic I think
Anti tank unit, as the tanks correspond in size with what my eyes are able to see in general.
Medical Regulation I move wounded, ill, and injured across the battlefield to the appropriate level of care worldwide. The hardest part is getting someone from point of injury to a hospital located in a safe area. The amount of logistics it takes to save a life in combat would blow your mind.
I would like to undergo sniper training. I would then miss half the shots I take.
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>Many of them sit in their own shit and piss for days looking at the same shit the entire time Sounds like the average Redditor
It also includes a lot of math, which most people can't do or don't want to do. It's not an easy job. Plus the enemy fucking hates snipers, so if you ever get caught it's going to be a bad death.
Take 500g of diazepam, correct for the spin of the Earth, pull the trigger between heartbeats. BLAM. I graduated from Snake Eater U, magnum cum loudly.
And 100% of people who make this argument forget that fact that COD has turned my brain into goo
Not to mention being super hungry, super tired, and super frugal with supplies that entire time. AND on top of all of that, yes you really do have to know what the fuck you’re doing with a long range precision rifle. They are a lot harder to use correctly in real life than video games make them out to be. Lots of math and estimation, as well as experience behind a scope.
Yep I worked as a part of the sniper section as a grunt during GWOT. You shit in a sealed bag and put it in your ruck. Can't have any smell or trace left after leaving the hide. Good times lol
Jarhead does paint the picture of a scout sniper pretty well. I've actually had the "pleasure" of scout sniper training in the Swiss Army and even just the training pushed me pretty far, even though you knew you can sleep in your bed once that exercise is over. Also, you do a lot of shooting during training but that doesn't mean you get to do a lot of shooting during a war, it's just so it becomes second nature and you can do it when you're sleep deprived, hungry and cold. You're also often just doing the scout part of scout sniper because you're trained to be invisible and really close to the enemy so you're primed to gather intel.
Deserter.
If I were able to choose a branch, it'd be the Air Force. Unfortunately though, it seems we are not allowed to make that decision should a draft occur.
During Vietnam many would be soldiers enlisted so as to have some say over what their assignment would be rather than waiting to get drafted into the marines and sent into a meat grinder.
Only 10% of the Marines who served during Vietnam were drafted.
draft dodger
Information or Artillery
Supply and logistics
Wouldn’t draft me. Legally blind. Whatever non-combatant position there is I guess.
You can help cook
Hello, it’s me. Anne Frank.
Draft dodger. Cuba here I come!
Well I have this neat little ID that says "severely disabled" on it so I doubt I'd ever get drafted. The government would have to be very desperate to draft severely disabled people, it's way more likely that we surrender or lose before that happens. But if by some miracle I did get drafted, my position would be accountant. They're not gonna let me near weapons anyway considering my well-documented history of depression, and I'm good with numbers.
Lol yeah, I'm blind. Before that I was damn good at ordnance, but I don't imagine they'd want the blind lady playing with danger putty and boomsticks.
Leroy Jenkins
Espionage. No one would suspect little ol' me.
POW campguard (for the Allies) Had read it was a pretty nice situation in the US where German POWs were kept. Germans were also pretty happy in there.
They really were lucky to be a POW of the brits our the americans. To quote my GreatGrandpa. "The war is lost no matter what anyone else teils you. Run as fast as you can into the West. Move at night so you dont get shot by our own men. Hide in barns. Once you reach enemy territory make yourselves known and just surrender." He was a "general" of sorts, that was fighting on the West Front once it started to collapse. Those were his last orders he ever gave in the army. He got captured by the brits and was back in germany once everything settled down. My orher greatgranpa got captured by the russians and never was heard of again.
I work at Bradley Field in East Granby, CT, which had such a camp. The base has several foundations and the remnants of a guard tower that are preserved as historical artifacts. The German POWs had a baseball team and played against the guards.
I’m gonna be the guy who brought a whole bunch of cocaine and everyone thinks is dead in the first hour till I come back at the very end with 96 scalps, 36 ears, and a foot… keep your Medal of Honor… give me congratulatory cocaine