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As of yesterday, i stopped being Tpr Hale, ECN 063 ASLAV driver, and became Tpr Hale, ECN 066 ASLAV gunner. After 5years, three different ECN's (064 M113 driver, 063 Cavalry Scout and ASLAV driver) I've finally reached the job that i told the recruiter I wanted back in 2004. I'm proud as bunch...

Like so many others here, the army was all I really ever wanted to do. I wanted to drive tanks since i was a little kid, so the week I turned 17 in 2004 I went into the recruiting office in Melbourne and said I wanted to be a Reserve Tank driver. Three months later I was signed in as a Recruit...

No dramas then. Its always good to get feedback. I wasnt aware my maturity was part of his question. I thought answering it in a light hearted way would be suitable. I do, profusely, apoligise for my childishness. Goodluck with your choice, DeepestGrey. Hopefully you make the right choice for...

Not trying for any genital measuring (I'd lose) but I think that really was his question. He asked who would see the most action, Armoured or Artillery

I knew Cas and this has really, really pissed me off. Its obviously a premeditated act, people dont walk around the streets with cans of petrol. Who ever did this is a f***ing dirtbag. Its bloody disgusting.

I wouldnt normally comment on this page but. I6, i know its going to be an obvious question but i cant remember you saying it before, do you think that, for putting holes into Mr. Target, 7.62/.308 is an outdated round? I've recently been reading about the politic's behind the British .280 and...

I had this discussion once with my girlfriend. She's a Christian, I'm not and the best evidence she could give me for creationism and young earth is that "things dont add up". I find it ridiculous. I went to a government school and had never heard of people seriously believing that the earth is...

The idiot probably doesnt know the first thing about loyalty. Did they tell you what country they are loyal to? I suppose the one that supports them isnt worthy of loyalty. Better to love the past then the present ::)

I'm sick in bed. I've got a fever and i'm cramping like its going out of fashion. I wouldnt mind so much but i have to study as well for my Gunner's theory assesment tomorrow and i'm not taking anything in right now. To busy shivering. This is not good!

"Where do you want this one Sarge?" "Just dress him off with the rest of the dummies" ;D Or Without his hat, a guards loses all his special powers. On a serious note, i feel really sorry for the poor chap. Going down is not something anyone wants to do is would be especially painful in a...

If you ambush someone and you kill them, you win. If you ambush someone and they "Matyr" you, you still win! Those silly sods would celebrate putting a sock on correctly and claim it proves "Allah's will". Hopefully the boys over there now can give them more "Victory" then they know what to do...

I'd rather invite him to take a long walk off a short pier... When you cant tell the difference between a T72, a BMP1 or 2 and a BTR then you've no business in the turret at all, let alone as a crew commander!

Hmm, i dont know how this will translate but today in the sim... Crewie "T Seventy...ah, BNP...Ah...Shell! oh, ah...Sabot, BTR, On!" Gunner Hale, confused, finds an BMP2 front on in the area the crewie has waved the turret to - "Confirm BTR?" Crewie "BTR70! Sabot! ON!" Hale, thinks, "What ever...

I carry a 12" shiny silver Kukri in a massive, curved leather scabbard with an Auscam cover. Sure, I'm a vehicle crewman and I only wear it because my SSM hates it, but if we're ever attacked and my vehicle, rifle and 9mm go down, i know that my ridiculously large knife will bruise someone...

Rest in Peace Ma'am. Thank you for what you gave your country and i hope you find relief.

Well, i had a massive day. Great fun but i'm packing the hangover from hell right now. I'm supposed to be taking my girlfriend out later on too! Hopefully can still pull that one off. We had a great day, woke up at 0315 with the Artillery idiots in the lines one down from ours banging on bins...

P41 2.1, Gallipoli Barracks, Enoggera... wanna send me a letter? :P I'm joking. I recently moved into a new little room on base and i'm loving it. Its a bedroomlivingroomkitchen with bathroom unsuite. Who knew you could fit so much into one room! Only drama I've got is the pipe drainage, my...

Dont think for a moment that the Australian Army is worlds apart from the Canadian or that we're somehow more professional then you. I'd argue, as someone who's seen boths sides (if only for 6 Canadian months) that the opposite is true. Unlike your Reserves, ours dont get the opportunity anymore...

Had another day of AFV ID for my gunners course today, all my course mates look at me like a freak when I tell them that its one of my hobbies and I'm able to name almost everything. I just thank my "Canadian Army friends" and go back in showing the differences between a BMD-1 and a BMP-1. So...

120mm? All i'm seeing is the worlds biggest light bulb!