Who here is looking to join the military?

[Three PhDs]

Are you on about the forum called ARRSE?

Indeed.

[mckaychick]

Im not joining the military. To scared

[Three PhDs]

Im not joining the military. To scared

Too

Hehehehehe.

[Egeria]

Indeed.

That place cracks me up.

[Three PhDs]

That place cracks me up.

Wonderful. I love you.

[Major Clanger]

Are you on about the forum called ARRSE?

er... no

should I be?

[RoaringMice]

I'd thought of it, after school. I wanted to go on to university, but didn't have any money. I'd seriously thought about it, but didn't end up going that route.

After I got my MBA, I was contacted by the CIA, though, as part of their recruitment drive. That was a very cool conversation.

[Pharaoh Atem]

i've been thinking about it

lve in america

[PG15]

I would beg you to reconsider, but it's your life. For me, I'm a pacifist by heart and has never been involved in a fight, not really anyway.

I would rather die or go to jail then go over and fight in whatever stupid war our glorious leaders have whipped up for us.

All IMHO, of course.

[jenks]

I never used the words cannon fodder. I was merely questioning your rationale, "they spend so much on training Marines that they're not viewed as easily expendable (not exact quote)." Well I brought up the point, if they spend so much on Marines then why didn't they invest in body armor, or armor plating for hum-vees...just two examples.

The anwser is NOT that the military doesn't have enough money. It's the best funded military in the history of the Earth. In addition, defense spending just got another raise, not to mention all of the homeland security money that didn't go to anything useful. They choose to spend their money on other things besides Marines; technological advancements, research, etc...

Now go back and read the thread properly, the conversation was about Royal Marines.

[Pharaoh Atem]

well with the north Korea situation heating up I've always had a interest with that whole thing

[DysfunctionalVeteran]

Two points for civillians not in a position to know this:

Body Armor:
The military has had modern body armor since the 1980's. There are improvements that come out from time to time and those improvements are put into the field as fast as suppliers can crank out the product. Just such an update was going on when the war started. The newer armor has no long since been deployed, but of course the critics don't want to give up one of their favorite complaints just because it's not valid.


Armored Vehicles:
(Two Parter)
a) In instances like the Stryker, where experiences in the field point out new ways to do things; the lessons are applied. In this case the protection that bears a resmblance to venetian blinds. Complaining that those vehicles didn't have that protection beforehand is to complain that the military didn't call the Psychic Friends network before going to war.
b) Armored Personnel Carriers sometimes roll over mines that are designed to kill tanks. Complaining about their lack of armor is like complaining that baseball players aren't protected as well as Hockey Goalies. It betrays a lack of understanding of the way differeing missions impact the design choices of differing vehicles.

[shovar]

I've always thought about joining the army, but with all the media going on about lack of resources for British troops, it worries me. But if there ever was a major war, i would join up straight away. I do believe in National Service, it could do this country alot of favours. But unfortunately we don't have the money as it is all going into benefits, which is being ripped off by alot of people. But anyway, i might join the airforce and be in a ground crew, i like flying of course, but i'm too big for the cockpit. So i might as well do that instead.

[Major Clanger]

omg, not National Service! the regulars would leave in droves!