Ahh I get it but I think even if there's a possibility you'd rank up fast, I mean it's a former US Army officer we're talking about, though I don't exactly know their regulations for that. Well, its better than starting a pvt/pfc which will happen to me. Thanks for the warm advices sure I will try to stick to it. I don't think it'll be that vastly different than naval infantry which I got the chance to do internship, in terms of adoption to units but also one can only be a stupid to put land w and naval w in the same box. So let's see what happens, but what I can say is my gf will leave me, she threatened to do so to prevent this happening but after all every action has a consequence.
Actually, at weekends I will have free time to use mobile phone at base, there's 3G connection there unless the terrorists didn't blow the GSM stations yet. I can take a look once in a week to see what's happening here.
Lol..except for some few Chinese, Iranian members who can't think in manner because of what happens to Turkmen in China just like what happens here. But we can't blame nationalities for that, there's bad in every flag. When I was mod, I was putting myself to others shoes then execute actions which helped me a lot to protect my objective stand. I am sure you'd sort it out anyways.
Well, Swedish system is a bit different than other system from other country. But well, as I said, my job is to teach courses in the academy, there are no way I am starting again as a private heh
Usually if you had served in the military of friendly nation, especially those belong to NATO grouping, they will give you your old rank back given if you discharged honourably. Problem is that Swedish military (and home guard to this ends) does not run on a NATO frameworks, and hence they cannot give me the same rank I had before when I was with the US military, ironically, if I were to enlist in Turkish military, I will probably get my old rank reinstated as Turkey is running on NATO frameworks.
But meh, I ain't complaining, don't really care much for ranks anyway. As long as I can be the man in the house lol (remember my wife is a OF-4, she is being promoted to OF 5 actually when she took the offer...)
Well, I guess if you are going to be in the front line, you gonna be careful on what you are doing, as I said, you have to have conviction with your mission, that mean you always going to be putting your mission first, then everything have to be set aside. And there will be times when you have to get your hand dirty. Ground Warfare is a lot messier than Seaborne warfare, but as long as you are expecting what to do and you will do them when you need to do them, then it will be just fine, just don't expect yourselves to be able to do everything right at first, I had my own period of blanking out and don't know what to do next, but it will be becoming easier with every decision you take.
About GF, been there, my first fiancé left me when I was deployed to Iraq, and your world just sinks when you read that Dear John letter now imagine you are in a warzone... but eventually you will understand girls are everywhere, and you only have one chance to serve your country.
And yeah, you can still come back here on PDF every once in a while, just don't do it when you are on a mission, don't want to get killed over PDF you know...lol
Good Luck, and talk to you soon
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