[quote="Sgt. Duffy":969c3]I was thinking about ROTC for long time, but turhtfully, I think I would make a terrible lieutenant. Just for a whole bunch of reasons, really...

...Navy kinda looks pleasing to me. I mean, one of those battleships has enough god damn power to bomb out England sitting still.[/quote:969c3]
lol aren't you like 13

[quote="Sgt. Duffy":5b17d]

...Navy kinda looks pleasing to me. I mean, one of those battleships has enough god damn power to bomb out England sitting still.[/quote:5b17d]

Theres no such thing as a battleship these days really.

[quote=geRV]Theres no such thing as a battleship these days really.[/quote:75015]I guess Duffy's research from the game "Battleship" is not valid anymore.

[quote=Coleman]I guess Duffy's research from the game "Battleship" is not valid anymore.[/quote:9ccd0]

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Used to be navies backbones were battleships, now its aircraft carriers, battleships started to be phased out after ww2.

... and what the hell is a frigate? oOo:

[quote="Jin-Roh":60ea0]... and what the hell is a frigate? oOo:[/quote:60ea0]Wasnt that a level on goldeneye oOo:

[quote="[DAS REICH] Blitz":26e1c][quote="Jin-Roh":26e1c]... and what the hell is a frigate? oOo:[/quote:26e1c]Wasnt that a level on goldeneye oOo:[/quote:26e1c]

Yes, but it is also a type of ship. I just don't really know what they are good for. eek:

[quote="Jin-Roh":75043][quote="[DAS REICH] Blitz":75043][quote="Jin-Roh":75043]... and what the hell is a frigate? oOo:[/quote:75043]Wasnt that a level on goldeneye oOo:[/quote:75043]

Yes, but it is also a type of ship. I just don't really know what they are good for. eek:[/quote:75043]No shit its also a ship. oOo:
[quote:75043]The frigate is primarily designed for Anti submarine warfare but was designed with missile launchers for missile defense and anti surface use as well.[/quote:75043]

Heh, you wont see a battleship around my parts, but we do have some nice boats down in the southern parts of Sweden, I know we have one called Visby. Anyways, my function in the army (once my basic training is over), is to guard the Air base where Im stationed atm, plus a lot of different storage facilities all over the mid parts of Sweden. I also act in a striketeam, educated in city warfare. Also, I will be acting as armed escort for convoys and VIP's.

And to answer some questions; Yes, I am proud of serving my country. Im also proud to be one of the last 50 or so to ever serve on this particular base, since the government has decided to cut down on the army here in Sweden. The particular base is called F4, and has been around since 1926, which means its Swedens oldest Airforce base.
I also saw this as a great opportunity to get in shape again, after my "sit down and answer the phone"-job. Ive already started to notice a great difference in both bodymass, muscles and fatigue, which is pretty good for just three weeks, methinks.

frigates were used in the war of 1812! old iron sides in boston!

'Ello again all. If you want me to stop digging this thread up, I will. Otherwise, Ill keep going with this one.

Anyways, we had our first fieldtraining this week. -30 C was the coldest it got, and that was the night we tried patrolling an enclosed area for the first time. Ive got some photos that Ill try and upload asap. Other than that, nothing much., Just the basic disaassembling/reassembling of the gun and some other stuff. Anyways, I just finished my "education" on the knife, so Im now allowed to wear a knife in duty. I just wanted to know if anyone had a suggestion on what knife to get?

KABAR makes nice military blades. If you can even get your hands on one.

https://www.kabar.com/product_search.js ... e=category

Other than that - if I were you, I'd ask someone in my unit.

Yeah, Im looking for KABAR's here in Sweden, but their hard to find. I would really like this one though: [url=https://www.kabar.com/product_detail.jsp?productNumber=1221&mode=categor y&categoryId=1,2,3,7&categoryName=Military/Tactical:1f89c]KABAR[/url:1f89c]

Check out the new Italian army combat knives. You might also wanna take a look at these:

http://www.combatelite.com/knives.shtml

[img]http://www.combatelite.com/knives/cfdagger/cfdag23new.jpg[/img]

Heh, carbon fiber goodness. Fuck you meter detector!

Funky ^