Armies in Iraq by Febuary 2003
 

My girlfriends brother is in the BA (british army) and has been sent home from christmas to get as much time with friends and family because in Febuary they are going to iraq. and thats official.

on a slightly unrelated topic, one of his mates is in signals, and apparently the average lifespan of a signals operator in a battlezone is three seconds. thats dating back with statistics from world war 2 onwards...
scary no?

Good luck with him dude, and Next yr, going to Iraq.... thas mad brutal but then Iraq would use chemical or biological weapon against the army, not to mention... they might have nukes by then....

Whats a signal?

Dont signals usually work for the coast guard?

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[quote="Captain Bunny":87c75]on a slightly unrelated topic, one of his mates is in signals, and apparently the average lifespan of a signals operator in a battlezone is three seconds. thats dating back with statistics from world war 2 onwards...
scary no?[/quote:87c75]

not scary.... just dumb..... someones been talking shit to you pal.

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[quote=r3mix]not scary.... just dumb..... someones been talking shit to you pal.[/quote:e33e3]

why is it so hard to beleive?
Would you pass off tommy lee jones in rules of engagement for saying "the average life expectancy of a 2nd luitenent(i think) dropped into a hot LZ during vietnam was 16 seconds, 16 fucking seconds"
as shit? well you probably would but who gives a fuck.

signals is part of "radio operator" and havent you ever noticed that in war films the guy carrying the radio always gets killed?

Its not bullshit, its statistics taken from world war 2 all the way up to the present day.

of course, if you kill the radio man, you isolate that group

That always how it is, radio man first, then the MG. I think 3 seconds would be from vietnam.

How small are radio's these days....Might be a wee bit harder to notice since the last conflict where statistics like that were gathered.

Signal Operators (Sig Op) are part of the Communications career field. They provide fast, accurate voice and data communications to Army units using the top of the line technology, and are also employed with Navy and Air Forces. Technologies include satellite; digitized, fixed, air transportable and mobile information and communications equipment. Sig Op:

perform in land operations and are familiar with military weapons

install and operate satellite communication systems

install and operate digitized high frequency, very high frequency, and ultra high frequency radios

manage Local Area Network and Local Distribution Network

use fiber optic cable in transmitting information

perform duties of a System Administrator

generate cryptographic keying and operate cryptographic equipment

coordinate circuit restoral on communications and information networks

perform information system administration duties

plan communication services

sites and erect all types of antennae

Actually radios are a little smaller... still fit on the back.

I have a brother in law, and about four good friends at home for Christmas, and being sent to Iraq in Feb. or late Jan. as well, Captain Bunny.

Those four friends are 10th Mountain, and my Brother in law is 101st Airborne.

May god be with them.

Thanx Ninty9

Those guys are like Computer techs in war. They seem pretty usefull for now a day armies.

Keep in mind that is what a Canadian SO does. I'm sure a British or American SO is basically the same.

Great. Which means I know where I'll be in Febuary, too.

[quote="ST_Bazooka_Joe":76edc]Great. Which means I know where I'll be in Febuary, too.[/quote:76edc]

well good luck. hope you get to make my sig come true.

[quote="Cpt. Zapotoski":04744]Actually radios are a little smaller... still fit on the back.

I have a brother in law, and about four good friends at home for Christmas, and being sent to Iraq in Feb. or late Jan. as well, Captain Bunny.

Those four friends are 10th Mountain, and my Brother in law is 101st Airborne.

May god be with them.[/quote:04744]
W00t 10th Mountain!



*ahem* Also Bunny, in BHD, Galentine doesnt die...hehe

Great...they will probably call my inactive ass up when the shit starts flying. Dammit, I just had a year to go. hake:

that sux.. at least bush doesnt look like a chimp... hake:

Re: Armies in Iraq by Febuary 2003
 

[quote="Captain Bunny":88854][quote=r3mix]not scary.... just dumb..... someones been talking shit to you pal.[/quote:88854]

why is it so hard to beleive?
Would you pass off tommy lee jones in rules of engagement for saying "the average life expectancy of a 2nd luitenent(i think) dropped into a hot LZ during vietnam was 16 seconds, 16 fucking seconds"
as shit? well you probably would but who gives a fuck.

signals is part of "radio operator" and havent you ever noticed that in war films the guy carrying the radio always gets killed?

Its not bullshit, its statistics taken from world war 2 all the way up to the present day.[/quote:88854]

yeah i got that a signals operator was the guy with the big radio on his back. what i dont know is the official title for the guy with the stopwatch. get the point ?

even if there was an infantry position like 'pointman' who was always the guy in fornt who the enemy always killed first even he wouldnt average 3 seconds.

cmon man use your head.

and as for your movie quote it was 16 minutes and based on nothing more solid than what the director got the actor to say based on the screenplay that was based on a book.

3 seconds doesnt mean the second you are out on the field you have 3 seconds before you die. 3 seconds is when there is a firefight and the enemy is shooting at you, your average time before you are singled out and shot is 3 seconds. the machinegunner in vietnam had an average of 10 seconds.

jesus you keep talking about vietnam.
tell me in the US troops deployed to vietnam who was the guy sent on patrols nsuch who didnt fight he just ran a stopwatch noting down how long it took people to die?

if you think that its plausable an average time to live in battle was 3 or 10 seconds -- implying that everyone always died and did so varying slightly above and below these times -- then i wonder if you believe these times werent made up and there was actually somone timing them with a stopwatch.

get your hand off it.