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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Sandwich on February 06, 2005, 10:31:50 pm

Title: Later Alligators
Post by: Sandwich on February 06, 2005, 10:31:50 pm: Feb 7th - Mar 2nd. IDF reserves. I'll try to get good pictures, although it's the same place I was at last year, and it was pretty boring. Not that that's a bad thing, mind you... ;)

Cya!
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Post by: Taristin on February 06, 2005, 10:42:18 pm: Safe Trip, deli appetizer. ;)
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Post by: Stealth on February 06, 2005, 11:22:09 pm: awww hell man, a whole month without getting online? dammit...

well, take care, don't get hurt :) and don't just decide not to show up
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Post by: Nuke on February 06, 2005, 11:46:31 pm: sleep with a few iraqi chicks while you are there. im curious if there really as good in bed as they say they are :D
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Post by: WMCoolmon on February 07, 2005, 12:37:25 am: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Spoiler:
Look at Sandwich's icon

Pics are good...try to get some if you fire any guns or something. :D

...:lol:
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Post by: Turnsky on February 07, 2005, 12:38:32 am: get some pics of "live fire" exercises... or at least something blowing up... even an outdoor loo detonating in a firery inferno would be a laugh ;)
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Post by: Knight Templar on February 07, 2005, 03:07:32 am: See you soon, and bring us back some good pics!
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Post by: Liberator on February 07, 2005, 12:46:49 pm: Be safe, my friend!
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Post by: Gloriano on February 07, 2005, 12:57:23 pm: Be safe and don't get too bored!
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Post by: übermetroid on February 07, 2005, 01:00:05 pm: bring back some good pictures!
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Post by: Unknown Target on February 07, 2005, 01:13:18 pm: Safe trip, and best of luck! :)
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Post by: Grey Wolf on February 07, 2005, 09:12:07 pm: As I said to Cheschire over at WS, good luck, and take care of yourself.
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Post by: WeatherOp on February 07, 2005, 09:25:59 pm: Be careful and kick some bad guy butt.:)
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Post by: Corsair on February 07, 2005, 09:31:47 pm: Have fun man. Try not to shoot too many people.
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Post by: Rictor on February 07, 2005, 10:52:19 pm: See ya Sandy, watch out for AWP whores and campers.
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Post by: Thrilla on February 07, 2005, 11:04:17 pm: Nothing worse than a camper on the battlefield. There needs to be more strafing and shooting all while reloading your pistol with one hand! What!?!? You don't fight like in Halo 2? Pftt...You guys gotta get cool skillz.
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Post by: Carl on February 07, 2005, 11:18:10 pm: when you shoot someone, make sure to grab his ammo before he respawns.
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Post by: Fineus on February 08, 2005, 03:16:24 am: Nuts to that, bravado gets you killed. Find yourself a nice Battlefield repair pad and a tank and stay there. Let the targets come to you!
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Post by: Clave on February 08, 2005, 05:28:45 am: ^what he said.
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Post by: Setekh on February 08, 2005, 06:44:11 am: Shalom to you, man. :)
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Post by: vyper on February 08, 2005, 07:11:51 am: There goes the peace process ;) :D

Be safe Sandwich.
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Post by: Gortef on February 08, 2005, 07:37:23 am: Have a safe trip
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Post by: Thrilla on February 08, 2005, 11:39:10 am: Be sure to get on there spawn point and shoot them as they respawn. That way they won't have a chance! And then wave the flag of victory with its big red letters of PWNED!!!!
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Post by: mitac on February 08, 2005, 12:13:59 pm: Well, since you're gone by now and won't read any good wishes, I'd rather say "Welcome back!". ;)
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Post by: WMCoolmon on February 08, 2005, 05:49:40 pm: I hope he remembers to not press F10.
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Post by: InfernoGod on February 08, 2005, 07:11:38 pm: See ya, Sandwich. Don't forget your Subach. And don't forget your smile.
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Post by: Hippo on February 08, 2005, 07:23:59 pm: Come back in one peice!
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Post by: Sandwich on February 09, 2005, 01:28:15 pm: OK, the IDF needs to get it's act together... not that I'm complaining! :lol:

Monday morning I report in to base, and we start training. Firing ranges, movement in built-up areas, etc - all in pouring rain. Go to sleep around 11pm, wake up the next day at 6:30am for a morning of the same. Around noon most of the commanders and sergents leave to tour around the area we'll be patrolling, familiarizing themselves with the territory. Everyone else stays behind for some classroom lessons on first aid, radio operations, and explosive devices we can expect to encounter in the line of duty.

They also inform us that our company had 72 soldiers report in, as opposed to the 40+ in each of the other two companies. With us being assigend to a 40-man patrol area (meaning it takes 40 soldiers to fully man all the outposts and change shifts among themselves), this means that we have quite a bit of leeway with people able to get off for the various events they want to get to in civillian life (end-of-semester tests for the university students, weddings, etc). It also means that we'll be able to split the service period of a good number of the guys right down the middle; some will do the first half, some will do the second half.

That evening (Tuesday), they release most of the soldiers to go home for the night, with 6 staying behind for guard duty and to load up the truck the next morning. I'm among those that go home.

Our assigned area is snuggled in between the northern Jerusalem neighborhood of Pisgat Ze'ev and the Palestinian city of Ramallah. I live in Jerusalem's southern-most neighborhood, Gilo. Still, this means that there's only 2 buses between base and home - one from base to the center of town, and another from town to my home. Niceage. ;7

Anyway, Tuesday night I sleep at home, and wake up at 8:30am. I get to base around noon, where, after an overall briefing on the area, they send me out to what they call a "pillbox" - basically a 15 meter high, 3 meter wide concrete cylinder, with bullet-proof windows around the circumfrence of the top level. This post is a two-person, 24 hour shift. We lock ourselves in there for 24 hours, switching between resting and watching over the very busy checkpoint below us as we see fit.

2 hours later, I get a call on my cell from the guy in charge of making all the lists - the guard duty lists, the who-goes-home-when lists, etc. He asks me if I would mind splitting up my time - going home for the first half, until the 20th, then finishing up my service on the 2nd. "Uhh.... sure, I guess so. Why not?"

So... here I am. Home. :p :D
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Post by: Liberator on February 09, 2005, 01:40:22 pm: You are teh Lucky!!!!
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Post by: mitac on February 09, 2005, 02:12:06 pm: As I said - welcome back. :p
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Post by: WMCoolmon on February 09, 2005, 05:45:36 pm: Now you can upgrade the wiki! :p
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Post by: aldo_14 on February 09, 2005, 05:51:09 pm: EDIT; whoops. Must really learn to read before replying.......

Welcome back Sarnie. :)
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Post by: .::Tin Can::. on February 09, 2005, 08:38:36 pm: Do you know where the enemy flag is?

EDIT: Did you know?
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Post by: Knight Templar on February 10, 2005, 12:38:01 am: That was fast.