I'm in the army now......

[Stargazer]

hello, snusing friends all over the world. 8)

I haven't been posting here for a wile.
An dthe reason for that is the fact that I'm serving my
year in the army.

here in Norway we have mandotary military service.

Right now I'm having my first weekend off, and
here I'm posting again.
I bought a laptop yesterday, so I will be posting regulary
again hopefully, if I get the time.

to your information.

[chainsnuser]

Welcome back and sincere condolences!

Cheers!

[Stargazer]

it's not that bad.

But the march I had to go through to get my black beret
was rather unplesant.

If people are interrested in military life I can post ocasinal updates
in this thread.

[The Wolf]

Is the full year mandatory in Norway? Us Finns have a mandatory of six months nowadays (used to be the full year) but obviously you can be there much longer if you want to.

[lxskllr]

It's good to see ya back Stargazer. I'd definitely be interested in hearing how things are going. Keep us updated :^)

[Stargazer]

Is the full year mandatory in Norway? Us Finns have a mandatory of six months nowadays (used to be the full year) but obviously you can be there much longer if you want to.

yeah it's a full 12 months.

but you have a lot of time off.


And the thing is that very few get called in for service after the
first level of prossesing. Most get siffed out for a reason or another.

And it's really easy to get away from too, if you really want to.

But I never bothered to try, and kind of wanted to do my year for king
and country.



I will try to update when there is something interresting going on.
tell a few stories and sutch. pictures also maybe.

[Zero]

A bit of military training isn't so bad, as long as you're not at war, of course. 8) Welcome back, though, mate - good to see you're alive and well.

[drippingdream]

Wow, we Americans seem to have it lucky. We have mandatory service only once a draft is implemented, and we're called upon.

[Stargazer]

been back for a few days now.

got the weekend off.
Then on Monday it's off to a two week excersise
where will will be living in tents and doing "war-games".
Some dutch and british soldiers are here to play along.

I have the responsability (together with som other guys)
to run and mentain the comand site.
when where not out in the forest, I'll be in charge of the
weapons and expensive crap that my skvadron has.
Things like night optics, normal high powered optics
and alike.

since I'm not a "normal" patrol man, I'll be sleeping in a better tent
and getting a slightly easier life (physicly that is), but I'm
in charge of milions of kroners worth in gear.

on a more snus forum friendly note, I got a little pocket for
snus to put on my battle vest. quite neat but, it neads some usage
to make the can fitt snugly.

ps. the internet on the barraks are out, so I'm using the computer in
the cafeteria. Hoping it will be back up in two weeks time, so that I can
use my own computer instead of this shit.

[STORM6490MT]

Good luck you you in your military service. I'd say we should do the same in America but the U.S. is used by Israel and other foreign interests to fight their wars. So, it would just get our kids killed for profit. I was 11-B infantry from 1995-2001. It probably kept me from a life of heavy drugs and crime. I don't regret it. But, I wouldn't suggest it to anybody!

Try to stay high and dry.

Nick

[The Wolf]

I just got the 'invitation to army' papers yesterday. So that means I'll be going to the army either in July 2009 or January 2010. They sure don't wait till the last minute when it comes to sending the invitation papers.

[chainsnuser]

I just got the 'invitation to army' papers yesterday

Civilised people! I'd send them a cancellation with deep regret and best regards. :lol:

Cheers!

[lxskllr]

I just got the 'invitation to army' papers yesterday

Civilised people! I'd send them a cancellation with deep regret and best regards. :lol:

Cheers!

LoL :^D

[The Wolf]

I just got the 'invitation to army' papers yesterday

Civilised people! I'd send them a cancellation with deep regret and best regards. :lol:

Cheers!

LoL :^D

LoL, indeed. Six months of jail doesn't quite appeal to me, so I guess I'll stick with the army.

[Stargazer]

came back a week ago from two weeks in a tent.

"playing" war for the most of the time.

got our asses wipped by some british marines, and kicked the ass of
the royal guard. They got lost in the mountains and made them selves
look like idiots. they came 4 hours late, and used 1,5 hours to take our position.
They where aprox. 115, we where like 16 - 30 men.

the only thing they know is how to fold clothes and salute really preaty.

update:

apart from that, I'll been working a lot.
Lot of late nights and missed meals. But generaly it's allright.
Going home tomorrow, willprobably pack in a little wile,
but now I'm relaxing at the computer listening to some music,
and having a big snus of course.