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Quote: Nil Putters @ January 25 2009, 2:13 PM GMTVery.
Very good, bravo.
Quote: Gavin @ January 25 2009, 2:12 PM GMTLOL!
What Rank were you?
Specialist aka E-4. One step below sergeant. I was scheduled to be promoted to sergeant before I got out, but it would have required a 6-month extension of service and that would have meant a 30-day non-commissioned officer course which was a pain in the ass: living in the woods, doing crazy infantry stuff, etc.
Quote: DaButt @ January 25 2009, 2:28 PM GMTSpecialist aka E-4. One step below sergeant. I was scheduled to be promoted to sergeant before I got out, but it would have required a 6-month extension of service and that would have meant a 30-day non-commissioned officer course which was a pain in the ass: living in the woods, doing crazy infantry stuff, etc.
Have you done any tours?
Quote: Gavin @ January 25 2009, 2:32 PM GMTHave you done any tours?
I followed Status Quo around for a while.
I was in 'nam..... Chippenham.
And I was in 'nam. Cippenham.
Quote: Gavin @ January 25 2009, 2:32 PM GMTHave you done any tours?
Things were pleasantly peaceful back in the late eighties. I spent a few months in Panama while Noriega's thugs were harassing American troops, but I left before the invasion.
I was secretly hoping to get called back to duty during the first Gulf War, but my skills (satellite communications) weren't in great demand at the time.
Quote: DaButt @ January 25 2009, 2:49 PM GMTThings were pleasantly peaceful back in the late eighties. I spent a few months in Panama while Noriega's thugs were harassing American troops, but I left before the invasion.
I was secretly hoping to get called back to duty during the first Gulf War, but my skills (satellite communications) weren't in great demand at the time.
Ooh ooh! I saw doc the other day that basically said that all sat navs depend on one room run by the airforce somewhere in the USA. Is that why they didn't know where Bromsgrove was?
Quote: roscoff @ January 25 2009, 2:53 PM GMTOoh ooh! I saw doc the other day that basically said that all sat navs depend on one room run by the airforce somewhere in the USA. Is that why they didn't know where Bromsgrove was?
The GPS satellites are controlled by the USAF. They may be in one room, but very few critical government or military operations are without backup facilities these days. You can thank Osama bin Laden for that. 
Europe is building its own satellite navigation system, so in a few years you'll be able to blame yourselves if you get lost while driving.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_(satellite_navigation)
Quote: DaButt @ January 25 2009, 3:01 PM GMTEurope is building its own satellite navigation system, so in a few years you'll be able to blame yourselves if you get lost while driving.
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I hope for Aaron's sake it's in France.
Quote: DaButt @ January 25 2009, 3:01 PM GMTYou can thank Osama bin Laden for that.
One would have thought that we could 'blame' common sense.
Quote: roscoff @ January 25 2009, 3:05 PM GMTI hope for Aaron's sake it's in France.
I don't drive. Doesn't matter to me. 
Quote: roscoff @ January 25 2009, 3:05 PM GMTI hope for Aaron's sake it's in France.
They'll be controlled from Germany and Italy.
Quote: DaButt @ January 25 2009, 3:12 PM GMTThey'll be controlled from Germany and Italy.
Sounds like a good idea, we all know how much fun we had when those two last collaberated on something.