Which members of Wordforge have actual combat experience in the military?

Out of curiousity.

 

My role was pretty much to say "Kirov is at these coordinates. Go sink her."

 

One combat tour in Iraq, several different airfields supporting three units - thus three combat patches! One semi-combat tour in Bosnia.

 

Given that the U.S. never engaged the Kirov in combat (correct me if I'm wrong) then I assume you are referring to some kind of gaming situation which does not apply to this situation.

Note, when I say "combat" I'm referring to being fired upon by hostile forces with deadly weapons and subsequently returning fire at hostile forces. (order of fire may be reversed though).

 

OK, there's one Wordforger............

 

Oh, I never returned fire. I don't carry a mortar launcher or IED in my back pocket.

 

I think you have Tex and Anc for sure.

 

Close enough. I assume by "combat tour" that you mean you were assigned to a combat zone and received combat pay. I think we can roll with that.

 

That's where it gets complicated. There's "combat pay" then there's "hostile fire pay." And by "fired upon" there's direct and indirect fire. Regardless, if you're getting either or both you are in a "no alcohol" area, so there are no winners in that situation.

 

I have plenty of Kombat experience.

 

"Finish him."

 

If combat were a video game a blind five year old would destroy me. Trust me, shooting real weapons is WAY easier and more intuitive than video games. Then again I'm old.

 

No, I'm referring to if the balloon ever really went up, the Soviet navy would have lasted maybe a week. Except for the subs. Those were a bit more difficult to find.

 

So your answer is "No combat experience" correct.?

Because IIRC the balloon never went up and the Kirov was last seen as a rusting hulk near Murmansk

 

If you carefully read my first response, you will see that I said my role was not combat. I pointed at bad guys and said "over there."

 

I survived the Cola Wars.

 

No military combat experience, but I have PTSD from the ongoing Television Ratings War.

 

Arms were deployed against me on a foreign soil. I single handedly defused an international powderkeg and negotiated a peaceful settlement by sticking my hands up and surrendering unconditionally.

I guess diplomacy is in my blood.

 

Does doing your mother without a rubber and living to tell the tale count as surviving combat?

 

Well, I played a shitload of Call of Duty...

 

White people.....
My ass answered the Call of Booty bitches!

 

Wouldn't it have been somewhat more pleasurable and practical if your penis had answered instead?

 

Dayton said penis.

 

And thus we learn your real name: "L'Homme Peur de ses Chaussures."

 

Dude...I did that kind of shit on my off-duty time just for kicks!

 

MAOHS, you have your settings to keep you logged in? I'm very tempted to change your name to your French version now...

 

Hey! I saved LIVES!

 

I worked in Newark for a year.

 

He didn't ask which Wordforgers have experience being tortured.