Irish UN Soldiers help to rescue Filipino Peacekeepers who are Under Fire

Red Nissan

Gatling wrote: »

join the infantry and die in style

I was born under a USSR Nuclear Missile, I was born under a US Nuclear Missile. I saw in the late sixties how civilians were treated by both sides.

That, my friend, would have been an attractive proposition.

Just a thought.

John Mongo

Already dead? **** that. There's no reason for Irish troops to just write themselves off.

Irish troops are better trained than the forces they're facing at the minute, they've proved countless times over the years that they won't back down from people whether it be Israeli's or Hezbollah in the Leb or a few thousand Albanians in Kosovo... They fought to the very last bullet at Jadotville against an overwhelming force, without suffering a single casualty but we sure made them pay the price for attacking us.

If anything, the likes of the Al Nusra Front should be thanking their lucky stars if they make it out of an engagement with the Irish alive.

SwiftJustice

John Mongo wrote: »

Already dead? **** that. There's no reason for Irish troops to just write themselves off.

Irish troops are better trained than the forces they're facing at the minute, they've proved countless times over the years that they won't back down from people whether it be Israeli's or Hezbollah in the Leb or a few thousand Albanians in Kosovo... They fought to the very last bullet at Jadotville against an overwhelming force, without suffering a single casualty but we sure made them pay the price for attacking us.

If anything, the likes of the Al Nusra Front should be thanking their lucky stars if they make it out of an engagement with the Irish alive.

I hope the lads are doing a better job minding their FOB out in the sandpit & keeping an eye on the oil tankers...

Wicklowrider

SwiftJustice wrote: »

I hope the lads are doing a better job minding their FOB out in the sandpit & keeping an eye on the oil tankers...

" Hey Sarge, what did ya do this morning? "
" Oh, nothing much. Just before breakfast we took a spin to tickle the jihad boys with the .5"

" Hey Swiftjustice ,what did ya do this morning?"
" Oh Nothing much, fell out of bed and tried to stir shoite on the internet."

" Hey Sarge, what ya do last year?"
"Oh, nothing much, did a tour in Sierra Leone, got in a scrap down Goz Beida way in Chad, ..."

"Hey Swiftjustice, what ya do last year?"
"Nothing much, posted shoite on the internet...."

"Hey Sarge what ya going to do next year?"
"Oh, I don't know, couple spots looking interesting out west Africa but theres a couple of spots in Eastern Europe asking for th Irish..."

" Hey Swiftjustice, what ya going to do next year?...."

Local-womanizer

Red Nissan wrote: »

I'd disagree, we usually get a liaison officer to talk to. For any reason, troops may not have access to communications to home, be that logistics, security or alert situations.

I can tell you from personal experience that the civilians won't know the full extent of any operation until they hear it from those personally involved when they are back home on leave.

I could trade a few war stories with you, maybe another thread.

I basically agree with you, I should have clarified it as anything you see in the media is bs. Unless you hear it from those who were involved you won't know the truth. The amount of bs flying around after the mowag was bit by the mine in Syria was crazy. When you actually hear what happened from those who were there it's less sensational to what you hear in the media.

And I've heard the war stories in the mess, don't worry :P