Intro TheMess.Net Landing Page

[Bombardier]

So, hello. Moving over for a mooch since the Mess is soon to be kaput....

Seems I made an account in 2015, don't remember that!

Yes 2015, well anyway glad to have you aboard mate, I have applied you Mess.Net banner

 

[digrar]

My Nephew - Royal Marine killed in Afghanistan in 2010 serving with Charlie Company 40 Commando (thats him in my profile Pic and there are more photos and information about him on the site.

Sorry to hear about Paul, he died the same day as my mate Tim Aplin, only about 50km away in a helicopter crash in Shah Wali Kot. 2010 was a S**t year, my battalion lost 7 guys who were serving in the battalion, attached to it, or had previously served in it that year.


On a lighter note, my thoughts with your old man, two drop shorts in the family, imaging going to the Para reunions and having to tell that story, twice!

 

[Bombardier]

Thanks mate his loss was and still is a huge shock to us all.
I am sorry about your mate Tim too , Always remembered though eh

On a lighter note, my thoughts with your old man, two drop shorts in the family, imaging going to the Para reunions and having to tell that story, twice!

PMSL yes mate he hated it and we did give him some S**t too

 

[digrar]

Tim pops up in conversation all the time. There is a pretty iconic photo of him with two other Commandos in a land rover in Afghanistan, which we were just talking about the other day on here. All three died in separate incidents on later deployments, with the last one, Cameron Baird VC MG earning a VC posthumously.

 

[Bombardier]

Just reading about Cameron on Wiki

Cameron Baird - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[digrar]

Dude was a mega star, he would have played league footy if he had of waited one more year instead of running off to join the army.

 

[BravoZulu]

Great bio's there @Marsch and @downsizer , welcome aboard

 

[Junglejim]

Might as well, from MP.net to themess and now here... from the Philippines dont have a military background just kinda hovered around them for a few years due to friends. Flew an Air force basic jet trainer once though and had a little help in getting those things to be switched to a glass cockpit.

Used to spout BS for a living, and then lie to people specially women... combined those two and became a bus driver.

 

[TheKiwi]

TheKiwi, also, TheKiwi on MP.net and TheKiwi on TheMess.

No military service under my belt. I did spend 2 years looking after IT for the British Ministry of Defence back in the very late 1990's which sent me to pretty much every army barracks, air base and navy dockyard in England, Wales and Scotland. Just don't ask me what colour the boathouse is at Hereford.

When I'm not looking after IT for various folks in NZ, Australia, Indonesia and China, I do a bit of hunting/pest control, play various computer and wargames and generally nerd about.

 

[BravoZulu]

Welcome to MI.net @Junglejim and @TheKiwi , glad to have you both

 

[Bombardier]

@TheKiwi & @Junglejim welcome to MI.Net its great to have you aboard

 

[Junglejim]

Thanks for the welcome... oh nd if this site needs funds, then maybe i can chip in. Was gonna offer Themess then it was shutdown.

As for the avatar, grand uncle and his son. One of the coolest guy I ever met. 3rd gen of Spaniards in the southern part of the Philippines, in the middle of muslim territory. Kept those guys at bay and fought in the USAFFE... captured early on and survived being released blindfoled in an open field and told to run as the Japanese opened up on them while they were running.

 

[Bombardier]

Thanks @Junglejim sites like ours always need money to offset costs (which seem to get higher each year)

One way members can contribute if they wish (not compulsory I may add) is to become MI.Net supporters. basically $15 for a year and you get something back for that rather than just a simple donation. see the attached link that will explain it better.

Site help - Mi.net Supporters

In an attempt to generate some revenue to assist with ever increasing server fees, Content delivery Network and software upgrades we have created the possibility for you to upgrade you account. What will this give you A nice 'Mi.Net Supporter' Banner (see pic below) Create your own custom...

www.militaryimages.net

 

[Jake84]

Alright jeez I feel like telling a tad more about me than what I’ve wrote before in this thread. TheMess community being welcomed pretty warmly I can do better.

I’m 35 year old, I was a high school dropout around 17 year old and for my last year in school had in mind to join up the military which I did before even turning 18 (you can sign up right at 17 yo and a half in France)

During BCT I was therefore the youngest amongst the rookies. I did pretty well as I had a minimal education and some military knowledge before.

However the life in the barracks afterwards wasn’t as much interesting, sadly. I’m pretty much a loner or so I was then and didn’t like being in a contingent with dozen and dozen other fellas, even though I got along with some of them.

Hence I can’t call myself a soldier, I quit the army to go back to the civilian life which suit me better. These months spent in the army remain an experience many millennials nowadays have no clue about so.

These days working as an secretary with some accountant work to do as a civil servant. Don’t make an awesome living but I live decently enough.

Cheers

 

[Bombardier]

Nice intro @Jake84 , you gave the military a go a learnt from the experience however short and I admire your honesty about your feelings about serving. Nice one bud

 

[Bombardier]

Hey @Junglejim I see you have upgraded your account

Thank you very much for your support I hope the extra permissions are good for you and your banner is looking slick

 

[Junglejim]

The extra perks are nice, but would have done it, anyway. Its a life boat for some of us and as our ships keep sinking the crew keeps getting smaller, so you either practice swimming or help keep the ship afloat.

 

[BravoZulu]

Thanks for the welcome... oh nd if this site needs funds, then maybe i can chip in. Was gonna offer Themess then it was shutdown.

As for the avatar, grand uncle and his son. One of the coolest guy I ever met. 3rd gen of Spaniards in the southern part of the Philippines, in the middle of muslim territory. Kept those guys at bay and fought in the USAFFE... captured early on and survived being released blindfoled in an open field and told to run as the Japanese opened up on them while they were running.

Mindanao @Junglejim ? My wife is from Davao and we will be moving there in about 4 years

 

[Mordoror]

Hello all
Another refugee from old dead mp.net and soon to die TheMess.net
Short introduction :
Frenchman of Macedonian origin
Military experience limited to national service in French Army in 1996 (151st Infantry Regiment : a mechanized contact unit - with a field nurse speciality)
Actually Univ Associate Professor specialized on infectious and tropical diseases (mostly parasites and fungi)
A bit of History nerd and interested in global geopolitics
Happy to see that the refugee raft is full and some old heads are surviving the TheMess.net crash
Happy to be also on a new board, some freshness will be cool (and help to vent the old fart smell we bathed in on the other board ;-))

 

[BravoZulu]

Alright jeez I feel like telling a tad more about me than what I’ve wrote before in this thread. TheMess community being welcomed pretty warmly I can do better.

I’m 35 year old, I was a high school dropout around 17 year old and for my last year in school had in mind to join up the military which I did before even turning 18 (you can sign up right at 17 yo and a half in France)

During BCT I was therefore the youngest amongst the rookies. I did pretty well as I had a minimal education and some military knowledge before.

However the life in the barracks afterwards wasn’t as much interesting, sadly. I’m pretty much a loner or so I was then and didn’t like being in a contingent with dozen and dozen other fellas, even though I got along with some of them.

Hence I can’t call myself a soldier, I quit the army to go back to the civilian life which suit me better. These months spent in the army remain an experience many millennials nowadays have no clue about so.

These days working as an secretary with some accountant work to do as a civil servant. Don’t make an awesome living but I live decently enough.

Cheers

Great intro @Jake84 and don't worry mate, you gave it a go in the military and it wasn't for you. I hope that you've managed to get into something you like to do now but take it from me.....if you're not happy doing what you do, then make the great leap and go and be happy and damn the torpedo's man!