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January 8th, 2006, 09:30 AM
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Hi guys, I\'m back!
Corporal Asmala salutes you!
362 days of military service are behind now and there's no doubt it's great to be in the reserve at last.
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January 8th, 2006, 12:20 PM
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Re: Hi guys, I\'m back!
Hey, welcome back! So glad to see you made it through with all your bits and pieces still attached. 
No offense intended, but you look like a little kid playing dress up. Of course the these days all the soldiers are starting to look like little kids to me. 
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January 8th, 2006, 03:26 PM
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Re: Hi guys, I\'m back!
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No offense intended, but you look like a little kid playing dress up. Of course the these days all the soldiers are starting to look like little kids to me.
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Amen. I was inspired to look for pictures of myself in uniform... and guess what... I look like a kid playing dressup. That was a long time ago.
Guess that means we're old, eh?
Welcome back Asmala! Glad you made it in one piece. Thank you for your service.
May you live the rest of your days in peace!
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January 9th, 2006, 11:56 AM
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Re: Hi guys, I\'m back!
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No offense intended, but you look like a little kid playing dress up.
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Honestly, most of them look no older... soldiers look pretty young... Still though, his uniform looks pretty "stock". Not much field time on it, but then again you normally break out your garrison uniforms for those pics. Sigh... Those were the days...
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January 8th, 2006, 12:27 PM
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Re: Hi guys, I\'m back!
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Re: Hi guys, I\'m back!
Welcome back! Hope your stint in the military wasn't too tough. Couldn't have been, you're in one piece! 
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January 9th, 2006, 08:17 AM
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Re: Hi guys, I\'m back!
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Welcome back! Hope your stint in the military wasn't too tough. Couldn't have been, you're in one piece!
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The first half of the year was quite ordinary military service, including combat training, drills, camping in cold winter weather and other not so pleasant things. Afterwards it's surprisingly funny to reminisce how cold and unpleasant it was then, though. 
The latter half of the year was much more interesting and enjoyable since I managed to get to a special training. Mostly I installed and spliced optical fibres but I also installed some CAT5/6 and telephone cables.
After all, in a way I lost a year of my life, but in exchange I got almost an endless amount of stories. In addition now I have a common topic with every Finnish man, and believe me, a group of Finnish men can spend hours to recalling the 30 years old military service events
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January 9th, 2006, 09:34 AM
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Re: Hi guys, I\'m back!
Welcome back Asmala, that's a great camoflage uniform,.. I almost didn't see you in the pic 
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January 9th, 2006, 10:22 AM
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Welcome back in one piece and Indeed a great uniform, atleast better than I had in my Navy years.
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January 9th, 2006, 10:27 AM
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Re: Hi guys, I\'m back!
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... camping in cold winter weather and other not so pleasant things. ...
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Is there some other type of camping in Finland? 
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