Farewell cruel world

Dedas · #1 July 30th, 2008, 04:40 AM

Those iranian soldiers are scary. Very ninja.

HoneyBadger · #2 July 30th, 2008, 12:48 PM

No, I just want to make it clear to all the women warriors out there that I'm not the enemy

sector24 · #3 July 30th, 2008, 12:48 PM

I can say with this with unwavering certainty. That is the most adorable Swedish soldier I've ever seen.

Do they make bulletproof burkhas? Perhaps if I get some venture capital together I can corner that market...

HoneyBadger · #4 July 30th, 2008, 01:00 PM

Sure, she *looks* cute, but notice they're not showing her hands? The hands holding the minigun?

And the next picture down-that Ukranian's hair is clearly a deadly weapon.

Don't let their babealiciousness fool you, people!

They're trained to kill.

Tpek · #5 July 30th, 2008, 02:04 PM

These girls are not trained to kill.
They're obviously non-combat duty (which is btw the default for girls, girls have to specifically ask to get into actual combat units).
I could kill them by just telling them the sheqem (sort of a discounted store in military bases for purchasing things such as food, drinks, sweets, and such...) is permenantly closed and they will now have to pass their days actually working.

Wraithlord: When did you serve? (you make it sound so long ago) and where? (You imply you served in a software unit, however you also said you only served 3 years... so...)

HoneyBadger · #6 July 30th, 2008, 02:26 PM

I'm pretty sure they still train them, Tpek. And anyway, if you didn't happen to notice, these are soldiers from around the world, so I'm thinking they could be trained to kill you with food, drinks, sweets, or whatever else came to hand, and you wouldn't be any the wiser until your head fell off.

JimMorrison · #7 July 30th, 2008, 05:28 PM

Quote:

Tpek said:
These girls are not trained to kill.
They're obviously non-combat duty (which is btw the default for girls, girls have to specifically ask to get into actual combat units).
I could kill them by just telling them the sheqem (sort of a discounted store in military bases for purchasing things such as food, drinks, sweets, and such...) is permenantly closed and they will now have to pass their days actually working.

Wraithlord: When did you serve? (you make it sound so long ago) and where? (You imply you served in a software unit, however you also said you only served 3 years... so...)

I'm quite certain that in America at least, there are not seperate versions of boot camp for boys and girls.

And in a few of these, for example the Chinese and Korean ladies, they sure look like they mean business (not to discount the Iranian lasses, they just scare me). Granted, in the snowy Ukrainian photo, they look like they're giggling, but women giggle to get you off your guard, trust me.

HoneyBadger · #8 July 30th, 2008, 05:38 PM

South Korea even has an elite special forces unit with a small number of female operatives, and they are apparently pretty bad-***, seeing as how they train with Delta Force and SAS, among other elite units.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/707th_Special_Mission_Unit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBfadCHaZIE

Tifone · #9 July 31st, 2008, 04:38 AM

You'll never find a more appropriate moment of the discussion to say "Make Love Not War" than now ^_^

WraithLord · #10 July 31st, 2008, 05:40 AM

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Tpek said:
Wraithlord: When did you serve? (you make it sound so long ago) and where? (You imply you served in a software unit, however you also said you only served 3 years... so...)

Yes, I served long ago, 10 years ago actually. I was supposed to serve six years as part of an academic program, but there was a time when after three years one could choose not to continue (apparently hi-tech industry was at a low and tech units in the army were more attractive or some such). I made my choice and haven't regretted it since.