Casual Discussion Has anyone served in the military?

[Vaggos]

Hello my friends! Has anyone served in the military? I did a one year mandatory service in the Artillery division in Thebes, central Greece. I would love to hear your experiences!

 

[Foulgrim]

Hello my friends! Has anyone served in the military? I did a one year mandatory service in the Artillery division in Thebes, central Greece. I would love to hear your experiences!

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I served in the Hellenic Force of Cyprus (ELDYK) as an infantryman (machine gunner). I generally did not like Cyprus except in a few cases (eg Limassol, Paphos, Ayia Napa, Kyrenia). This country is a sandy straight with no hills or mountains. The worst you see there is the racism that the Greek soldier accepts from the Cypriots because they consider us (mainly the youth) an army of occupation. Unfortunately, the majority in Nicosia consists of immigrants (mainly Filipinos) with Greek Cypriots living on the outskirts of the capital.

 

[Vergennes]

Oui !

I gave 8 years of my life in the French army for the 1er Régiment de Hussards Parachutistes (1st Parachute Hussar Regiment,a prestigious airborne regiment,created in 1720!),gunner on the VAB.

8 years is quite a lot of time but I regret nothing,a truly amazing experience. I was deployed twice on foreign deployments,in Afghanistan in 2010 (in Kapisa) where I saw for the first time action during firefights with the Talibans. Second time was during the begining of Operation Serval in 2013 in northern Mali.

Paphos

Paphos talks to a lot of French soldiers !

Soldiers coming back from Afghanistan and Mali would spend 2-3 days there to rest and relax before flying back to France !

 

[CAN_TR]

After highschool 6 months mandatory service + additional 12 months voluntary and now in the Militia.

 

[Sinan]

6 months mandatory service

2nd Army, 6th Corps, 106.th Artillery Regiment. Gaziantep / Islahiye.