Hey Adrian,
You made Corporal five times? Here in the US only the most unusual soldiers get to
make
Corporal more than once. Dare I ask how you qualified for such distinction?
David Weiser
Vancouver, WA
The Larrikin wrote:
> Hey Fani,
> > This subject is of very big interest for our trailrangers here in Germany.
> > We do still have an obligatory service. You can choose between Military and
> > community service. So our older trailrangers already have to decide which
> > one they are going to choose.
> I'm caught in the cross-fire on this. My Outpost is located near an Royal Australian
> Airforce Base and some of my boys have fathers in the RAAF. I believe there is
> nothing wrong with serving in the Military as long it is where God called you to be.
>
> > I have done my service one year ago and I really liked it. First I served in
> > an battalion of armour and afterwards in MechInf.
> Hey, we have something in common, I sent 3 years driving M113A1's around and loved
> every minute of it. I was the driver and later crew commander of 'Charlie' vehicle.
>This is
> the lead carrier. He is responsible to see any ambushes and get the grunts (infantry)
> to check it out. Basically he is responsible for the entire Squadron of 5 carriers.
>He
> calls the shots.
> > But for other young people who don't want to serve in the army this can
> > appear as a problem as they have to hand in a written argument, why they
> > can't do a military service.
> I have been an Objector as well. During the Vietnam War the Australian Government a
> 'lottery system' for selecting men to go into the Army. Each 6 months they would draw
> 50 dates from a barrel and if one of them was your birthday you were called up. They
> also had ways men could defer they call up by either being at University, a Firemen,
> Policeman or Ambulance Officer. The rich were able to buy places at Uni's for the
>sons
> and keep them there until the draft ended in 1972. This meant that those from the
> poorer families who could not afford the $10000 for Uni were called up. I believed
>in one
> in, all in, so I refused to register for conscription. I sent 18 months on the run
>for the
> Commonwealth Police. I faced 2 years in jail.
>
> It wasn't until 78 that I joined the Royal Australian Army and served for 3 years. I
>was a
> qualified Marksmen, at 750 yards I could put a bullet between someone's eyes. I
> served as weapons instructor. I reached the rank of Corparal five times.
> When I became a Christian I could not justify my position with my faith and asked for
> and was granted a discharge from the Army.
>
> So I can see both sides the debate and believe that if you do not act in faith then
>you
> are wrong. God will call certian people to serve as his witness in the Armed Forces,
> while others He will call to other areas.
>
> There's a storm coming, our Storm.
> PROCLAIMING GOD'S LOVE TO A DYING WORLD
> Say to the captives, 'come out,' and those in darkness, 'Be free!'
> Isaiah 49:9
> Love in Jesus
> Adrian Bonham aka Morning Light, The Larrikin
>
> I looked to the heavens to where God dwells
> I looked into my life to see he lives there as well.
>
> Outpost 49
> Hawkesbury Royal Rangers
> Windsor, N.S.W.
> Australia
> F.C.F. 94
> http://www.summit.net.au/~founder1/
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