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by the Military Manpower Office, for the State in her infinite wisdom, has decided that it is in the best interests of all for I to be classified, Fit For: Active Service - Class One, and therefore to fulfill the sacred duty of national defense against the tyrant and his communist hordes, to defend Free Democracy against its enemies who would seek to destroy it, and to protect our homeland from all invaders and internal enemies.

So, uh, I guess I won't be able to play any 2011 or 2012 games, seeing as I'll prolly be freezing my ass up in some mountain fortress surrounded by millions of land mines and barbed wire. :p


But I am planning on signing up for ROTC, and becoming an officer, so maybe not. :E Eh, I do hope that I get that ROTC deal, because I rather not have to join frontline infantry as a private. From what I hear, officers get all the best things out of life. Still, it's going to be a three year gap in my life, unless I decide to pursue a career in the Army or something.


(Basically, I got my conscription physcals done today; blood tests, etc. etc. the works.)
 
You should've faked insanity in the conscription interview, that's what I did.
 
Remus said:
Well, I on the other hand, answered the questions honestly and came out mentally unstable... :rolling:
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I laughed so much at this, your avatar suits it perfectly. :LOL:
 
so you wouldnt be able to play the rest of the starcraft games?

*bet you that will make change his mind*
 
<RJMC> said:
so you wouldnt be able to play the rest of the starcraft games?

*bet you that will make change his mind*
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Of course he would. The Korean military uses Starcraft as an advanced tacical combat simulator.
 
Did anyone else read the thread title in Dr. Breen's voice?

Good luck in the military. Hope you get the officer benefits.
 
The Monkey said:
You should've faked insanity in the conscription interview, that's what I did.
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Lol. :D

They kinda warned us that this goes in our citizen permanent record, so ah, a mental history might not be very good for me getting a job in the future. :p

AJ Rimmer said:
Of course he would. The Korean military uses Starcraft as an advanced tacical combat simulator.
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Lol yeah. There's an entire division in the ROK Air Force dedicated to playing Starcraft.

EDIT: Thanks all. :p

If I get the officer benefits, I won't have to go for another 3 years. If I don't, well, I gotta go next year. Like January.
 
The Monkey said:
You should've faked insanity in the conscription interview, that's what I did.
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I said I was taking another year of highschool, hoping I wouldn't have to go, but they simply said
"Come back next year"
:hmph:
Then I faked insanity.
 
how you do the "fake insanity"?

if the officer ask you a questiong you start biting his arm or something like that?
 
<RJMC> said:
how you do the "fake insanity"?

if the officer ask you a questiong you start biting his arm or something like that?
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Well I don't know how it is in your country but here, I had to complete a sort of psychological quiz where I had to answer questions or tick various aspects form a list that I think apply to my personality.
The 2 main things that made me incompatible with the military were: problems with authority and cracking easily under pressure.
 
Remus said:
Well I don't know how it is in your country but here, I had to complete a sort of psychological quiz where I had to answer questions or tick various aspects form a list that I think apply to my personality.
The 2 main things that made me incompatible with the military were: problems with authority and cracking easily under pressure.
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Wow, if it was that easy, they might as well just put a yes/no question asking if you want to join the military or not.

I assumed you had to sit there and act bipolar or give them answers that made absolutely no sense, and maybe give the interviewer creepy smiles and laugh at random, inappropriate moments.
 
Druckles said:
Put your underpants on your head, stick two pencils up your nose and say 'bibble'.
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nah I prefer biting people,if I do that they may think I am a performance artist or something like that
 
dfc05 said:
Wow, if it was that easy, they might as well just put a yes/no question asking if you want to join the military or not.

I assumed you had to sit there and act bipolar or give them answers that made absolutely no sense, and maybe give the interviewer creepy smiles and laugh at random, inappropriate moments.
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No, the real reason I wasn't conscripted was that I had already passed the admission exams to the University, so technically the conscription was suppose to be postponed until after I finished. However in the mean time the laws changed making enlisting for the army optional.
 
You could have just said that you don't like killing innocent people. I am pretty sure that would be an automatic disqualification from the army. Of course, I am just referring to Wikileaks, so I might be wrong.
 
Nothing like the military in America... you can just say to yourself one day "hey do I want to be in the military?" and if you say no, you don't have to. That is, until someone attacks and the draft re-starts. Luckily I'm headed toward the edge of the draft age so unless it happens fairly soon, I Won't have to deal with it.

However, the military in the US is a good gateway to paying for your education and getting some decent cash and experience assuming you don't get blown up. Personally I'd leverage my computer skills to get some equally mundane military task where I'm in front of a computer. The nice thing about that is that you can pretty much walk straight in to government jobs making a buttload more than I do now. It sounds like a great idea minus the part where I'd have to actually join and go through basic training.

Anyways have a good time numbers, shoot Kim Jong Il or something.
 
I got into a small argument with the woman interviewing me. God she was such a bitch.

My friends told me that she was testing me, see how I whould react and stuff. But I'm not so sure. Anyway she told me to leave. And now I'm here.
 
No.

I always come up with awesome come backs after I leave. I just told her to shut up for a moment while I talk.
Then she asked me if I even wanted to be here. Then I said No. So she said: Then get out!
And I was like, fine! And so I got out.
 
dfc05 said:
Wow, if it was that easy, they might as well just put a yes/no question asking if you want to join the military or not.

I assumed you had to sit there and act bipolar or give them answers that made absolutely no sense, and maybe give the interviewer creepy smiles and laugh at random, inappropriate moments.
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Sounds like an episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

"Charlie Gets Drafted"
 
So what are you looking at in reality? Extended boot camp? On the front at the DMZ? Were you serious about the mountain warfare bit? There's a mountain warfare base up the hill from here, and frankly that looks like a hoot (no kidding, there's a ski lift, and it's not public), as well as being located in a gorgeous setting.
 
That's good numbers, you'll be on the frontline of civilisation and Orwellian totalitarianism. I'm almost jealous.
 
Adabiviak said:
So what are you looking at in reality? Extended boot camp? On the front at the DMZ? Were you serious about the mountain warfare bit? There's a mountain warfare base up the hill from here, and frankly that looks like a hoot (no kidding, there's a ski lift, and it's not public), as well as being located in a gorgeous setting.
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2.5 years as frontline infantry in some godforsaken frozen piece of mountain fort on the DMZ (called a GP) that has no direct acess routes to it except one unpaved road.


Of course, I could go as an officer, and I might still go to that frozen place, but with more authority. :p

Or, you know, they might choose me for less hard stuff, like being a MP.
 
Doesn't an ROTC placement require a longer mandatory service period? Also, nobody likes junior officers.
 
You have chosen, or been chosen, to relocate to one of our finest remaining urban centers.
 
From the way you type you seem to speak better english than I do lol, I always have to remind myself that you are korean and you speak korean.
 
What does DMZ mean? Dead Man's Zone? NUMBERS DON'T DO IT.

So is this your dream come true? Being forced into your country's military to defend some arbitrary border against a psychopath and his army of broke desperate peons whom you don't agree with politically?
 
Your being a member of this forum that I believe we all respect, I hope you get placed somewhere where you get some forum access. It's always a pleasure to read your posts and it would be sad to lose that.
 
15357 said:
So, uh, I guess I won't be able to play any 2011 or 2012 games, seeing as I'll prolly be freezing my ass up in some mountain fortress surrounded by millions of land mines and barbed wire. :p
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Have you ever played the Game of Mines and Shells? The idea of the game is to run through a minefield whilst avoiding Artillery Bombardments. If you survive it is pretty fun
 
Remus said:
Well I don't know how it is in your country but here, I had to complete a sort of psychological quiz where I had to answer questions or tick various aspects form a list that I think apply to my personality.
The 2 main things that made me incompatible with the military were: problems with authority and cracking easily under pressure.
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Okay here we go let's see if I can make Remus lose it

Dear Remus I'm going to ban you next time you post and I'm allowed to do this because my authority is so great

Also if you don't post in the next week I'm going to kill your parents
 
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