LTBEWR From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 12365 posts, RR: 12 Reply 5, posted (6 years 2 months 2 weeks 3 days 3 hours ago) and read 2645 times:
Aren't you an American Citizen or Permenant Legal Resident? Did you ever have to fill out the card for Draft registraion in the USA?
You could look at the bright side, you might have a good time, you get paid, food and a free home for a while.
Go3Team From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 3266 posts, RR: 21 Reply 8, posted (6 years 2 months 2 weeks 3 days 3 hours ago) and read 2617 times:
KaiGywer From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 12043 posts, RR: 42 Reply 10, posted (6 years 2 months 2 weeks 3 days 3 hours ago) and read 2611 times:
Quoting Carmenlu15 (Reply 1): then again, you might get to play with some badass guns
I would get one of these no matter what I do:
Quoting IFEMaster (Reply 3): Dude, you wanna be a redcap? Major kudos to you sir. My dad was a redcap.
Yeah, I feel like a Bachelor in Law Enforcement would serve me better as an MP than a radioguy.
Quoting LTBEWR (Reply 5): Aren't you an American Citizen or Permenant Legal Resident? Did you ever have to fill out the card for Draft registraion in the USA?
Yeah. Selective service.
Quoting LTBEWR (Reply 5): You could look at the bright side, you might have a good time, you get paid, food and a free home for a while.
Yeah, I wouldn't mind doing it. I'd get in shape if nothing else.
Go3Team From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 3266 posts, RR: 21 Reply 11, posted (6 years 2 months 2 weeks 3 days 3 hours ago) and read 2603 times:
KaiGywer From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 12043 posts, RR: 42 Reply 12, posted (6 years 2 months 2 weeks 3 days 3 hours ago) and read 2604 times:
KaiGywer From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 12043 posts, RR: 42 Reply 13, posted (6 years 2 months 2 weeks 3 days 3 hours ago) and read 2587 times:
Go3Team From United States of America, joined Mar 2004, 3266 posts, RR: 21 Reply 14, posted (6 years 2 months 2 weeks 3 days 3 hours ago) and read 2587 times:
I guess that shoots some of your plans to shit. How long would you have to serve?
KaiGywer From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 12043 posts, RR: 42 Reply 17, posted (6 years 2 months 2 weeks 3 days 3 hours ago) and read 2568 times:
Quoting Go3Team (Reply 14): How long would you have to serve?
One year. After the one year I can sign up for more if I want to make a military career (I have thought about it)
KaiGywer From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 12043 posts, RR: 42 Reply 18, posted (6 years 2 months 2 weeks 3 days 3 hours ago) and read 2555 times:
KaiGywer From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 12043 posts, RR: 42 Reply 20, posted (6 years 2 months 2 weeks 3 days 2 hours ago) and read 2531 times:
Quoting AsstChiefMark (Reply 19): If you have a degree, doesn't that make you at least a Fenrik or Løytnant?
KaiGywer From United States of America, joined Oct 2003, 12043 posts, RR: 42 Reply 24, posted (6 years 2 months 2 weeks 3 days 2 hours ago) and read 2481 times:
Quoting AsstChiefMark (Reply 22): Well, that just sucks. I was thinking about setting up an a.net MSP meet with your help.
There's still time
Quoting ManuCH (Reply 23): OK, stupid question... isn't a Norwegian citizen permanently residing abroad exempted from conscription?
Not sure. Probably would have helped had I informed the Norwegian government that I moved though....
911, where is your emergency?
25 ME AVN FAN: NOT a stupid question, but a highly justified one, as that is so in case of Swiss citizens with permanent residence abroad. I know somebody who emigr
26 AirCop: How long is a tour of duty in Norway? Might open up some doors for you in the future.
27 Wrighbrothers: Well, I've done a few training exercises with our military out in the field (as an infantryman and radioman too), and the army isn't too bad, as long
28 KaiGywer: One year I know. I'll do whatever I have to do, but would like to make it somewhat useful anyways.
29 LASOctoberB6: im right there with ya i see you two have a history.....
30 FlyDeltaJets87: Would joining a US Military branch exempt you from service to the Norwegian Armed Services? If so, you should join the US Air Force. Improve your
31 Carmenlu15: Well, I can't see what you might be referring to, other than having to deal with Kai's screwups here at support (ah, the joys of being head crew...)
33 MDorBust: Don't believe it when they try to tell you that MPs are a non combat role. Everyone who gets deployed turns into a combat role. Anywho, looks like yo
34 Jwenting: which is exactly why you're not going to be one. Welcome to the world of military intelligence as applied to allocation of personel Possibly, they'd
35 ManuCH: I don't know Norwegian laws, but can't you still inform them and postpone/cancel it? How old was he when he moved back? In Switzerland there's a maxi
36 AsstChiefMark: Maybe he wants to go. It would look good on a CV.
37 ManuCH: Could be ... probably I wrongly assumed that he didn't want to go because of what he said in his original post ("They want me to do this" vs "But I w
39 AsstChiefMark: Police officers with a military background have one-up on those without. It wouldn't really matter in which western NATO country it was served.
40 Scooter01: Been there, done that... Actually, I have only good memories from the 15 months I spent as an Air Force MP in Norway. ( but that was 35 years ago -tim
41 ShyFlyer: Wow, I can't even get recruiters in the US to return my calls.
43 WildcatYXU: Well, isn't it great being a citizen of a country that doesn't have mandatory military service? None of my two home countries has it...I'm too old no
44 ME AVN FAN: 28, has been so at least since the 1920ies -- I knew somebody who paid Swiss military taxes between 1925 and 1965
45 ManuCH: You're right if we're talking about MP. But I sort of understood that KaiGywer might have to do his plain-vanilla mandatory military service (not in
46 YOWza: Redcap to a Brit is the Paras. That picture seems to show a couple wet behind the ears MPs. KaiGwyer, I have on more than one occasion read posts of
47 MD11Engineer: Nope, the British Royal Military Police wear red berets respectively the old Service Dress cap (left over from the WW1 uniform) with a red cover over
48 LASOctoberB6: well yea, thats sorta what i was referring to...
49 KaiGywer: Just living abroad might be enough...as long as they KNOW I live abroad With a picture from the UK? Hehe, I've seen that before. Definately funny Nor
50 Wrighbrothers: That is very true, but some people (I guess because it does look a ed in some photos) do call them the 'red caps'. Oh, and just to nit pick, for the
51 KaiGywer: Once I get my official letter with information on when and where to meet, I can apply for reassignment. The letter I got yesterday is just a warning
52 DL021: Seriously....I'm assuming you're going to honor your obligations to your country and serve, so let me offer by best wishes on that. Any job you get, w
53 KaiGywer: I am pretty sure I will. If they need me, I will go, if they tell me not to bother, I might still ask to go. If nothing else, I'd get in another shap
54 YOWza: I stand corrected. Well the subtext of certain earlier posts in this thread hinted at some hesitation. Do keep us posted, I'd really like to know wha
55 Miamiair: At least, It will keep you from post whore-ing for a while.
56 KaiGywer: I don't mind serving, in fact I kinda want to. I just rather do something worthwhile (to me) while I'm there. Psht, they have computers
57 MD11Engineer: I don't know if it applies to the US and Norway, but Germany will accept any military service done in another NATO country as equal to conscription in
58 KaiGywer: My lovely firewall doesn't allow YouTube. I'll check it out later
59 AsstChiefMark: Croatia, Albania, somewhere near Romania It's Euro and NATO, why the hell do we go Priština, blew up huh, head for Macedonia I'll race ya Somewhere
60 Skidmarks: We used to call the Military Police "Monkeys" and the RAF Police "Snowdrops". Neither garnered a great deal of respect from normal servicemen! And an
61 ME AVN FAN: that was in the 18th century. You ought to update. Here the map in question : - true, most soldiers on earth detest the Military Police
62 FlyDeltaJets87: The Air Force operates out of bases in the UK. RAF Lakenheath and RAF Mildenhall to name two. Oh, I was thinking "PIMP". Depends on the branch. If it
64 KaiGywer: Ah shush on you! Well, Andy is going from his elementary school education, which was in those times Because they get caught something they shouldn't
65 KaiGywer: Telemarksbataljonen rules! How the hell did you find this?
66 IFEMaster: Wrong. Redcap to a Brit is the Royal Military Police. Well in all fairness, my dad took the easy way out. After serving 2 years as a redcap, he becam
67 Usair320: I would like to do this: But im in my office. On the bright side I will be flying a Cessna 150 tommorrow.
68 Wrighbrothers: My grandad actually got 2 warnings from the Military Police (bearing in mind this was just post-WW2). Once, for not wearing his uniform properly. He
69 Highpeaklad: Someone in the UK was born in France when his parents were on holiday. When he was on holiday in France twentysomething years later he was arrested by
70 KaiGywer: Same in Norway Reminds me of when I was in Nijmegen for the Vierdaagse. We had green berets (standard army uniform) and the Americans thought we were
72 Queso: Wow Kai, I don't know whether to say I'm sorry since you've built a life here in the States or to say HELL YEAH for the opportunity that this brings!
73 Lewis: Ha! A G3. That's the one we use in the army as well. Don't like them.
74 ME AVN FAN: The one in Switzerland, which is, by those doing the "repetition courses", up to the age of 42, kept at home when out of service : - and THIS was the
75 WestJetYQQ: Being an MP would be so cool! I love the Canadian MP Uniforms! Cheers Carson
76 Falstaff: I have a Norwegian Army coat, that I got at the Surplus store by my house. It is the warmest coat ever. I also have a few Norwegian Army shirts. They
77 RootsAir: ahh my FASS90.... I nearly always get the distinction when I do 300m shooting with this machine! I only like shooting on a target but I suck big time
78 ME AVN FAN: while I always just came up a few points above the absolute minimum. Suppose some animals on the Uetliberg are still scared ever since !
79 QANTASforever: I'd rather be doing this.... On behalf of innocent bystanders everywhere, please stay away from firearms. QFF
80 KaiGywer: Only live once, make the best out of it Thanks, I will do that And even if I go, I'll do everything I can to make BHM. I like it
81 FlyDeltaJets87: You can do that if you're in the right branch (Air Force). My mom's annual tour one year with the Air Force Reserve was to Hickam AFB in Hawaii.
82 Skidmarks: One story I have shows the difference between the Air Force "Snowdrops" and the Army "Redcaps (Monkeys)". One evening my ex-wife and I are sitting in
83 KaiGywer: All military police in Norway is under the army, regardless of what base you're on.
84 KevinL1011: Aw Dude! That must hurt. I'm glad mine was done right after I was born. Signed, BABs
85 ME AVN FAN: well, here some definitions : - con·script (knskrpt) n. One compulsorily enrolled for service, especially in the armed forces; a draftee. adj. Enrol
87 KaiGywer: I finally heard back from them today. I had emailed them, saying I would like to transfer to MP. They wrote back and said due to my age, I can get wai
88 ME AVN FAN: No one can make this decision for you. Whenever MY personal choice here would be clear. The service might bring some interesting experiences, but at
89 KaiGywer: I know. It would be a great experience, but I'm not sure I could survive financially. I'll have to think about i
90 ZBBYLW: If you are torn about it, there is part of you that wants to do it. You are young right now, I would do it if I were you, you never know what you mig
91 Thom@s: "Watch me hit that MP's red hat..." Thom@s
92 PLANAR: Are you by any chance gay? If yes, then I suppose its good news for you, atleast if you are one here in US.... Don't ask, Don't tell, Don't Donate. Ba
93 KaiGywer: I'm lost. What does this have to do with me being called to the Norwegian army?
94 PLANAR: Sorry! Just a consolatory illusion I was trying to build. Whats the latest update on your situation?
95 KaiGywer: Still thinking. I do want to serve, but don't know if I could afford it. My mother offered to possibly lend me $30-40,000 though, to pay down student
96 Thom@s: I remember getting a cool £10 a day in the Air Force. (£12 after becoming corporal, woohoo...) From what I hear the salaries are slightly better now
97 ME AVN FAN: I thought your problem over, and as you apparently do NOT mind uniforms, would recommend you to GO and take it up ! -
98 MCOflyer: Well, do what you have to do. Only you can make the decision. Good luck. MCOflyer
99 Itsjustme: Not necessarily. It depends on the department. Some want their officers fresh from their academy - free of any bad habits.
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