Ridiculous things your military does

[North Defese]

What measures, tactics, weapons, armour, etc, does your military use that is reasonable in context, but to the passerby would be completely insane?

In the Defesian air force, for example, planes are not equipped with ejection seats. If the plane malfunctions or is shot down over friendly territory, the only thing a pilot can do is pray to whatever Deity he things will help him survive a crash landing. This feature was taken out of aircraft on the justification that there can be no possibility of the enemy interrogating the pilot and wrenching out valuable information from him.

[Interstellar America]

We use bullets that are thousands of years old...

[Celtica Morgland]

We dont use guns

[Bafuria]

We spend 15% of our military budget on nuclear weapons.

[Greater United Russia]

We issue a bottle of vodka in the standard rations.

[Thurask]

Upon retirement, soldiers get to keep their issued weapon and uniform.

[Celtica Morgland]

We dont use guns

PT?

We have guns but our deitys say we have to use them at the end of days against the underworlds forces and besides we are a ancient-medival era relm so we just use swords

[Diosaurtania]

We use Dinosaurs as Soldiers.

[BorderWorlds]

We give all of our soldiers powered armor.

[The Great Jecht]

Has summoners travel to Zanarkand to defeat Sin.

[Paradasea II]

Number 60 members in total.

[The Tavan Race]

The fact that fighter class ships are utilized in combat seems ridiculous when applied to almost any other species, as one large ship typically does the destructive work more efficiently and is much more defensible.

The reason for this tactic is the weaponry typically utilized against enemy craft, variously including projections of white, blue, and violet matter. Each of these weapons is designed to work equally effectively no matter the energy-holding capacity of the firer nor the shielding of the target (that is to say, effectively enough to bypass said limitations). Hence, it is most practical to have as many points from which to fire these weapons as possible, rather than focusing on speed or defenses. This is also the reason why tavan craft rarely come equipped with any sort of shielding.

[Vyan]

Well, the Vyanian guerd divisons (Soil, Sea, and Sky) don't really do anything too stupid during combat, we do let our soilders do some pretty stupid things in camp. Some examples are...

-Keeping your dependents with you (our militery budget is fairly small, so it's cheaper to support the family then up the pay)

-Use your combat knives of shaving (just make sure you use the blade attachment, please)

-Paint the inside of your tent (anything you choose)

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[Sony Vegas]

Sony Vegan male soldiers tend to call each other 'Mai Boi', and repeatedly ask, "I wonder what's for dinner...", almost a hundred times a day without rest unhindered. They also smack their daughters when they are off duty, and they abuse their sons by not feeding them. If they don't have any children, they'll usually would traditionally go beat up a purple guy on a mysterious flying carpet next door, and make the citizens of Duke Onkled scrub the floors of their house. Still, they are very exceptionally good fighters and servicemen, but our culture causes deathly stupidity, for YTP is bent on seizures, nightmares, and painful laughing!

[Sony Vegas]

Sony Vegan male soldiers tend to call each other 'Mai Boi', and repeatedly ask, "I wonder what's for dinner...", almost a hundred times a day without rest unhindered. They also smack their daughters when they are off duty, and they abuse their sons by not feeding them. If they don't have any children, they'll usually would traditionally go beat up a purple guy on a mysterious flying carpet next door, and make the citizens of Duke Onkled scrub the floors of their house. Still, they are very exceptionally good fighters and servicemen, but our culture causes deathly stupidity, for YTP is bent on seizures, nightmares, and painful laughing!

Your flag is an insult to one of the best gaming franchises ever made!

I'm sorry.

Wait, was that sarcasm?!

[Radictistan]

The Radictistani military is manned by two- and three-year conscripts despite the fact that all quotas could easily be met by volunteers.

[Mike the Progressive]

We have zeppelins. We don't have an army, an airforce, a navy or the marines. Just ZEPPELINS!

[Syloria]

our standard rifles (XM8) are bright white

[Sadislav]

Military training is proven to be 10% more dangerous than actual war. Also, each soldier has a tooth hollowed, and filled with a single pill of... Semtex.

[Xiscapia]

Xiscapian soldiers are encourage to engage in sexual intercourse while off-duty, as a method to relieve stress. However, their food and water is laced with birth control agents, so pregnancy is impossible for any member of the military, or any non-military member currently engaged in sexual intercourse with a member of the military.

Recruits in the Biohazard division are issued manuals on how to clear nests of Xenomorphs, purge Flood hordes and destroy swarms of undead. Which means they are assigned to read The Zombie Survival Guide, watch the Alien movies and play Halo 2 and Halo 3.

Some soldiers and officers also carry katana swords into battle. This is an eccentricity not encouraged by the military, but tolerated.

Also...they're kitsune...

[Shunar Bangla]

When not in war, the army marches up and down all the border lines and marches in towns like a parade. Nothing else works better to boost morale!

[Kaputer]

This Ridiculous thing called training I mean really how ridiculous is that?

[Yovon]

We make our soldiers swim in very cold waters every morning as part of training.

[Sony Vegas]

I'm sorry.

Wait, was that sarcasm?!

It wasn't, Zelda CDI was the biggest black mark on the LOZ series ever made. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZU5-3lTCDM < The horror! Real LOZ > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nvGitOjh9k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXL67YxE8bY&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JLCBB02MkA&feature=related

You ahve obviously never heard of YouTube Poop; if you did, we wouldn't be discussing this...

[Goldsaver]

-We don't fire on retreating enemies
-We don't use cruise missiles unless fired upon by them first
-A large number of other things we do would also be considered ridiculous