Drafted into the military. What field do you choose?

[Thermodolia]

F-22's can definitely be brought down by SAMs

Even Iran's allegedly anti-stealth radars couldn't detect them as they routed the Iranian F-4's that were harassing a UAV. The only possible way I can see an F-22 being shotdown by a SAM is if a lone soldier managed to camp outside a base and use a MANPAD (which is infrared guided). But even then the F-22 has counter-measures.

http://www.military.com/daily-news/2013 ... 741&rank=6

I'm talking generally here when I say SAM. And the Russians could definitely bring them down

[New Clearland]

Even Iran's allegedly anti-stealth radars couldn't detect them as they routed the Iranian F-4's that were harassing a UAV. The only possible way I can see an F-22 being shotdown by a SAM is if a lone soldier managed to camp outside a base and use a MANPAD (which is infrared guided). But even then the F-22 has counter-measures.

http://www.military.com/daily-news/2013 ... 741&rank=6

I'm talking generally here when I say SAM. And the Russians could definitely bring them down

Source?

[Tierra Prime]

Commissar.

[Hashirajima]

I *really* like ships, but I really rather not swim.

... So I suppose, seeing as I've done it AND liked it (to an extent)... I can always take up my previous post in Intel then.

[Thermodolia]

I'm talking generally here when I say SAM. And the Russians could definitely bring them down

Source?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-400_missile_system

[Ifreann]

Congratulations, you've been drafted into your countries military to wage war against an inhumane state. Think North Korea in today's world but this war will be long so you can't escape it. No ifs or buts, you can't escape the draft. The fields given to you are all combat roles meaning you'll be seeing action in varying distances - no pacifism/super safe jobs here. You have to fight in some form or another. But luckily you can choose what field of the army you would like to join (you still have to pass their respective tests), so what would it be?

Also would you like to become an officer or not?

I think I would like to helicopter pilot, preferably a transport helicopter for troops and not an attack helicopter. It's probably better than being a standard infantry grunt. Artillery sounds safe however you'd probably ruin your hearing.

Also feel free to post your own "dream field" since I know I've missed other fields like special forces.

I hate to do this but I must.

Your scenario is 100% bullshit. There is no fucking way for you to choose what job you get or what branch you will when you are drafted. They choose it for you not the other way around. Also you will have absolutely no way of becoming an officer unless you have a college degree and they need officers.

If the draft was reinstated almost all draftees would end up as army infantry, armor, or the like. You would not get to pick and choose. The only way to do that is to enlist

Additionally, whether one gets to choose what one does when one is drafted is irrelevant when one cannot be drafted into the military of one's nation, either because one isn't eligible to be drafted or because one's nation doesn't practice conscription.

[Thermodolia]

I hate to do this but I must.

Your scenario is 100% bullshit. There is no fucking way for you to choose what job you get or what branch you will when you are drafted. They choose it for you not the other way around. Also you will have absolutely no way of becoming an officer unless you have a college degree and they need officers.

If the draft was reinstated almost all draftees would end up as army infantry, armor, or the like. You would not get to pick and choose. The only way to do that is to enlist

Additionally, whether one gets to choose what one does when one is drafted is irrelevant when one cannot be drafted into the military of one's nation, either because one isn't eligible to be drafted or because one's nation doesn't practice conscription.

Also true

[Pasong Tirad]

That's by far the most British fact I know about tanks.

It's the toilet that does it too...

Ohgod British tanks have a toilet and a teamaker all it needs is a middle-aged butler and a guy in a kilt with bagpipes and we're golden.

[Theodosiya]

INDONESIAN MARINE CORPS! Infantry or Armored don't matter as long as i fight on the front.

[Frank Zipper]

Why anyone would want to be trapped in a metal box with a bagpiper is beyond me.

[Thermodolia]

It's the toilet that does it too...

Ohgod British tanks have a toilet and a teamaker all it needs is a middle-aged butler and a guy in a kilt with bagpipes and we're golden.

I'm glad that we have none of those just some XXX pics on the inside walls

[Telconi]

It's the toilet that does it too...

As for the draft, I would struggle to dodge it in any fashion. If unable to avoid it I would refuse to fight, and self sabotage if necessary.

Why would you want to doge the draft? It's your civic duty.

Honestly if I don't reenlist I'd probably be DQ'd from the draft

Because forcing a person to fight a war via threat is an absolutely terrible thing. Slave soldiers are wrong, and no amount of pomp and circumstance and flag waving 'patriots' makes a draft without the capacity to object to service anything other than the capture of slave soldiers.

[Thermodolia]

Why anyone would want to be trapped in a metal box with a bagpiper is beyond me.

Hell on earth for an English man, heaven on earth for a Scott

[New Clearland]

Source?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-400_missile_system

Other than unproven Russian claims...

[Thermodolia]

Why would you want to doge the draft? It's your civic duty.

Honestly if I don't reenlist I'd probably be DQ'd from the draft

Because forcing a person to fight a war via threat is an absolutely terrible thing. Slave soldiers are wrong, and no amount of pomp and circumstance and flag waving 'patriots' makes a draft without the capacity to object to service anything other than the capture of slave soldiers.

Interesting I'd think that you of all people would be completely for it

[Thermodolia]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-400_missile_system

Other than unproven Russian claims...

I wouldn't doubt the capabilities of it.

[Vassenor]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-400_missile_system

Other than unproven Russian claims...

You mean like the unproven claim that an F-22 or F-35 cannot be shot down?

[New Clearland]

Other than unproven Russian claims...

I wouldn't doubt the capabilities of it.

Why?

[Malaguenia]

Possibly a UAV pilot or a fighter pilot.

[Olivaero]

Signals most definitely.

[Thermodolia]

I wouldn't doubt the capabilities of it.

Why?

Because overconfidence is fucking dumb.

[Ifreann]

It's the toilet that does it too...

Ohgod British tanks have a toilet and a teamaker all it needs is a middle-aged butler and a guy in a kilt with bagpipes and we're golden.

Who do you think is crewing the tank? Sergeant Butler and Captain Kilty McScottish.

[New Clearland]

Why?

Because overconfidence is fucking dumb.

So are most of Russia's claims about... well everything.

[Vassenor]

Because overconfidence is fucking dumb.

So are most of Russia's claims about... well everything.

And what do you base this on?

[Ifreann]

Why anyone would want to be trapped in a metal box with a bagpiper is beyond me.

Because outside the metal box there are inexplicably world conquering North Koreans.