Ridiculous things your military does

[City 9]

Wearing gas masks. All the time. Even when sleeping.

It´s just because most planets we invade have a non-breathable athmosphere.

[Western Weyard]

1: They are more comfortable to wear then a helmet

And far less comfortable then any other sensible hat. Keeping the sun out of your eyes is the main point in wearing a cap, and the asymetrical "bulge" is a damned pain to maintain.

2: They make a unit look distinctive and important

It makes them look like French tarts, and since everyone and their dog wears berets, they are no longer distinctive. Not that anyone in the right mind would want to look like a french tart in the first place

3: They just look cool

Berets are a great leap backwards. They are neither practical nor fashionable, the soldiers hate them, not even the French wore them with the exception of the Alpine regiments, and they were popularised in the first place by Montgomery.

So what?

[Dystopianus]

NN: The VDV disagrees.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGynm7Ak ... re=related

"Ultramarine barets not fashionable?! DROP AND GIVE ME 50, CADET!!!"

[Dystopianus]

So what?

Still better than a fucking kelpie. Kelpie = Epic fail.

I doubt that tbh... At least a kelpie keeps your head and ears warm.

Now that I look back at this discussion, has anyone noted how pointless it actually is?

Berets singlehandedly caused the decline of the once proud and mighty Russian war machine.

Eh, IIRC the Russian Airmobiles still use barets today.

[OMGeverynameistaken]

NN: The VDV disagrees.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGynm7Ak ... re=related

"Ultramarine barets not fashionable?! DROP AND GIVE ME 50, CADET!!!"

Berets singlehandedly caused the decline of the once proud and mighty Russian war machine.

Tsarist soldiers never donned such an affrontry to decency.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p22UxfjcaNo

Pushups as a punishment? What a world! LIE DOWN WHILE I FLOG YOU TILL YOU PASS OUT YOU APE!

In the Russian Empire, soldiers caught wearing berets are summarily shot by their officers and the bodies burned to prevent the disease from spreading.

[OMGeverynameistaken]

I doubt that tbh... At least a kelpie keeps your head and ears warm.

Now that I look back at this discussion, has anyone noted how pointless it actually is?

Ushanka's keep your head and ears warm to and they do it while looking 10 x better. http://www.russian-ushanka.com/images/categories/ush608.jpg I do not support Communism but this beats this http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/K%C3%A9pi_Blanc_profile.jpg

Fun fact:
The basic design of the Ushanka dates back hundreds of years, but it was first introduced as part of a military uniform by Alexander Kolchak, a White Army officer and, briefly, ruler of Russia.

[Kruplyan]

Ushanka's keep your head and ears warm to and they do it while looking 10 x better. http://www.russian-ushanka.com/images/categories/ush608.jpg I do not support Communism but this beats this http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/K%C3%A9pi_Blanc_profile.jpg

Fun fact:
The basic design of the Ushanka dates back hundreds of years, but it was first introduced as part of a military uniform by Alexander Kolchak, a White Army officer and, briefly, ruler of Russia.

Congragufuckinglations. You're 1000th poster.

My military doesn't do anything ridiculous, cause we're isolationists.....sort of.

[Xin Ming]

Ushanka's keep your head and ears warm to and they do it while looking 10 x better. http://www.russian-ushanka.com/images/categories/ush608.jpg I do not support Communism but this beats this http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/K%C3%A9pi_Blanc_profile.jpg

Fun fact:
The basic design of the Ushanka dates back hundreds of years, but it was first introduced as part of a military uniform by Alexander Kolchak, a White Army officer and, briefly, ruler of Russia.

Fun-er fact; He didn't win the Civil War; so the hat got associated with the guys who you know, won. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and by extension Communism in all of it's un-glory.

Ridiculous-er than muskets in spaaaace? -Thinks on this.- Oh, we're gonna build a ship shaped like a dragon eventually.

[Dystopianus]

Oh, we're gonna build a ship shaped like a dragon eventually.

Vikings beat you to it years ago... You're running behind.

[OMGeverynameistaken]

Fun fact:
The basic design of the Ushanka dates back hundreds of years, but it was first introduced as part of a military uniform by Alexander Kolchak, a White Army officer and, briefly, ruler of Russia.

Fun-er fact; He didn't win the Civil War; so the hat got associated with the guys who you know, won. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and by extension Communism in all of it's un-glory.

Ridiculous-er than muskets in spaaaace? -Thinks on this.- Oh, we're gonna build a ship shaped like a dragon eventually.

Actually, initially the Soviets didn't use it and it was associated with the White movement. Only in WWII did it become a stereotypically 'Soviet' style.

[Rupudska]

Unlike a number of militaries who forbid women from entering the fighting forces, the Joint Strike Wing forbids men. (OOC: For those who know about where my Joint Strike Wing comes from, it should be obvious as to why.)

[Amerikians]

Fun-er fact; He didn't win the Civil War; so the hat got associated with the guys who you know, won. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, and by extension Communism in all of it's un-glory.

Ridiculous-er than muskets in spaaaace? -Thinks on this.- Oh, we're gonna build a ship shaped like a dragon eventually.

Actually, initially the Soviets didn't use it and it was associated with the White movement. Only in WWII did it become a stereotypically 'Soviet' style.

Indeed they didn't; it was considered one of the many 'Symbols of Imperialism' and then when their ears got cold during Op. Barbarossa they adopted it as slick as cat shit on a waxed floor.

[Rupudska]

Unlike a number of militaries who forbid women from entering the military, the Joint Strike Wing forbids men. (OOC: For those who know about where my Joint Strike Wing comes from, it should be obvious as to why.)

But in Strike witches the commanders and engineers are quite obviously all men

Ohh, facepalm. Forgot that.

EDIT: Fixed. Men cant' fight, but they can do anything else in the JSW.

[Saurisisia]

The Gor-Blimey Cap

Business in front
(Image)
Flap in the back

*Looks at it*
Nick, I thought you were against using pleb hats.

[Amerikians]

In the desert [which that hat is designed for] style means nothing.

[Saurisisia]

In the desert [which that hat is designed for] style means nothing.

Hmph, true...

[Amerikians]

In the desert [which that hat is designed for] style means nothing.

Hmph, true...

Though I'm picturing an NN regiment; and one of the Privates complains about the heat; gets thirty lashes for it.

[Saurisisia]

Hmph, true...

Though I'm picturing an NN regiment; and one of the Privates complains about the heat; gets thirty lashes for it.

Yeah, sounds like Nicksyllvania!

[Amerikians]

Though I'm picturing an NN regiment; and one of the Privates complains about the heat; gets thirty lashes for it.

Yeah, sounds like Nicksyllvania!

Any of the 19th century guys. But especially Nick.

[Saurisisia]

Yeah, sounds like Nicksyllvania!

Any of the 19th century guys. But especially Nick.

Or 17th.

And yeah, agreed.

[OMGeverynameistaken]

Though I'm picturing an NN regiment; and one of the Privates complains about the heat; gets thirty lashes for it.

Yeah, sounds like Nicksyllvania! [/quote]
You forgot the brutal mocking of his comrades.

[The blow heater people]

Well we feel free to remove our pants and jackets in accordance with our national motto and way of life. Body armour would only be a hindrance to our troops by making them more sweaty and reducing morale, as the great nation of the blowheater people is always slightly too warm.

Signed with allegiance to his Royal Sweatiness,
Warmbreeze van Tepidair

[Mediterreania]

Very little artillery but a disproportionate amount of armor and aircraft. Our justification is maintaining mobility, as our roots are in localized militia forces.

[Charlotina]

Though I'm picturing an NN regiment; and one of the Privates complains about the heat; gets thirty lashes for it.

Perhaps in the Light Regiments, but the Foot Guard are most certainly wealthy enough to afford hourly helicopter deliveries of Glacier ice for their Gin & Tonics, as well as a horde of punkah-wallahs.

Well, there's a policy which belongs in this thread. Probably makes the enemy scout force's job real easy. Just keep an eye out for helicopters, and you'll have an hourly position report on the hostile forces.

[Mediterreania]

Perhaps in the Light Regiments, but the Foot Guard are most certainly wealthy enough to afford hourly helicopter deliveries of Glacier ice for their Gin & Tonics, as well as a horde of punkah-wallahs.

Well, there's a policy which belongs in this thread. Probably makes the enemy scout force's job real easy. Just keep an eye out for helicopters, and you'll have an hourly position report on the hostile forces.

As New Nicks would say, "Scouts are for sissies. True gentlemen use only magnets and monocles."