AFFS High Command : Commandos and Commanders

[foxbat]

A new iteration is due, as the old one has run  its course past 40 pages.
http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php/topic,22098.msg674507.html#new

All cheer the new thread! I need something to cheer for, as it appears the weather will be very grey for the year's first foray to the beaches...  ;)

[fltadm]

Ohh. New digs.

Oh and I don't need to know about any Commanders Going Commando

[Kojak]

Just finished Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon. If you have 15 bucks it is well worth the money; it is to 80s action movies what Saint's Row the Third was to GTA.

[Weirdo]

Oh and I don't need to know about any Commanders Going Commando

What about that one British Major who would charge German lines with little more than a kilt and a broadsword? It's probably left as a mystery, but the possibility certainly exists.

[The Mighty ACHOO]

Only fools and englishman something something somethine or other and all that. Cannot blame the word commando on the british. It's Dutch.

[Lord Harlock]

What about that one British Major who would charge German lines with little more than a kilt and a broadsword? It's probably left as a mystery, but the possibility certainly exists.

Lieutenant Colonel Jack Churchill is a man who shall always be remembered for running into battle with a crossbow, broadsword, and bagpipes.

[nerd]

Hey guys. So we've got a new place. Watching this.  8)

[False Son]

Only fools and englishman something something somethine or other and all that. Cannot blame the word commando on the british. It's Dutch.

Afrikaans, but close.

[The Mighty ACHOO]

The Afrikaans were Dutch.

[False Son]

400 years ago, sure.  Afrikaans is a mix of Dutch, Low German, Portugese and French.  The language and people are different enough that I would not call them Dutch...

But the word Kommando was first used to describe the mounted light infantry engaging in irregular warfare during the Boer Wars.

[foxbat]

Only fools and englishman something something somethine or other and all that. Cannot blame the word commando on the british. It's Dutch.

I was rather having a certain Scot in mind when I titled the topic...

Lieutenant Colonel Jack Churchill is a man who shall always be remembered for running into battle with a crossbow, broadsword, and bagpipes.

But that Englishman will fit the bill just as well.  ;)

[Fallen_Raven]

Wait I'm confused, are you ordering me to go commando? Because its to late for that!  ;D

[nerd]

Thank you for suddenly making me want brain bleach!

[Fallen_Raven]

Always happy to help! Is there anythhing else I can do to scar you today?

[foxbat]

Always happy to help! Is there anythhing else I can do to scar you today?

You always get to improve your command of the English language, sometimes unexpectedly and against your wishes...  #P

[ShadowRaven]

Kilt: A garment sometimes worn by Scots in America, and Americans in Scotland

[BrokenMnemonic]

I was rather having a certain Scot in mind when I titled the topic...

But that Englishman will fit the bill just as well.  ;)

It was his personal piper, Bill Millin, who was the only one in the unit who went ashore in his kilt during the D-Day landings, armed only with his bagpipes and a knife. A few years ago I listened to an interview recorded with Millin, who said that he went ashore in his father's kilt, which was actually his second-best kilt, because he was worried about damaging his best kilt, and that when Lovat saw men hugging cover rather than advancing off the beach, he ordered Millin to play to gee them up. He said that if Millin was scared, he could always "walk up and down a bit" - and that Millin's piping got a range of responses from the troops, a number of which were inventively profane. Millin came across as an amusing but very modest gent. Makes you wonder what the enemy thought of him, though...

[Charlie 6]

Oooh, new digs.

[Arkansas Warrior]

It was his personal piper, Bill Millin, who was the only one in the unit who went ashore in his kilt during the D-Day landings, armed only with his bagpipes and a knife. A few years ago I listened to an interview recorded with Millin, who said that he went ashore in his father's kilt, which was actually his second-best kilt, because he was worried about damaging his best kilt, and that when Lovat saw men hugging cover rather than advancing off the beach, he ordered Millin to play to gee them up. He said that if Millin was scared, he could always "walk up and down a bit" - and that Millin's piping got a range of responses from the troops, a number of which were inventively profane. Millin came across as an amusing but very modest gent. Makes you wonder what the enemy thought of him, though...

Supposedly, his father had worn the same kilt at Flanders during WWI.  I've heard German snipers neglected to shoot him because they thought he was insane.

[ShadowRaven]

because he was wandering around in an over glorified skirt making a racket to drown out the guns themselves? Nothing insane about that

[DoctorMonkey]

It's mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noon day sun


On occasion I have been that Englishmen (memories of holidays in St Vincent and Tunisia and wandering around in inappropriately heavy clothes at midday....)

[foxbat]

It was his personal piper, Bill Millin, who was the only one in the unit who went ashore in his kilt during the D-Day landings, armed only with his bagpipes and a knife.

Indeed. He also kept faithfully comin to celebrations in Normandy for quite some time, and when he passed away a few years ago, his death made headlines in the news. Some younger people may have been surprised but no one who'd watched The Longest Day was  :)

[The Mighty ACHOO]

 

It's mad dogs and Englishmen go out in the noon day sun


On occasion I have been that Englishmen (memories of holidays in St Vincent and Tunisia and wandering around in inappropriately heavy clothes at midday....)

 8)  ^-^  ;) (Knew that, was just having fun!)

Nice movie was the Longest Day. My favorite character from the movie was the British Juno Beachmaster, Captain Colin Douglas Maud (DSO, DSC). Shame that they changed his dog from a Collie to a Bulldog. Fun fact: Captain Maud was a technical advisor for the movie and lent his shillelagh, the very one he used at D-Day, to the actor that protrayed him in the movie for his scenes.

[boilerman]

Since a lot of people here don't go north very often I just thought I'd say I've updated my Conventional Infantry Platoon Creation spread sheet and posted links in this thread:

http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php/topic,29238.0.html

[Arkansas Warrior]

"North, to Alaska
They go north, the rush is on."

[DoctorMonkey]

 8) ^-^ ;) (Knew that, was just having fun!)

Nice movie was the Longest Day. My favorite character from the movie was the British Juno Beachmaster, Captain Colin Douglas Maud (DSO, DSC). Shame that they changed his dog from a Collie to a Bulldog. Fun fact: Captain Maud was a technical advisor for the movie and lent his shillelagh, the very one he used at D-Day, to the actor that protrayed him in the movie for his scenes.

The chap who led the operation against Pegasus Bridge (Major Howard) was played by Richard Todd who had also been on the mission

[nerd]

The chap who led the operation against Pegasus Bridge (Major Howard) was played by Richard Todd who had also been on the mission

And he didn't want to play himself because the role was too small.

[Brian Mattern-Davion]

British commandos and commanders, how fortuitous, because today I was thinking about writing a story involving the SLDF's 59th Jump Infantry Division...

How would I submit such a story, and would I be able to add the other four regiments that weren't named in the SLDF Field Manual?

[Arkansas Warrior]

There's a link at the bottom of the battlecorps homepage with guidelines for submissions.  You probably would be able to name the regiments as long as they aren't named anywhere else, I would guess.

[DoctorMonkey]

So, I saw Star Trek Into Darkness on Thursday evening: who's envious?


By the way, it's amazing but I don't think it needs to be seen in 3d