Author Topic: AFFS High Command: Eternal Grandeur (Read 178019 times)

Force of Nature · « **Reply #810 on:** 16 August 2011, 21:59:56 »

Quote from: greatsarcasmo on 16 August 2011, 20:47:17

Hell Yah! Way to go Force!

Thanks greatsarcasmo.

Force

Paladin1 · « **Reply #811 on:** 16 August 2011, 22:02:06 »

Isn't the traditional Davion housewarming party to invade the CapCon again or was it any available neighbor? I'd love to see Sarna again, but I'm thinking I could use a nice Tauran Steak about now.

GreenDragon · « **Reply #812 on:** 16 August 2011, 22:45:43 »

Welcome to the Homeowners Club, Force.

Hope she gets well soon LF.

97jedi · « **Reply #813 on:** 16 August 2011, 23:35:12 »

Quote from: Force of Nature on 16 August 2011, 20:42:22

I bought a REALLY nice house today.

That is all...

Force

Awesome. It's another Geoff Swift Day miracle!

Arkansas Warrior · « **Reply #814 on:** 16 August 2011, 23:40:11 »

Quote from: Force of Nature on 16 August 2011, 20:42:22

I bought a REALLY nice house today.

That is all...

Force

Doesn't that officially classify you as 'mature' (if not 'old')?

Weirdo · « **Reply #815 on:** 16 August 2011, 23:56:43 »

When I found myself buying a house, I went home and built myself a pillow fort that was actually a machine gun nest.

Maturity, he calls it...bah.

Force of Nature · « **Reply #816 on:** 16 August 2011, 23:58:51 »

Quote from: 97jedi on 16 August 2011, 23:35:12

Awesome. It's another Geoff Swift Day miracle!

Happy Birthday 97jedi.

Force

Force of Nature · « **Reply #817 on:** 17 August 2011, 00:02:43 »

Quote from: GreenDragon on 16 August 2011, 22:45:43

Welcome to the Homeowners Club, Force.

Hope she gets well soon LF.

Thanks, but the first house I owned for 14 years and sold this year in three months.

My wife and I have looked at nearly 60 homes in the last two months before finding the one we bought today.

Thank you again though.

Force

Force of Nature · « **Reply #818 on:** 17 August 2011, 00:05:22 »

Quote from: Arkansas Warrior on 16 August 2011, 23:40:11

Doesn't that officially classify you as 'mature' (if not 'old')?

Hey, there is no need to spread rumors....

;)

You are only "old" if you act like it and I try not to.

;)

Force

GreenDragon · « **Reply #819 on:** 17 August 2011, 00:14:23 »

Happy Birthday 97Jedi

DoctorMonkey · « **Reply #820 on:** 17 August 2011, 00:45:31 »

Liaofan - best wishes for a speedy recovery

Force - congratulations, I'm (hopefully) nearly there with my first house purchase

97jedi - oops, I seem to have missed Swiftmas, you must have given Facebook a false date of birth as it didn't remind me. To me, this means you clearly weren't "born" but perhaps cultured in a lab or Iron Womb?

fltadm · « **Reply #821 on:** 17 August 2011, 15:38:49 »

I don't know if any of you other that 3CL will care, but today the MND will anounce that Maritime Command, Land Force Command and Air Command will be renamed the Royal Canadian Navy, The Canadian Army, and The Royal Canadian Air Force.

3rdCrucisLancers · « **Reply #822 on:** 17 August 2011, 15:53:24 »

Quote from: fltadm on 17 August 2011, 15:38:49

I don't know if any of you other that 3CL will care, but today the MND will anounce that Maritime Command, Land Force Command and Air Command will be renamed the Royal Canadian Navy, The Canadian Army, and The Royal Canadian Air Force.

I saw, and suffice it to say I'M VERY EXCITED

Doug Glendower · « **Reply #823 on:** 17 August 2011, 15:54:33 »

I care, but in the opposite way.

3rdCrucisLancers · « **Reply #824 on:** 17 August 2011, 16:00:25 »

Quote from: Doug Glendower on 17 August 2011, 15:54:33

I care, but in the opposite way.

Just one of the many reasons I don't care about you!

Doug Glendower · « **Reply #825 on:** 17 August 2011, 16:07:48 »

Quote from: 3rdCrucisLancers on 17 August 2011, 16:00:25

Just one of the many reasons I don't care about you!

Someone needs a hug.

Weirdo · « **Reply #826 on:** 17 August 2011, 16:08:23 »

Is their army not good enough to be Royal like the other branches, or is it full of folks who care in the same way Doug does?

Doug Glendower · « **Reply #827 on:** 17 August 2011, 16:14:48 »

I don't think the British Army is "Royal" either, being the red-headed stepchild of their force structure for most of it's existence... There are some Royal units, but as a whole... meh?

Paladin1 · « **Reply #828 on:** 17 August 2011, 16:34:21 »

Actually the lack of a British Royal Army goes back to the English Civil War IIRC. I may be way off on this one, and if I am I'm sure Edward or one of the other Brits on here will correct me, but after the defeat of Charles I, the Royal Army was disbanded and forbidden to use the "Royal" title any longer. Individual units can and still do use the Royal title, but not the Army itself.

97jedi · « **Reply #829 on:** 17 August 2011, 16:55:35 »

Quote from: DoctorMonkey on 17 August 2011, 00:45:31

97jedi - oops, I seem to have missed Swiftmas, you must have given Facebook a false date of birth as it didn't remind me. To me, this means you clearly weren't "born" but perhaps cultured in a lab or Iron Womb?

I don't let Facebook show my personal info.

fltadm · « **Reply #830 on:** 17 August 2011, 17:10:47 »

For much of history, The Army never exsisted as an entity, but was a colection of Indaviduly rasied regiments, under a commen leader. As time went by thing became much more integrated but tradition remains the same.

DoctorMonkey · « **Reply #831 on:** 17 August 2011, 17:24:12 »

Quote from: 97jedi on 17 August 2011, 16:55:35

I don't let Facebook show my personal info.

You mean you haven't fully given in to the might of Facebook?! Succomb, it's fun :D

Quote from: Doug Glendower on 17 August 2011, 16:14:48

I don't think the British Army is "Royal" either, being the red-headed stepchild of their force structure for most of it's existence... There are some Royal units, but as a whole... meh?

Quote from: fltadm on 17 August 2011, 17:10:47

For much of history, The Army never exsisted as an entity, but was a colection of Indaviduly rasied regiments, under a commen leader. As time went by thing became much more integrated but tradition remains the same.

Pretty much, we still don't really have a standing Army - it has to be voted for each year as a separate law as an army loyal to the Crown alone was seen as a tool of oppression (a Royal Navy was a seen as a tool of oppressing other people and hence a Good Thing)

Many of the Regiments and Corps that make up the Army are Royal, like the Royal Artillery and Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, but many are not, such as the Army Air Corps and The Rifles

The Army is still considered a collection of Regiments and Corps rather than a single unified entity in the way that the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force are - a soldier's loyalty to their Regiment is supposed to be far more enduring than that of a sailor to their ship I believe (at least historically)

Arkansas Warrior · « **Reply #832 on:** 17 August 2011, 17:28:33 »

In many way, I wish the US Army followed such a philosophy, but nobody does anymore. Even the National Guard units, who are, unless federally mobilized, not even technically a part of the 'Big Army' act as though they're just part of one continuous entity.

DoctorMonkey · « **Reply #833 on:** 17 August 2011, 17:37:12 »

Quote from: Arkansas Warrior on 17 August 2011, 17:28:33

In many way, I wish the US Army followed such a philosophy, but nobody does anymore. Even the National Guard units, who are, unless federally mobilized, not even technically a part of the 'Big Army' act as though they're just part of one continuous entity.

Being a part of something big can be great for people's self esteem etc but my understanding is that a Regiment is more like a family

Charlie 6 · « **Reply #834 on:** 17 August 2011, 18:52:57 »

Quote from: DoctorMonkey on 17 August 2011, 17:37:12

Being a part of something big can be great for people's self esteem etc but my understanding is that a Regiment is more like a family

I've been a 10th Marines guy since I was a 2ndLt and can vouch for that sentiment. It can be especially difficult when you're told that you've to shut down a battalion during the next FY. Even worse when you are handing the bulletin that directs the shutdown to one of your best friends regarding his command. We knew it was coming but it still was painful. His leadership, to maintain a focus versus dispondency, has been tremendous.

S/F

Matt

fltadm · « **Reply #835 on:** 17 August 2011, 18:53:50 »

Wiki has a good write up on the pros and cons of both.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regiment

trboturtle · « **Reply #836 on:** 17 August 2011, 18:55:12 »

Quote from: fltadm on 17 August 2011, 15:38:49

I don't know if any of you other that 3CL will care, but today the MND will anounce that Maritime Command, Land Force Command and Air Command will be renamed the Royal Canadian Navy, The Canadian Army, and The Royal Canadian Air Force.

I thought they were already the Royal Canadian Navy, The Canadian Army, and The Royal Canadian Air Force...Unless this is New Zealand we're talking about..... ??? ??? ??? ???

Craig

fltadm · « **Reply #837 on:** 17 August 2011, 19:23:51 »

The names where "put in reserve" when the three services where combined to creat the Canadian Forces in the 1960's

Charlie 6 · « **Reply #838 on:** 17 August 2011, 19:26:05 »

Quote from: LiaoFan on 16 August 2011, 21:06:35

Kimberly, the mother of my children has been frighteningly ill, with some sort of rapid-onset bacterial infection. She's on two different targeted antibiotics, and will be taken to the ER if there's not a notable improvement in the next 12 hours for emergency surgery.

LF, I wish you only the best.

boilerman · « **Reply #839 on:** 17 August 2011, 20:20:05 »

I hope things are improving LF.

Quote from: LiaoFan on 16 August 2011, 21:06:35

I fell off the Earth for a bit, not that i believe I was missed (like missing the pepper on Chicken Alfredo, it's a very subtle loss).

Kimberly, the mother of my children has been frighteningly ill, with some sort of rapid-onset bacterial infection. She's on two different targeted antibiotics, and will be taken to the ER if there's not a notable improvement in the next 12 hours for emergency surgery.

If i come off as off for a bit, that's why. I was over at her place for the last 4 days or so, keeping the wheels on the cart.