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SV1973
Just Starting

Joined: 24 Aug 2009
Posts: 3
Location: Moscow

Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 9:13 pm Post subject:

If you really want to join the Russian Army, try to enlist for STROYBAT. These guys are so fierce that the only arms they carry are spades.

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Ender
WayToRussified

Joined: 23 Aug 2006
Posts: 485
Location: Urals

Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 6:19 am Post subject:

My 2 cents.

SV1973 wrote:

year, do not survive their army time. Reasons; malnutrition, neglection,..., severe bullying (including rape and torture) from `collegues`.

When I was there malnutrition was least probable cause of death. The food was poorly prepared but I ate very much. The level of dedovshina depends on the officers. If they don't care there will be dedovshina, if they care there won't be dedovshina.

danbrew wrote:

Read some of the stories here: ...

One note. Watching the movie you should see a difference in physical conditions of newly enlisted and "old" soldiers.

danbrew wrote:

Why don`t you just sit down and do something useful with your life, instead of dreaming of fighting and killing people (who after all, never did you any harm).

You (Bryce) are welcome to join our army. As russian I'm interested in it. But you should know your service might be very harsh and you have to learn Russian well.

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Paul-Holmes
Lounge Wizard

Joined: 12 Apr 2005
Posts: 1073

Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 1:29 am Post subject:

Bryce Stevens wrote:

I'm aware people don't think someone would want to join the Russian army I expected it because even people here don't want to join the armt and think you are crazy for wanting to and I do know a bit of Russian but you are mostly right and I dont acctually care whether you guys think it is stupid or not but is it possible to get citizenship and join. I mean here you go get the papers fill them out come back take a test and if you pass you are a citizen. All I know is I could do alot of things but beinga soldier is the only one that feels right to me because I can do that and if I'm gonna be a soldier I want to be well trained one. The Russian army is brutally trained but it works. So just tell me how I would get my citizenship and join.

It does not work.
Go to the BBC website and watch the video about the Russian Army. Russian Army is bunch of school bureaucrats who have stolen from the regular soldiers to improve their own personal wealth and pleasure. If you think picking potatoes at the Captain's Dacha good use of military time. You know if the Russian army invaded Idaho, then would have every potato picked faster than any other army in the world.
Do not like Stalin, but it is time for a time to purge the useless upper/middle management officers of the Russian Army.

If you firmly interested in going, then wait until they are professionizing it and finally have facilities for a professional army versus conscripts.

Russia has even admitted that change is necessary.
So Bryce, I suggest that you join. It is obvious that you are smarter than everyone here including the Russians who have been in the Army. You are smarter than the BBC and even the Russian Army itself who even admit that life is not where it should be. Pack you bags and go.

//news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/7947082.stm
//news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/7939694.stm
//news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/world_news_america/7949283.stm
//news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/world_news_america/7951930.stm
//news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7949706.stm
monstersandcritics.com/news/europe/features/article_1449123.php/YEARENDER_Russian_army_faced_critics_but_did_well_in_Ossetia_war
military-quotes.com/forum/russian-army-s-weaknesses-exposed-t67699.html
csmonitor.com/2008/1010/p01s01-woeu.html

en.rian.ru/analysis/20080909/116657490.html

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krasatulya
VIP

Joined: 29 May 2005
Posts: 590

Posted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 3:09 am Post subject:

gaijin wrote:

Any person can laugh at the american attitude towards sex, unless they are directly concerned by typically american problems such as parents freaking at anything sex-related (exists in other countries -mostly Arabic countries and India) but very rare in the West), crazy laws that will destroy their life if anyone sees you doing oral sex (mostly Muslim countries), or boyfriends who will do disgusting things such as having sex in the back of his car with his girlfriends because he wants to "score" (that's hatemaking, not lovemaking, and that's probably unique, on such a scale, to the USA).

You are an idiot.

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