Thanks for the info guys, much appreciated.

Talked to a mate of mine ex south african recce, he said thier march was 11.8 miles in 2 hours with a 84 lb bergen.

Ouch

I have recently been told by a US National Guard (TA) LRS (long range surveillance) guy, that his platoon can march, with 45lb bergens (min weight) webbing/rifle, for 12 miles in 2 hrs and less.

Now considering for example the Paras do 10 miles in 1 hr 45 min, I find his claim to be very dubious ...

Becareful of this guy, I know him, dodgy!

LOL!

Welcome mate.

p.s. we need this smiley on shadowspear!

SLWILSON wrote:even tho u cant jump into a warzone anymore so thats abit usefull

Where did you get this info from?

It's BS!

Oh, by the way, www.dictionary.com

You'll go far with this.

Wholley wrote:That will only work if you have an Eire Passport.
UK Citizens are not eligable.

Really? i had no idea.

Thanks for that info

GD wrote:If I win the lottery you know what you can do with your Green Card don't you??

Hahahaha

I meant the green card lottery.

I would surmise that certain military skills might be useful in obtaining a Green Card however so perhaps one's first port of call should still be the recruiting office??

The only legal thing they can do is write you a letter saying you have been to see them and are interested in enlisting but ...

GD wrote:I have to bow to your superior knowledge. I totally forgot about the Green Card issue.

The military are very keen to help, but they are prevented by law in doing so.
Whch unfortunatley leaves one in the clutches of INS (actually USCIS now) which is a nightmare!

AFAIK anyone who can get a visa to enter the US can join their armed forces and would be granted citizenship on leaving but that would be time dependent and if you didn't finish your time you'd be sent back to the UK.

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Ok, i dont have any knowledge of any secret deals with brit SF pers ...

Kiwi, the rules are the rules mate.
They are there to be "got round" and despite what the rules say, prior military service with certain known Units is definately TIC as the old bill would say.

I have a bee in my bonnet constantly whenever we have posts about the Armed Forces of Uncle Sam or ...

I dont think H&K are foreign anymore, I think they are British owned.

The MP5K is indeed a beautiful weapon to use!

There is a new H&K that is being put forward as a replacement here in the USA for the M4s etc... unfortunatley its still 5.56 but they are looking into 6.5 and 6.8s as replacements ...

Hey bro, I`m not totally enamoured of either El or Bruce. :P
I`m a farkin Scarser mite, innoi :o
What Unit were you in, Kiwi side?
Er, not a labour man by any chance?

Take cover :o

I`m just lighting the fire bro, the girls are wrapping the fish, chickens, pork loins etc and as we sip our ...

listen tonyh762, i once thought i knew everything till i was told i was wrong? dont know what you do-did, but mark my words, they do make exeptions for certain cases, fact, thats without going into detail, look at some of the other posts, what the f### would people want to spout s### about a ...

Rumour has it that the lovely Helen likes to send the guys away to foreign parts(in an attempt to curry favour with Elmer) but prefers them to stay indoors when they get there. Don’t blame me Tony, :roll: I simply repeat an Aussie slur :P

to be honest I dont have any detailed knowledge to dispel ...

Foreign service ? brit para/ marine -sf, mark my words they make exeptions..

If you arent ex-US military you are foreign.

Im here in the US, I have talked with many recruiters from different branches im in constant contact with the recruiters here.
They dont consider foreign service.


Anyone ...