I thought this would be a truly interesting thread. Let's say the official government drafter showed up at your house, with the recruit bus.
You're going to war. You don't know where, you don't even know which branch you're going to serve. (Let's avoid the Navy, that way you don't have too worry about saltwater all of the time). You do know that you won't have to serve more than your one tour of duty. But you have to go right now.
You've got 60 seconds to pick the only knife that's going to be available to you for your entire service (One Tour-of-duty). (This MUST be from your personal collection, please) Which one will it be? Your life or the lives of your fellow soldiers may depend on it. Oh, and you've also been informed that you won't be getting out of the "action" with any support jobs, like Cook or Chaplain or Nurse or whatever. And for sake of simplicity, you will be provided with whatever sheath will be necessary for any indivdual mission. And any knife maintence items that you request will be immediatly provided. (ie sharpeners, tuff-cloth, oil, wrenches, etc.)
BTW, how long is a tour-of-duty during Wartime? One year or two years? Somehow, I can't remember. Also, does your time in basic training count toward your tour? or just the time your are actually away fighting. And for kicks, how long is it for any of the outside-of-USA crowd?
[This message has been edited by edrozen (edited 05-20-2000).]
You've got 60 seconds to pick the only knife that's going to be available to you for your entire service (One Tour-of-duty). (This MUST be from your personal collection, please) Which one will it be? Your life or the lives of your fellow soldiers may depend on it. Oh, and you've also been informed that you won't be getting out of the "action" with any support jobs, like Cook or Chaplain or Nurse or whatever. And for sake of simplicity, you will be provided with whatever sheath will be necessary for any indivdual mission. And any knife maintence items that you request will be immediatly provided. (ie sharpeners, tuff-cloth, oil, wrenches, etc.)
BTW, how long is a tour-of-duty during Wartime? One year or two years? Somehow, I can't remember. Also, does your time in basic training count toward your tour? or just the time your are actually away fighting. And for kicks, how long is it for any of the outside-of-USA crowd?
[This message has been edited by edrozen (edited 05-20-2000).]
