I came from the special military operation in Ukraine

a reply to: turretless

Glad you're alive turretless , it's been a while so I was beginning to wonder what had happened to you and was fearing the worst , I don't pray but I do wish you well and continue to hope you survive the rest of this s**t fest.

Keep your head down.

a reply to: turretless

Welcome back , good to hear from you.

a reply to: turretless

Turretless you live good.

I did wonder what became of our Turretless glad you are safe , with 400k deaths on the Ukrainian side and 200k deaths on the Russian side plus wounded soldiers this special operation is costing many Christian lives yet again , You are special Turretless one of a endangered species that numbers only 6 % maximum on the planet .

The army was good for you health wise , that weight loss is significant hope you take plenty vitimins and minerals and upload some photographs sometime


Stay safe and god speed Turretless

Now that you've been forced into participating in this war, have your views on it or your government changed at all?

originally posted by: turretless
a reply to: KTemplar

I am very glad to know that you are praying for me.

To be honest, I thought that everyone here had already forgotten about me.

far from it. We have been worried and wondering how you made out. it's fantastic to hear you are alright.
You have been in many of our thoughts and prayers.

originally posted by: dollukka

originally posted by: turretless

originally posted by: dlbott
Godspeed my brother. I wish I were younger. I have hard time with anyone who does not understand we need to support Ukraine, or any other countries who are invaded by aggressors like Russia, China, Iran etc.

Well. If you can afford it, support Ukraine further.

YES we need to support Ukraine. If we don´t we are on the side of oppression. Your reply were a bit sarcastic but someday you might wake up from the illusion Putin has made.. i hope you can deal it mentally.

Oh yeah sure let’s give them a blank check . 500 billion , maybe a trillion Or two ? Does this money grow on trees ? Will you sell your house to support ?

a reply to: turretless

I just wanted to say...I didn't mean to sound heartless
Fir guys like us ....I'm sure you realize now....war is what it is

But I do hope you come back healthy bud.....come home and take care of your fam....

a reply to: turretless

I can only say that this is a very strange war in which almost all units are constantly hiding from enemy drones.

Sounds like a prelude to the Terminator series. Any luck with focusing the magnetron from a microwave to short these suckers out? I know the trend is to shield against EMP, as for how that practically plays out? This tech is high on the radar for what made Roswell.

As or this conflict, looks like it has been decades in the making with the cultural animosity going on. I do prefer the Olympics as a more civil outlet of this competitive nature.

Trump could have a serious discussion with Putin, as for the road Biden is on, wake me up when it is over.

a reply to: kwakakev

Trump has pretty much intimated that he would give in to all of Russia's demands. Not to mention China's demands if they invade Taiwan.

It's going to be pretty hard for Trump to have a "serious discussion" with Putin while he's licking his shoes.

a reply to: Threadbare

So you prefer the Obama, Hillary play to pay?

Is this how we are suppose to govern a planet? Whoever has the most money wins? It does make things simple when juggling budgets and policy.

I like the separation of powers and rule of law, lot of hard lessons have gone into making it what it is. If you want to learn the hard way, your call.

originally posted by: Threadbare
a reply to: kwakakev

Trump has pretty much intimated that he would give in to all of Russia's demands. Not to mention China's demands if they invade Taiwan.

It's going to be pretty hard for Trump to have a "serious discussion" with Putin while he's licking his shoes.

I'd ask you to source that, but your lies are so ludicrous, that's not really needed, just a belly laugh and a pat you on the head feeling like you are "special". Don't forget that helmet sport.

a reply to: turretless

Glad to hear from you. A lot on here have been hoping you were OK.

Stay safe, my friend.

a reply to: turretless

Good to have you back.

You are a part of the ATS Family.

originally posted by: turretless

originally posted by: seattlerat
a reply to: turretless

I hope you can have some enjoyment from your vacation, do you have any special plans?

Good to see you here!

...

3) I want to download books, music and films so that I can get acquainted with them in my free time in my dugout.

I had only three books (all in paper form): the Bible, the Bhagavad Gita and a book on Zen. As a result of moving to other military positions, I was left with only one book. For the last few months I have been reading only the Bhagavad Gita.

So nice to hear you are ok.

Add this/these Link one to your list:
I don't know Russian, but I PMd you the direct links. download any pdfs that look interesting.

originally posted by: turretless
a reply to: KTemplar

I am very glad to know that you are praying for me.

To be honest, I thought that everyone here had already forgotten about me.

Quite the opposite.

Your name featured quite regularly on the site with a few fearing you may have died but all hoping you were safe and well.

Good to see you're alive and well; while i disagree with Putin's actions in Ukraine you seem like a thoroughly nice guy and highly valued member on here.

Try Kurt Vonnegut and Arthur C. Clarke for reading material and get plenty of rest/spare pairs or socks (idealy merino wool or bamboo) to stop foot infections and boost morale.

originally posted by: turretless

I understand that the title of the topic is too promising and hints at a lot of different interesting information about this war. But my outlook was very limited all this time (most of the information comes from other soldiers and there is no way to independently verify this information) and I can only report the details of life in the units closest to me.

I found that this is a common public misconception about servicemembers. When I was in the Air Force, people thought I had all this inside information about anything they saw going on in the news. Dude, I didn't know #. For a battlefield soldier, I imagine it's even worse. The phrase "above my pay grade" is quite applicable.

So are they equipping you well? I saw you have the new ak but what about other equipment?

Are they feeding you well?

I can only say that this is a very strange war in which almost all units are constantly hiding from enemy drones.

Interesting . Sounds like a Preview of Modern War on the horizon.

Stay Safe out there .

Sir, I do not personally care if Russia or Ukraine wins this. I think Russia will just because they have more forces and better logistics. My only thing to give you hope possibly is that I do not want to spend a single more cent on this war via my government and there are many like me and our numbers are growing.

Also, I find that this guys youtube page allows me to see the reality of the day to day battlefield lines and news without propaganda from either side:

www.youtube.com...@militarysummary

Not sure if you can view it, but I have been watching for months now and it seems this is a real meatgrinder and I feel sorry for all of you in that place suffering through this - on both sides. Hopefully soon this war will end and you can go home and live a better life.

Just noticed RT today has an article that reads like a companion piece to this thread by turretless.

'At the front, you start looking at things differently': An interview with a Russian conscript fighting Ukraine

In my part of the extremely "free West" access to this news source is blocked. Also Rumble is blocked. When trying to access Rumble.com without a VPN we get this notification:

NOTICE TO USERS IN FRANCE

Because of French government demands to remove creators from our platform, Rumble is currently unavailable in France. We are challenging these government demands and hope to restore access soon.

Been like this for about a year now!

Vive la France! I thank my government every day for protecting me from being exposed to wrongthink! Merci, merci mille fois !!!