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Back from the "front"
13 years ago
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I'm back. (Short version)
I served for the 362 days required in the Karelian brigade and thankfully I became what I strived to become, a driver of a CV9030FIN Infantry Fighting Vehicle. Now I can proudly call myself a tank man/fox. Driving a tank has to be one of the manliest things one can achieve in his lifetime, everything feels puny after beign at the wheel of a 27 ton, 650hp steel monster.
It was a very interesting year for me, since I've been waiting for a chance to repay my country the care it has given me, I didn't lack motivation. I can say with a clean concience that I did my best, always. Seems like the officers agreed because I got promoted to Private First Class/Lance Corporal a few months back.
I made a lot of new friends and I've become very close friends with the Gunner and Commander of my tank. We're all a little eccentric, internet-dwelling gamers so I was very lucky to get them into my vehicle. Because we fit very well together our performance with the tank was to match and our officers gave my crew a lot of praise.
Although there were some nerve-wrecking and miserable moments, all-in-all I was left with a positive experience to remember. Funny thing about the whole servicetime is that you don't really remember the bad experiences, only good ones are the ones I remember properly with only a few exceptions. As much as I liked beign in the army, in the end I'm really happy to be at home again with my parents, friends and beign able to scroll FA without anyone peeking over your shoulder and asking "What'cha lookin' at?".
PS. I asked in my journal, which I wrote before I left, that you wouldn't break the internet in my absence. However, the whole internet has gone crazy! It's all full of Gangnam style, YOLO and whatever. All I asked was for the internet to be in some recognizable state when I return but I'm barely keeping up with the things that have changed! You have failed me. Shame on you.
- PFC EvilFox
I served for the 362 days required in the Karelian brigade and thankfully I became what I strived to become, a driver of a CV9030FIN Infantry Fighting Vehicle. Now I can proudly call myself a tank man/fox. Driving a tank has to be one of the manliest things one can achieve in his lifetime, everything feels puny after beign at the wheel of a 27 ton, 650hp steel monster.
It was a very interesting year for me, since I've been waiting for a chance to repay my country the care it has given me, I didn't lack motivation. I can say with a clean concience that I did my best, always. Seems like the officers agreed because I got promoted to Private First Class/Lance Corporal a few months back.
I made a lot of new friends and I've become very close friends with the Gunner and Commander of my tank. We're all a little eccentric, internet-dwelling gamers so I was very lucky to get them into my vehicle. Because we fit very well together our performance with the tank was to match and our officers gave my crew a lot of praise.
Although there were some nerve-wrecking and miserable moments, all-in-all I was left with a positive experience to remember. Funny thing about the whole servicetime is that you don't really remember the bad experiences, only good ones are the ones I remember properly with only a few exceptions. As much as I liked beign in the army, in the end I'm really happy to be at home again with my parents, friends and beign able to scroll FA without anyone peeking over your shoulder and asking "What'cha lookin' at?".
PS. I asked in my journal, which I wrote before I left, that you wouldn't break the internet in my absence. However, the whole internet has gone crazy! It's all full of Gangnam style, YOLO and whatever. All I asked was for the internet to be in some recognizable state when I return but I'm barely keeping up with the things that have changed! You have failed me. Shame on you.
- PFC EvilFox
