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CommanderBolt wrote:

Iron Wolf Saber wrote:

US Navy Veteran, fixed airplane electronics and ran around like a chicken with his head cut off on the flight deck, at night. Scary place I'll tell you.

VFA 27 With CAG -5 Aboard USS Kitty Hawk
VFA 97 on special detachment duty (something about a marine general making a bet with a navy admiral...)
VFA 102 x2 (training from F-18 hornets to rhinos)
FRC-W Lemoore.
Reserves (about 6 more months to totalling 12 years of service)

As far as how my knowledge learned in the navy and how it applies to Dust 514 is not as well rooted as the ones I have about Eve Online. So many other games talks about war this war that and yet most fail to realize, war is hard, war is expensive, and war is easy to break. Eve Online captures this perfectly and I have yet to see any game come close to this aspect, not even Planetside 2's gradious massive battles.

Dust 514 captures some of the spirit, for example the satisfaction of destroying expensive equipment knowing that you may set that guy back several matches. Losing your own said expensive equipment is just as hurtful. While Dust 514 is still growing I hope it will start to capture more of 'true war' from logistics to real people morale needs, from intel nets to cyno nets to bullets verses brains.

As for my own gameplay experiences... I think my navy mentality training is hurting me a bit. I take a bit too long looking at the situation and not doing enough responding at times.

Green Living wrote:

U.S Chair Force 1998-2002. Command and Control operator. My experience has not helped me in any way be a better Duster. Though, if there were a command suit... Perhaps I could command and control!

Lol Kadina airmen being beat red was priceless.

USS kitty hawk?

I assume you are a yank I am sorry I mean an immigrant? That doesn't sound very yank like. Normally its "Blah blah PATRIOT!!!! MAXXX POWERR blah"
Or perhaps -
"USS FREEDOM LIBERTY" or some other nonsense like that :P

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WUT ANG D.A.R.K L.E.G.I.O.N D.E.F.I.A.N.C.E 33	Posted - 2013.09.26 17:30:00 - [31] - Quote 11B / 92A USArmy served 6 yrs cross mos OEF OIF Veteran.
ladwar Dead Six Initiative Lokun Listamenn 1723	Posted - 2013.09.26 18:22:00 - [32] - Quote i tell you nothing...
ladwar Dead Six Initiative Lokun Listamenn 1723	Posted - 2013.09.26 18:27:00 - [33] - Quote ratamaq doc wrote: Shipmate :) IT1 here. xrate from AT. Bet you can guess what I push the most as a comms guy. But the old AT in me will have me throw my 2 cents in on the boards with regards to ewar. What was your rate Mintchip? Or were you one of those Os we love so much. i hate that word almost as much as the lazy Os we had. ossn to osc 8 year... worse chief on board and made fun of by everyone.
CharCharOdell Shining Flame Amarr Empire 1020	Posted - 2013.09.26 19:30:00 - [34] - Quote So....lance4lyfe That's all I gotta say. Man, a lot of y'all are salt dogs. Where my lance criminals at? /x\
ratamaq doc 3dge of D4rkness SoulWing Alliance 87	Posted - 2013.09.26 19:54:00 - [35] - Quote ladwar wrote: ratamaq doc wrote: Shipmate :) IT1 here. xrate from AT. Bet you can guess what I push the most as a comms guy. But the old AT in me will have me throw my 2 cents in on the boards with regards to ewar. What was your rate Mintchip? Or were you one of those Os we love so much. i hate that word almost as much as the lazy Os we had. ossn to osc 8 year... worse chief on board and made fun of by everyone. Are you saying you made OSC in 8, or are you talking about a Goat f**ker everyone hated.
General John Ripper TeamPlayers EoN. 2720	Posted - 2013.09.26 20:14:00 - [36] - Quote I just took the asvab and scored a 96. I am going into the Airforce and waiting to go to meps then basic training.
Creed Varacus Tronhadar Free Guard Minmatar Republic 0	Posted - 2013.09.26 20:39:00 - [37] - Quote Hell yeah. Army Infantry Here. 11 Bang Bang! As for if it helps advantage wise, not really sure, I find myself taking pretty straightforward routes and spending what seems like half the time flanking, and I am always spasmadic, so I look around allot and stay pretty aware. The only disadvantage is when I go into a building and I clear one side and I wrongly think that my teammates will clear the other side, but they never do, so I get ninja killed that way allot cause I forget to check. As for dropsuit fitting, at first I was all assault, but the Army always taught me versatility is key and be sure to always use the equipment at hand. So I mostly use Logistic Dropsuits with allot of Remote Explosives to hold points and blow them when the enemy is about to take them. (A **** move, but damn effective.) I have also seemed to gotten really good at avoiding vehicles. Anyway, back to bringing glory to the Republic! Climb to Glory! 10th Mountain!
ladwar Dead Six Initiative Lokun Listamenn 1726	Posted - 2013.09.26 22:10:00 - [38] - Quote ratamaq doc wrote: ladwar wrote: ratamaq doc wrote: Shipmate :) IT1 here. xrate from AT. Bet you can guess what I push the most as a comms guy. But the old AT in me will have me throw my 2 cents in on the boards with regards to ewar. What was your rate Mintchip? Or were you one of those Os we love so much. i hate that word almost as much as the lazy Os we had. ossn to osc 8 year... worse chief on board and made fun of by everyone. Are you saying you made OSC in 8, or are you talking about a Goat f**ker everyone hated. no i made 2nd and then left. but the guy who made OSC looked like a goat f-er.
Green Living 0uter.Heaven 879	Posted - 2013.09.26 22:20:00 - [39] - Quote U.S Chair Force 1998-2002. Command and Control operator. My experience has not helped me in any way be a better Duster. Though, if there were a command suit... Perhaps I could command and control!
Lea Silencio D3ath D3alers 221	Posted - 2013.09.26 22:40:00 - [40] - Quote General John Ripper wrote: I just took the asvab and scored a 96. I am going into the Airforce and waiting to go to meps then basic training. Great choice, bro. While I loved the Navy, if I had to do it all over again, I would probably go Air Force. Just saying...

Khal V'Rani Nephilim Initiative 348	Posted - 2013.09.26 23:41:00 - [41] - Quote US Army '97-06 both active (1st) then Guard. Germany, Africa, a couple trips in and around the sandbox. Started as a 91B (combat medic at the time) Ended as a recon asset/designated marksman for a stinger unit retooled to infantry. Official mos 31R (commo, not sure what the new designator is) My corp (all 8 of us) is all current or prior service members. I'm terrible at this game so any real world "skills" don't really apply for me. Though I would say we have better radio discipline as a whole (mil types). I seem to remember reading something earlier about a story involving monkeys though...
CharCharOdell Shining Flame Amarr Empire 1024	Posted - 2013.09.27 02:11:00 - [42] - Quote General John Ripper wrote: I just took the asvab and scored a 96. I am going into the Airforce and waiting to go to meps then basic training. Good. The airforce is nice to you....not like the Corps.... /x\
Iron Wolf Saber Den of Swords 8967	Posted - 2013.09.27 07:13:00 - [43] - Quote US Navy Veteran, fixed airplane electronics and ran around like a chicken with his head cut off on the flight deck, at night. Scary place I'll tell you. VFA 27 With CAG -5 Aboard USS Kitty Hawk VFA 97 on special detachment duty (something about a marine general making a bet with a navy admiral...) VFA 102 x2 (training from F-18 hornets to rhinos) FRC-W Lemoore. Reserves (about 6 more months to totalling 12 years of service) As far as how my knowledge learned in the navy and how it applies to Dust 514 is not as well rooted as the ones I have about Eve Online. So many other games talks about war this war that and yet most fail to realize, war is hard, war is expensive, and war is easy to break. Eve Online captures this perfectly and I have yet to see any game come close to this aspect, not even Planetside 2's gradious massive battles. Dust 514 captures some of the spirit, for example the satisfaction of destroying expensive equipment knowing that you may set that guy back several matches. Losing your own said expensive equipment is just as hurtful. While Dust 514 is still growing I hope it will start to capture more of 'true war' from logistics to real people morale needs, from intel nets to cyno nets to bullets verses brains. As for my own gameplay experiences... I think my navy mentality training is hurting me a bit. I take a bit too long looking at the situation and not doing enough responding at times. Green Living wrote: U.S Chair Force 1998-2002. Command and Control operator. My experience has not helped me in any way be a better Duster. Though, if there were a command suit... Perhaps I could command and control! Lol Kadina airmen being beat red was priceless.
Banning Hammer Tal-Romon Legion Amarr Empire 1491	Posted - 2013.09.27 14:29:00 - [44] - Quote I was in the army for a while.. and practically nothing i learned there helps me in Dust 514.
CommanderBolt A.N.O.N.Y.M.O.U.S. 326	Posted - 2013.09.27 15:46:00 - [45] - Quote It only makes them think they are better. I have no qualms about the real world and I respect their balls and dedication. However in games, it matters little what you do in the real world. (Unless your a championship gamer) The guys that play more are most likely going to be better, have better reactions etc... OLD pops from the war can bearly hear me sneaking up on him MUHAHA! KAboom! +50 Now as for strategy and other leadership qualities I am sure it DOES make a difference.
CommanderBolt A.N.O.N.Y.M.O.U.S. 326	Posted - 2013.09.27 15:49:00 - [46] - Quote Iron Wolf Saber wrote: US Navy Veteran, fixed airplane electronics and ran around like a chicken with his head cut off on the flight deck, at night. Scary place I'll tell you. VFA 27 With CAG -5 Aboard USS Kitty Hawk VFA 97 on special detachment duty (something about a marine general making a bet with a navy admiral...) VFA 102 x2 (training from F-18 hornets to rhinos) FRC-W Lemoore. Reserves (about 6 more months to totalling 12 years of service) As far as how my knowledge learned in the navy and how it applies to Dust 514 is not as well rooted as the ones I have about Eve Online. So many other games talks about war this war that and yet most fail to realize, war is hard, war is expensive, and war is easy to break. Eve Online captures this perfectly and I have yet to see any game come close to this aspect, not even Planetside 2's gradious massive battles. Dust 514 captures some of the spirit, for example the satisfaction of destroying expensive equipment knowing that you may set that guy back several matches. Losing your own said expensive equipment is just as hurtful. While Dust 514 is still growing I hope it will start to capture more of 'true war' from logistics to real people morale needs, from intel nets to cyno nets to bullets verses brains. As for my own gameplay experiences... I think my navy mentality training is hurting me a bit. I take a bit too long looking at the situation and not doing enough responding at times. Green Living wrote: U.S Chair Force 1998-2002. Command and Control operator. My experience has not helped me in any way be a better Duster. Though, if there were a command suit... Perhaps I could command and control! Lol Kadina airmen being beat red was priceless. USS kitty hawk? I assume you are a yank I am sorry I mean an immigrant? That doesn't sound very yank like. Normally its "Blah blah PATRIOT!!!! MAXXX POWERR blah" Or perhaps - "USS FREEDOM LIBERTY" or some other nonsense like that :P
Kay High KILL ORDERS 121	Posted - 2013.09.27 16:44:00 - [47] - Quote Mik3 H0nch0 wrote: 11 year member of the chair force. 2M0X1 here, the biggest thing for me is that I follow directions to a tee when I'm in a squad. No real combat experience on my part. My only deployment I was in the back towing and loading JDAMs, which might explain why I take to Logi...in the rear with the gear. Missile Monkey :P 2M0X3 here. Served for two years before getting out. In relation to Dust the military helped me understand that chain of command was paramount and constant communications.
ratamaq doc 3dge of D4rkness SoulWing Alliance 87	Posted - 2013.09.27 17:46:00 - [48] - Quote Iron Wolf Saber wrote: US Navy Veteran, fixed airplane electronics and ran around like a chicken with his head cut off on the flight deck, at night. Scary place I'll tell you. VFA 27 With CAG -5 Aboard USS Kitty Hawk VFA 97 on special detachment duty (something about a marine general making a bet with a navy admiral...) VFA 102 x2 (training from F-18 hornets to rhinos) FRC-W Lemoore. Reserves (about 6 more months to totalling 12 years of service) As far as how my knowledge learned in the navy and how it applies to Dust 514 is not as well rooted as the ones I have about Eve Online. So many other games talks about war this war that and yet most fail to realize, war is hard, war is expensive, and war is easy to break. Eve Online captures this perfectly and I have yet to see any game come close to this aspect, not even Planetside 2's gradious massive battles. Dust 514 captures some of the spirit, for example the satisfaction of destroying expensive equipment knowing that you may set that guy back several matches. Losing your own said expensive equipment is just as hurtful. While Dust 514 is still growing I hope it will start to capture more of 'true war' from logistics to real people morale needs, from intel nets to cyno nets to bullets verses brains. As for my own gameplay experiences... I think my navy mentality training is hurting me a bit. I take a bit too long looking at the situation and not doing enough responding at times. Green Living wrote: U.S Chair Force 1998-2002. Command and Control operator. My experience has not helped me in any way be a better Duster. Though, if there were a command suit... Perhaps I could command and control! Lol Kadina airmen being beat red was priceless. Fellow Tron, even the same platform. I heard horror stories about the ****** kitty, I was on the same keel, but mine had 8 reactors instead of the shower fragrancers. Even though we were on different coast, we probably know some of the same people.
JieXi Bao DUST University Ivy League 23	Posted - 2013.09.27 20:38:00 - [49] - Quote 6 years USN. Cti. I rather doubt my language training has in any way pepared me for dust, but if i get on the Asia server, at least I might know what names I'm being called.
SILENTSAM 69 SONS of LEGION RISE of LEGION 548	Posted - 2013.09.28 00:39:00 - [50] - Quote I got a buddy who plays DUST sometimes who is part of America's National Guard. He was deployed out in Kuwait and went into Iraq. This was before DUST though. He got injured in a chair that broke while playing CoD...

Iron Wolf Saber Den of Swords 9006	Posted - 2013.09.28 00:49:00 - [51] - Quote CommanderBolt wrote: Iron Wolf Saber wrote: US Navy Veteran, fixed airplane electronics and ran around like a chicken with his head cut off on the flight deck, at night. Scary place I'll tell you. VFA 27 With CAG -5 Aboard USS Kitty Hawk VFA 97 on special detachment duty (something about a marine general making a bet with a navy admiral...) VFA 102 x2 (training from F-18 hornets to rhinos) FRC-W Lemoore. Reserves (about 6 more months to totalling 12 years of service) As far as how my knowledge learned in the navy and how it applies to Dust 514 is not as well rooted as the ones I have about Eve Online. So many other games talks about war this war that and yet most fail to realize, war is hard, war is expensive, and war is easy to break. Eve Online captures this perfectly and I have yet to see any game come close to this aspect, not even Planetside 2's gradious massive battles. Dust 514 captures some of the spirit, for example the satisfaction of destroying expensive equipment knowing that you may set that guy back several matches. Losing your own said expensive equipment is just as hurtful. While Dust 514 is still growing I hope it will start to capture more of 'true war' from logistics to real people morale needs, from intel nets to cyno nets to bullets verses brains. As for my own gameplay experiences... I think my navy mentality training is hurting me a bit. I take a bit too long looking at the situation and not doing enough responding at times. Green Living wrote: U.S Chair Force 1998-2002. Command and Control operator. My experience has not helped me in any way be a better Duster. Though, if there were a command suit... Perhaps I could command and control! Lol Kadina airmen being beat red was priceless. USS kitty hawk? I assume you are a yank I am sorry I mean an immigrant? That doesn't sound very yank like. Normally its "Blah blah PATRIOT!!!! MAXXX POWERR blah" Or perhaps - "USS FREEDOM LIBERTY" or some other nonsense like that :P "First in Flight" and the unoffical addeum of the entire battlegroup 'first on sight, first to fight,' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wright_brothers Same Desron, Same CAG, same captains, same allies lead the battle group being one of the most efficient in the US Navy I can't tell you how often our outdated crap kicked the ever living puke out of the other battle groups during our exercises. Generally - Carriers are named after spirit of the nation, important events, and leaders Battleships after states Destroyers and Cruisers are named after locations or personnel from admirals to chiefs, only one set have ever been named after non chiefs the Solomons.
Greiskind Neo Terra Imperial Army Neo Terra Empire 29	Posted - 2013.09.28 02:30:00 - [52] - Quote US Army Combat Engineer (Essayons!) '82-'87, Germany. Ready Reserve to '94. Can't dig tank ditches or blow big holes in the sides of buildings, so not a lot of active duty to Dust transfer of combat engineer skills. Although mines are occasionally useful.... Deployable infantry/vehicle obstacles in a future build would be interesting. Comm chatter, paying attention to and following instructions of the SL, keeping the team informed, and taking a moment to "see the battlefield" abilities do transfer a bit. Thinking tactically instead of running in, guns a blazin'. I don't know if it's a military thing, a RW team leader thing, or an old guy thing, but SL that haven't a clue annoy the kittens out of me.
Falco Bombardi The Unholy Legion Of DarkStar DARKSTAR ARMY 18	Posted - 2013.09.28 02:51:00 - [53] - Quote Former Canadian Army Infantry Officer here. DUST isn't exactly the most relevant use of my skills, but proper comms use and the concepts of firebases/flanking/suppression do make things a touch easier. Ducimus!
Iron Wolf Saber Den of Swords 9010	Posted - 2013.09.28 03:50:00 - [54] - Quote ratamaq doc wrote: Fellow Tron, even the same platform. I heard horror stories about the ****** kitty, I was on the same keel, but mine had 8 reactors instead of the shower fragrancers. Even though we were on different coast, we probably know some of the same people. Naw the Kitty Hawk was in class of her own brood consisting of herself and two sisters the Connie and JFK, it would have been called the Constellation Class but connie caught on fire and Kitty beat her out the docks. Food was horrible but same can almost be said of every carrier about. Water was okay unless a fuel pipe busted, it was better than the red water from AU to the point we didn't bother drinking that and resorted to processed water products such as colas. As for diesel boat she did fairly well, I mean she outlasted both of her sisters and a few nuclear carriers. As for accidents our rates were about the same as the fleet and rarely blamed on equipment failure though we have a few big ones, including one wire snap and loss bird. True though that you could probably take paint thinner to her and sink her that way. Last I heard she's retiring to some reserve yards there are folks still wanting her to be a museum as being the longest modern serving ship in the navy; an impossible fate for the recently retired USS Enterprise. Decommissioning her reactors would gut her completely unrecognizable. Nothing to fret the legacy will continue as the newest scheduled carrier is going to continue the name. The damn WW2 Enterprise was beaten from one side of hell to the other and almost participated in every major fight back then.
MUDFLAPS McGILLICUTTY Local Tankers 514 11	Posted - 2013.09.28 05:15:00 - [55] - Quote USMC Combat Engineer SGT. 2003-2007 - Multiple combat tours. How does this benefit me in Dust 514? Flanking.... Flanking everywhere.
ratamaq doc 3dge of D4rkness SoulWing Alliance 87	Posted - 2013.09.28 11:28:00 - [56] - Quote Iron Wolf Saber wrote: ratamaq doc wrote: Fellow Tron, even the same platform. I heard horror stories about the ****** kitty, I was on the same keel, but mine had 8 reactors instead of the shower fragrancers. Even though we were on different coast, we probably know some of the same people. Naw the Kitty Hawk was in class of her own brood consisting of herself and two sisters the Connie and JFK, it would have been called the Constellation Class but connie caught on fire and Kitty beat her out the docks. Food was horrible but same can almost be said of every carrier about. Water was okay unless a fuel pipe busted, it was better than the red water from AU to the point we didn't bother drinking that and resorted to processed water products such as colas. As for diesel boat she did fairly well, I mean she outlasted both of her sisters and a few nuclear carriers. As for accidents our rates were about the same as the fleet and rarely blamed on equipment failure though we have a few big ones, including one wire snap and loss bird. True though that you could probably take paint thinner to her and sink her that way. Last I heard she's retiring to some reserve yards there are folks still wanting her to be a museum as being the longest modern serving ship in the navy; an impossible fate for the recently retired USS Enterprise. Decommissioning her reactors would gut her completely unrecognizable. Nothing to fret the legacy will continue as the newest scheduled carrier is going to continue the name. The damn WW2 Enterprise was beaten from one side of hell to the other and almost participated in every major fight back then. Big E was my home away from home. 63, 64, 65, and 67 all shared the same keel. The odd ball was the Kennedy cause she commissioned after the Nimitz iirrc. The horror stories I heard were that deisel leaked into the water so bad that showers burned your eyes. That and a rather entertaining story about what happened to everyone in the aft berthing that sits under the traps that thought they were a gang and desided to jump the watch one night. Led me to believe that the mid ninties thug life is what caused the need for MAs on the boat. I was sad to see that the E retired, but honestly, she was a floating museum when I crused on her. I was really glad to see that her namesake would continue. I may consider getting back in for 1 tour to be a plank owner in a decade or so.
Necandi Brasil Conspiratus Immortalis Covert Intervention 353	Posted - 2013.09.28 11:38:00 - [57] - Quote Reserve lieutenant of the brazilian army
IVIaster LUKE Shadow Company HQ 24	Posted - 2013.09.28 12:28:00 - [58] - Quote USN vet Hospital Corpsman 0000/Field Corpsman 8404. Aka "Bones, devil doc, doc, and fingers". Was also with VFA 83 and USS Saratoga/USS Kitty Hawk and also 29 Stumps. Revive, revive, revive!
Arx Ardashir Imperium Aeternum 228	Posted - 2013.09.28 16:53:00 - [59] - Quote If you had your own avatar, Bolt, I'd make a little meme picture for you. CommanderBolt wrote: That doesn't sound very yank like. Normally its "Blah blah PATRIOT!!!! MAXXX POWERR blah" Or perhaps - "USS FREEDOM LIBERTY" or some other nonsense like that :P Says "normally." Obviously has never heard the name of a US ship before. Anyways, US Army, 15T. I guess I'm pretty alright at door gunning on the dropship? I can also use a repair tool on dropships like nobody's business!
LuckyLuke Wargan HavoK Core RISE of LEGION 238	Posted - 2013.09.28 17:22:00 - [60] - Quote I had pre-military training to become a sharpshooter in the swiss military... but then moved to the US just before I turned 18 and military service was no longer a requirement... my friends still tease me to this day calling me a draft dodger; don't laugh.



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