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Old 11th Aug 2012, 19:27
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Lima Juliet
 
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Nice one Iraven, what would sound better at a war memorial in 2035:

Boy: What did you do in the Afghan War mister?

Tanker-W@nker: Well son, I lived in a 4-star hotel way behind enemy lines and sat 3 miles above the action eating in-flight donuts and giving fuel away for 6 hours.

Boy: Oh...

or

Boy: What did you do in the Afghan War mister?

"Drone" Pilot: Well son, I lived on the outskirts of Vegas, drove to work in a V8 Camaro - you know like the yellow car in Transformers. I met my wife in a cabaret show on the strip. A normal day would involve building a pattern of life for a special forces operation, then I would support it by opening the operation with a weapons shot on an enemy guard post and then supporting the forces on the ground with Close Air Support. After that was finished I was called to a fire fight to provide a shot against an enemy sniper team pinning down some British forces who had called "troops in contact". After that I gathered intel with my world class suite of sensors. At the end of the day, I drove my Camaro back to home, had a snooze and then went water skiing on Lake Mead.

Boy: Gosh mister, that's pretty cool. My dad would like to buy you a beer...

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