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someone get me the puke bucket... 

the enemy must be literally shitting themselves.. 

With all the genuine talent to choose from - why the f*@k do the Armed Services feel the need to enlist obvious cases with issues from tiny minorities, and then impose restrictions in speech etc on the other 99.9%?

There's a sailor currently in battle with this government over being sacked for refusing pink fingernail polish.

WTF???

See? This is why we can't win in the Olympics. All other countries that don't entertain bs are winning the athletics medals.

I can just see the future of the Australian forces

The new dress uniform will be a beg fluffy dress for men and women or should I say all persons.

And green is just sooooooo boring

They will have pink or puce camo uniforms

I get it, really I do

We are no longer allowed to display symbols of death, even thought that's the ultimate threat.

Now our soldiers will prance into battle in pink camo uniforms

The enemy will be laughing so hard they won't be able to shoot straight.

Then our brave soldiers can just prance up and hit them over the head with thier purses.

I'm beginning to feel ashamed to be an Australian.

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Aug 7^th, 2018 at 6:11am:


I think the rules are you either have a full beard or no beard
You can't have stubble or even start to grow one
It has to be fully established.

Sub Mariners are not allowed beards though.

The American navy have different rules I think

Valkie wrote on Aug 7^th, 2018 at 5:36am:


Its unfortunate you see it in such a light. What has happened is individuals cannot distinguish between free speech and good old fashioned respect. So to answer directly what this forum attacks on....it is actually just respect that has gone down the crapper in todays society. Respect spanning from younger teens all the way up to the older generations.

goldkam wrote on Aug 7^th, 2018 at 7:10am:



Is that respect that runs two way or the respect that runs one way?

In yesterday's society an alphabet would be rejected for military service, though there have been some very excellent gays in service at times.  There was one highly placed in Britain's SAS in WW II, who nobody in his unit put down because of his ability as an officer - and he was eventually forced to resign when the truth became official.

All these 'issues' that people carry around with them - often from a disintegrated childhood and upbringing and not reality-based at all - are nowhere in the same boat, but are serious liabilities for others in combat.

Downe on Ye Olde Omaha Beache, D-day:-
(zing.. whine... boom.. scream...)

"Who in the hell are you people?"

"Alphabet Company, 396th Rainbow Battalion, sir!"

"Right - get rid of this sh1t, pick up some hand-bags and compacts.. and follow me!  You stay on this beach and you're a dead person!"

Then why is there a sailor fighting for reinstatement or compensation for being sacked for not wearing pink fingernail polish and refusing it?

Just another one of those odd bods that get into the services these days?

Seems to me to raise the very same question ... about odd types ......... and the inherent dangers thereof......

Maybe it's just heteros who are out of touch with reality.....   

buzzanddidj wrote on Aug 7^th, 2018 at 10:47am:


That's not what he says......

Raven wrote on Aug 8^th, 2018 at 1:38am:


Paint your toenails pink, boy.. you're going into combat tomorrow and we need everyone on the same page ... one good thing about the Army is they let you sleep in until 5.30 am or so ... not like the dairy farm at all...