bolueeleh wrote:

PSD-Kiwi wrote:I don’t believe that any time spent in the armed forces are wasted.

i thought i served a country that will take care of me but it turned out singapore is "made" for big corporations to do business in, that is why recent years there have been lots of resentment and exodus.

wasted in terms of i served with a wrong conviction but i learned discipline and camaraderie, so in that sense i learned something.

like a lot of statements i read on FB or on internet by US servicemen, they would die for their brothers in arm but not for their country, that is exactly how i feel.

SinnSisamouth wrote:i thought that the actual killer drone pilots were based out where the action is, iraq, syria etc, not at a military base in the U.S?

the drones don't work that far away do they?

PSD-Kiwi wrote:

juansweetpotato wrote: But the actual riflemen and target painters are actually in US air force bases in the US. .

Riflemen are infantrymen...ground soldiers, the guys who actually fight,and win, battles.

Target painters need to be in close proximity to the intended target in order to laser "paint" the actual target.

So NO...they are not based in bases thousands of miles away. However, the final decision makers and the UAV pilots, navigators and trigger pullers are.

If you're gonna pretend to know what you're talking about, do a little research first!

bolueeleh wrote:i wasted 6 years of my life as a UAV pilot in singapore armed forces