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2 mos ago
Current Summer break begins today!
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4 mos ago
I will continue to be one of the oldest members of this community in August.
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6 mos ago
If you are a fan of Warhammer 40,000 or Age of Sigmar, let me know. Maybe we can put together an RP. I play Ironjawz & Kruleboyz in AOS and Salamanders & Drukhari in 40K.
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2 yrs ago
Happy holidays, everyone!
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2 yrs ago
Summer break is almost over. Back to work/school and all that non-fun stuff.
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I am a veteran of the United States Army and the US Army National Guard. I spent three years on Active Duty serving in the 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized) at Ft. Carson, CO, and the 3rd Armor Division at Kirch Göns, West Germany. I spent 18 years in the Army National Guard with the 26th Infantry Division "Yankee" and 29th Infantry Division (Light), "The Blue and the Gray". I was deployed to Bosnia-Herzegovina with the 29th ID (L) in 2001 - 2002. I have also been reading military history articles and books since I was 10 years old. I do prefer Military Role Plays over all other genres, primarily because I have a vast knowledge of the subject including personal experiences. At the very least, my characters are always veterans.

I have been writing for pleasure for at least 35+ years but only got into forum-based Role Playing about eighteen years ago. I do enjoy Nation Role Plays and get into minute detail when designing my military. The only reason I enjoy excruciating detail in my militaries is because for me, it is fun. My education and experience on this subject afford me the insight to see the depth of the structure. It is not just a General and a large pile of soldiers. If someone wants assistance in designing an army, navy, or air force, please send me a PM. I will help. Please specify what level (echelon) or depth you would like me to go. When I say echelon, I mean Army, Corps, Division, Brigade/Regiment, Battalion/Squadron, Company/Troop/Battery, Platoon, and Squad/Section.

When I was a student in High School, I used to play Dungeons & Dragons. Recently, I have been DMing a 5e campaign of my creation for my son and his friends. 5e is so much less cumbersome than earlier editions of D&D. I do have an interest in Tolkien-esque fantasy-styled Role Plays as well. Time travel has always been a fun genre for me, but to do it well, one must have a firm grasp of historical facts.

There are only a few fanfictions I will participate in; Star Wars and Star Trek are two of them. I want to do an exclusively Klingon RP one of these days. I also avoid Canon characters.

I have real-world martial arts experience. I would love to write an RP about hand-to-hand combat, no fantasy magic chit, just hands elbows, knees, and feet. Maybe the occasional head butt thrown in to mix things up. I trained in Krav Maga for six and a half years. I earned a first-degree black belt in Krav Maga on 3 June 2017.

Krav Maga is an Israeli martial art form that employs practical self-defense techniques drawing forms & techniques from Muay Thai, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and Taekwando. It is very brutal, demanding, and aggressive. During the seven years I trained, I have bruised two ribs, sustained several muscle pulls, and various lacerations and bruises over my body. I have received a sprained ankle and a fractured wrist. Before the first black belt test, I received a bone bruise to my right shin; where my roundhouse kicks impact. Yet, I am stupid enough to continue training. [Regardless of the physical pain, it is more fun than any other physical activity I have engaged in. Fortunately, the bone bruise healed up prior to the third and final test. EDIT: I did leave the sport over five years ago. :(]

Over two years ago I completed my first novel, a science fiction set in the 24th century. It focuses on a Private Military Corporation solely employed by the earth government. I started a second book in November 2022 and hope to work on that this summer when I have more time.

Send me a PM for a Role Play or if you would like to see what sort of an army I could build for you.

--Gunther (AKA: Old School)



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@Gunther Haha. My mom has somewhat given up hope of getting any grandchildren from me. And I think I'm glad. I don't want kids and I'm not very good at being a boyfriend, forget how terrible of a husband I would be. I also don't think I'd be a good father. I'm very irresponsible and lazy. I'd be a fun uncle though. So it's up to my sister.

If I ever do find someone maybe I'd knock them up once. If they wanted.


Is it a matter of maturity? If so, you can always wait. I was 39 when I got married. Maturity was my excuse.
Happy Birthday to me. Home alone in bed. All my friends are unavailable and my best friend bailed on me to go get my first tattoo today. So I'm just sitting in a tin can. Far, far away...

Hope you guys are having a better day than I am. I'll be posting within the hour.


Happy birthday, Raptor. I'm 8 days behind you.

EDIT:
"Are you getting enough sleep? When am I going to get grandchildren?"

I remember once about 30 years ago, my mom made a similar statement to me; well, the second question. I looked at her flushed and asked, "which do you want first, a daughter in law or the grandchildren?" My sisters both married before me, by at least 10 years. They also got divorced, but that's beside the point.
Someone yelled, Fire in the Hole! Gigger knew that meant explosives had been set and it was time to leave. HE grabbed his brother and the two headed back out the same door he had just come in. He knew there was a firefight going on out there and tried to be as careful as possible. So far none of the Soviets had made it around to the back of the building yet. Someone yelled for the other team to get the hell out or maybe they heard the Fire in the hole call go out. They weren’t there any longer; except the one man who wouldn’t be going anywhere anymore; slumped halfway across the entrance to the Williston barracks.

The sun was casting rays across the Burlington area. The sound of the burning police car was crackling from the street. Other Vermont militiamen were moving about trying to get a peek the enemy dying on the street. Gigger wondered what was going on at the airport. There was sporadic gunfire now. Most of the intense gunfire had quieted down. [i]Who controlled the airfield now?[i] Preston Giguere thought to himself. He and Ben ran to the bushes away from St. George’s Road and away from the building. He and his brother would cover the withdrawal of the rest of the team as they moved.

There were militiamen like him all over the place now. He didn’t want to shoot one of them and he wasn’t sure what the bad guys looked like. They may have had different uniforms. He was scared and this was crazy. How the hell did I get myself into this shit? Preston thought to himself.

“Better off dead than telling his friends what we look like,” Master Sergeant Tyus Morse told Danny after he killed the Stasi officer. He turned to leave and said, “fuck the Geneva Convention,” in hushed tones. Well today, anyway. The Sergeant moved with Danny getting their asses out of the building. He chased after the Giguere brothers; about a minute behind them. He could see where they were hiding as soon as he came out and took up a position with them, aiming his rifle in the direction of where the ambush had happened. Now it was a firefight between the survivors.

“We need to get out of here, most riki-tik,” Sergeant Morse muttered. Softly he spoke under his breath, “blow the building Danny. Let’s get out of here.”
...As a sophomore last year I mentioned an interest in joining the military and they just about died :/ I tried to explain that if I join JROTC this upcoming semester, it doesn't mean I'm obligated to join the military, but it will certainly help with skill building, leadership, and also break me out of this shell I've been in forever.

I mean, I might be petite and weigh like 100lbs wet, but I'm pretty sure I'm not the first one to want to join the military!

Your size as a sophomore is irrelevant. You are not done growing. I was 19 or 20 when I finished growing; picked up 3/4" between 18 and 20.

I am of the opinion young people should go on some sort of quest and mission to find themselves. Who and what they really are going on into maturity. Something rife with trial and tremendous challenge which they must confront and overcome.

I would agree with that completely.

I have had three or four very trying moments in my life that were rife with trial and a challenge.
1st. Basic Training, age 18
2nd. Officer Candidate School, age 23
3rd. The birth of my oldest child, age 40 (This one was mental/emotionally challenging)
4th. The black belt testing process, age 52

Well, I am a very different person today, than when I was a child. Back then I was in constant fear and kept quiet and to myself often. Today, I tell people I was born on a PT field in Ft. Jackson, SC at the age of 18. The person who inhabited my body prior to that time is no longer in existence. Good riddance! This is one of the reasons I LOVE the US Army. It made me the person I am today.
I am an extrovert. I gain energy walking into a room filled with people.
I play 8-ball pool on my phone. I am level 82 (Grand Master) winning 2738 of 5677 games and potting over 32,000 balls. I have won 9.2 Million coins.
Yea @Jurassic Weeb I've always made it standard to avoid canon characters whenever possible. I might use one as an NPC characters briefly encounter.
I am a full time Catholic.
My grandfather served as a teamster in the US Army on the Western Front of France in 1917 - 1918. He drove a team of horses to the trenches; either delivering supplies or taking wounded or dead to the rear. My uncle, his son served as a sailor aboard a ship in the South Pacific in the US Navy. My father was an Air Policeman in the USAF in the 1950s. My cousin was an Artilleryman in the US Army stationed in West Germany in the 1970s. I served as a Unit Supply Clerk initially in the US Army in West Germany in the 1980s and then later as an Infantry Officer retiring in 2003.
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