I am bold and audacious. The only fear I have is heights. Can I sing? I don't know. I sing to please me. My wife likes my voice and I have been complimented by others, but I don't care to sing for anyone else. I have no problem standing up in front of a crowd and making a presentation. The largest body of people I have ever spoken in front of was around 500, but that was a military event.
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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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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)
Gunthers Cast of Hooligans
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)
Gunthers Cast of Hooligans
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I started a post this afternoon, but made a huge mistake. I was writing about an interaction between Jimmy Graham and his daughter, Adelaide. In the story, she was taking a karate class. Then I remembered, she was afflicted with CP and confined to a wheel chair. I had to delete it. Hopefully, I will have time to write something real. :(
When I was a teen, my mother worked for a company that returned magazine covers to the publishers once they were out of date in retail stores. The body of the magazines were discarded. Only the covers were accounted for. The stores received a credit if the covers were returned. The body of the magazines were tossed as trash. Note: this was before recycling. I used to ride my bike over to her workplace and sift through the debris, then ride away with a box filled with comics or any other magazine I might like (free). Read a lot of Marvel and D.C. in those days.
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Here is a headspace and timing check on the tactics I have written about in this most recent post.
In built up terrain, Light infantry or dismounted infantry (mech/motorized) is best suited to fight here. Built up or urban terrain has many great hiding places for an infantry soldier. Reinforcing a sniper position inside an attic with sandbags can create a wonderful hiding position and provide some cover from incoming fire. The earthlings are traveling in armored fighting vehicles. AFVs are best suited for open terrain or rolling hills and small copses of trees.
In our scenario, AFVs are leading with infantry, mounted. The assumption the leadership has taken to make this move is that the Salvesh are on the far side of the reconnaissance assets, like our squad. But since this is a MOUT environment it is quite possible they silently infiltrated behind the reconnaissance asset and established ambush sites along most major avenues of approach. The Salvesh are dismounted or light infantry and can hide just as easily as their human counterparts. Even if they are larger in size, they are still quite smaller than the AFVs they are targeting.
I recall once planning an area ambush employing depth using light infantry armed with anti armor weapons intent on taking out AFVs. There were several squad sized anti-armor kill teams established all over the place hoping to bag as many tanks and APCs as possible. They way I read this scenario, is one of these many ambushes was 800 meters to our front at 11 O'clock and one of these ambushes was set approximately one mile behind us along the main avenue of approach for Team Bravo, Task Force Cox which is advancing towards our position.
At this point in the story, Squad Park is cut off from friendly forces.
In built up terrain, Light infantry or dismounted infantry (mech/motorized) is best suited to fight here. Built up or urban terrain has many great hiding places for an infantry soldier. Reinforcing a sniper position inside an attic with sandbags can create a wonderful hiding position and provide some cover from incoming fire. The earthlings are traveling in armored fighting vehicles. AFVs are best suited for open terrain or rolling hills and small copses of trees.
In our scenario, AFVs are leading with infantry, mounted. The assumption the leadership has taken to make this move is that the Salvesh are on the far side of the reconnaissance assets, like our squad. But since this is a MOUT environment it is quite possible they silently infiltrated behind the reconnaissance asset and established ambush sites along most major avenues of approach. The Salvesh are dismounted or light infantry and can hide just as easily as their human counterparts. Even if they are larger in size, they are still quite smaller than the AFVs they are targeting.
I recall once planning an area ambush employing depth using light infantry armed with anti armor weapons intent on taking out AFVs. There were several squad sized anti-armor kill teams established all over the place hoping to bag as many tanks and APCs as possible. They way I read this scenario, is one of these many ambushes was 800 meters to our front at 11 O'clock and one of these ambushes was set approximately one mile behind us along the main avenue of approach for Team Bravo, Task Force Cox which is advancing towards our position.
At this point in the story, Squad Park is cut off from friendly forces.
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