By strength and guile

"There are two lines you should never cross; horizontal and vertical." [Independent RP account for a Call of Duty: Modern Warfare series OC. Faceclaim is Matthew Marsden. NSFW warning; expect violence, strong language, and adult themes.]

[elontaistohonkay-deactivated201]

They could sent all that unwanted horse meat to us. We could get meat, burgers, instant food and so on.

I mean, I wouldn’t complain.

[revolversarejustbetter-blog]

I’ve had horse before. It ain’t so bad.

[metal-ripper]

I've eaten crocodile. And kangaroo.

[metal-ripper]

✌ , ★, ✞, ✒.

✌ Name 3 bands you would most like to meet. Why?

Sabaton, Motörhead, and ZZ Top 'cause they all seem like they'd be fun to go drinking with.

★ Is there any music band you liked years ago that you would not like now?

Confession time - back in Iraq, I used to listen to the Foo Fighters non-stop. It drove the other lads mad.

✞ Can you concentrate on other things when you are listening to music?

Nah. I listen to music to help distract me. Take me mind off of stuff, like.

✒ If you were a song, what song would you be and why?

White Death by Sabaton. I shan't explain the joke 'cause that'll spoil it.

[metal-ripper]

✖, ϟ, ☤

✖ What do your parents think about the music you listen to?

Me dad always used to say it was just a phase and I'd grow out of it. Now look at me.

ϟ  Do you sing in the shower?

Sure, if you ask me nicely.

☤ Do you most pay attention to the melody or the lyrics?

Lyrics, mostly, but sometimes I'll just take a minute to appreciate the melody; with rock and metal it's things like drums that get taken for granted when the song wouldn't sound right without 'em. Major respect for the drummers.

[askboxmemes]

Music Asks

☮ When was the last time you went to a concert? Which one was it?

✈ Is there any kind of music that you can’t stand?

☠ Do you play a musical instrument? What instrument? 

☯ How many CDs do you own? From which artist do you have the most CDs?

✌ Name 3 bands you would most like to meet. Why?

✖ What do your parents think about the music you listen to?

☢ Do you still buy CDs? Which was the last CD you bought?     

☤ Do you most pay attention to the melody or the lyrics?

♫ Name your top 3 albums from your favorite band/artist.

★ Is there any music band you liked years ago that you would not like now?

✞ Can you concentrate on other things when you are listening to music?

♛ Name your top 5 music videos.

◔  Put your mp3/ipod on shuffle and name the first 5 songs you stumble upon.

ϟ  Do you sing in the shower?

☫ How much time do you spend listening to music every day?

ø  If you could play any musical instrument, what would it be?

✒ If you were a song, what song would you be and why?

☺ What do you think the world would be like without music?

✦ What musicians did you like 5 years ago? 10 years ago?

[metal-ripper]

It's good to be back.

Well...not really, but at least it gives me a chance to work on me tan.

[spol-ace-deactivated20140205]

New Year reminds me of my old platoon mate who smuggled fireworks in the garrison area and then fired them in front of the Sissi Company building in the middle of a night, waking up half of the company.

[metal-ripper]

Ah, a mate of mine did something similar back in Iraq. He'd wait until you were asleep and then he'd MRE-bomb you.

[killingforthecompany-blog]

I dunno, Chief. I hear they got entrance exams for kindergarten now. You think Fox’ll be able to get in?

[askkestrel]

Is funny, the little troop of hotshots are ganging up on one of the few Old Breed still around.

You Americans could learn a thing or two from Fox. I am sure he has seen things that would give General Shepherd himself nightmares.

[immediate-action]

Me and the other Regiment lads have shoveled the same shit he has and you don’t see us bitching at every other turn.

[askkestrel]

Different people have different coping mechanisms.

For example; I am sure your father’s alcoholism was a method of coping. Fox’s is being vocal, and speaking his mind.

[panzerbattalion-deactivated2013]

Too bloody right. If I had a penny for every time my old man slapped me or my mum about, I’d be a fuckin’ millionaire by now.

[metal-ripper]

Sorry to interrupt your little group-therapy session here, but when exactly was the last time you heard the Sarge bitching about his under-privileged childhood?

[metal-ripper]

What would you do if you weren't working in your current profession?

I'd probably still be in Bath, working in me dad's butcher's shop.

[metal-ripper]

Riot, Dust, Cash

It really ain't fair that I've got to choose, but...OK.

Fuck Dust, marry Cash, kill Riot.

[rpmissionboard]

send me three names

[metal-ripper]

██/██/██

Eight more casualties this week. No KIAs thank fuck but that's eight more operators out of action when we need all hands on deck. Marching fractures and blisters I can deal with. Bullet wounds are nothing new. But Trojan comes down with a seriously nasty case of tummy trots and before you know it everyone's got it. Poor fucker didn't even realise he had it until he farted and the seat of his pants turned brown. We all fell about laughing of course. We just couldn't help ourselves. It stopped being funny around the time that Jock started chucking his guts up, and we realised that any one of us could have it. I'm clean so far thank fuck and so is Jackal, but unfortunately so is Fox. 141 are being pretty decent about letting us use their portakabins but there's only so many sweaty squaddies and their minging kit that they can accomodate. Asked Jackal why we haven't had ours fixed yet and just got told to shut the fuck up and do my job. You're not paid to ask questions etc. etc. SSDD. Speaking of which the smell is fucking unbelievable. You can literally taste the shit all the time in the back of your throat, mixing with the cordite and the dust. It's fucking revolting but what can you do? Can't be seen to be bitching. Bad for morale if the medics are complaining. Fox doesn't realise how lucky he is. We had a sandstorm hit us the other day and being the insufferable prick that he is, Fox kept going on about how nice it'd be to have a Magners Irish Cider in my fist because he could see it was fucking me off. Even Panther got sick of it in the end. Fox shut right the fuck up when Panther threatened to lump him one but now I can't stop thinking about that goddamn cider. I'm starting to become obsessed.

If I shut my eyes when I'm chugging down a bottle of water I can almost pretend it's a chilled glass of Magners but if anything my piss looks closer. I used to keep telling the lads they should aim for at least one clear piss a day but by this point I've given up. I haven't managed a clear piss in three months. Not only have we lost two quads and had the officer's quarters and our portakabins have been declared u/s as a result of the mortars but we've had to start piling up sandbags around the bottled water to stop it from getting fragged too - we lost an entire palette of the stuff the other day after shrapnel shredded it.

Shaving's gone out the window too. I'm not about to waste precious showering time getting the scrape off my chin so I've got about three days worth of it on me.

That isn't such a bad thing mind. I reckon it looks quite sexy.

Anyway, Jimmy tells me that beards are a sign of masculinity amongst the Afghan people. I might have to reconsider shaving it off in preparation for leave. TO DO:

Pistol work (getting sloppy)

PFT (Burpees, pullups, planks, kettle lifts, CQC drills)

Requisition forms (frags, claymores)

Need more auto-injectors, burn dressings, eyewash (ask around at TF141)

Christmas present and card for dad and Jen

Something for the Alpha lads

Find out about West Brom v Arsenal game result

[killingforthecompany-blog]

I know it’s kinda late for Halloween and all, but me and Kestrel were swapping spooky stories earlier and we were wondering if you guys had any?

[metal-ripper]

Spooky stories? What, like ghosts and stuff like that?

[metal-ripper]

panzerbattalion replied to your post: Do you have any special talents?

Oh yeah? What about that little party trick you do with a knife?

What - you mean five finger fillet? I dunno man, that just takes practice and a steady hand. And bloody painful fingers, if you ain't careful.

[metal-ripper]

Do you have any special talents?

Aside from pulling, you mean? I can't really think of any, besides sniping.

[metal-ripper]

I Don't Care - FOB

FOB meaning Fall Out Boy

uh-uh

nope

not happenin'

not with Chalky

nope

[askboxmemes]

Send me what you think my character's theme song is, or a song that remind you of my character!

[ripped-fuel]

Forgot it was Thanksgiving. Man. Hope we at least get some decent MREs. I’d kill for a turkey and a pecan pie. 

[killingforthecompany-blog]

Decent. MRE’s. Pick one, Chief.

[panzerbattalion-deactivated2013]

You ladies bitch if you get an MRE without a fuckin’ pop-tart, for Christ’s sake. Try living on corned fuckin’ beef and biscuits for three months and then maybe you can fuckin’ complain.

[immediate-action]

You’re having a laugh, mate. Corned beef is fucking delicious.

[metal-ripper]

Sorry Sarge, I’m gonna have to side with Fox on this one. Corned beef is shite.

[immediate-action]

Fuck off! This from the man who puts Tabasco on fucking ravioli?

[metal-ripper]

Yeah - to mask the taste. It's fucking revolting otherwise.