08-22-2011, 23:48
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Area Commander
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Hobbiton
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An SAS Digger lost. RIP mate
Sorry fellas posting from the phone.
We lost an NZSAS corporal in the defence of the British cultural center in Afghanistan late last week.
Rest in peace brother! You've earnt your rest.
Prayers out to family and fellow warriors.
MAROHIROHI KIA KAHA!
Scimitar
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"Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for power equal to your tasks."
-- Phillip Brooks
"A man's reach should exceed his grasp"
-- Robert Browning
"Hooah! Pushing thru the shit til Daisies grow, Sir"
-- Me
"Malo mori quam foedari"
"Death before Dishonour"
-- Family Coat-of-Arms Maxim
"Mārohirohi! Kia Kaha!"
"Be strong! Drive-on!"
-- Māori saying
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08-23-2011, 03:35
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Quiet Professional
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: 18 yrs upstate NY, 30 yrs South Florida, 20 yrs Conch Republic, now chasing G-Kids in NOVA & UK
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RIP Digger, Vaya con Dios..
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Go raibh tú leathuair ar Neamh sula mbeadh a fhios ag an diabhal go bhfuil tú marbh
"May you be a half hour in heaven before the devil knows you’re dead"
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08-23-2011, 04:33
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Guerrilla
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: North of the Kingdom of Brunei, South of Mindanao
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RIP mate...
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08-23-2011, 04:36
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RIP Quiet Professional
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: The Ozarks
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Prayers out
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08-23-2011, 10:52
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Join Date: Jun 2005
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Rest in Peace Digger.
Blue
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08-23-2011, 11:00
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Asset
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: America
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R.I.P
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Having done all to Stand....Stand therefore.
Walk Humbly, Love Mercy, Act Justly.
Your only limitations are the ones that you give yourself.
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08-23-2011, 11:19
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Quiet Professional (RIP)
Join Date: May 2007
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Rest in Peace,God Bless Warrior..............
Big Teddy
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I believe that SF is a 'calling' - not too different from the calling missionaries I know received. I knew instantly that it was for me, and that I would do all I could to achieve it. Most others I know in SF experienced something similar. If, as you say, you HAVE searched and read, and you do not KNOW if this is the path for you --- it is not....
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SF is a calling and it requires commitment and dedication that the uninitiated will never understand......
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08-23-2011, 11:19
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Quiet Professional
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: NorCal
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RIP, Corp!
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“Almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so.” - Robert Heinlein
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08-23-2011, 18:07
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Area Commander
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Midwest
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RIP. My condolences.
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08-23-2011, 18:33
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Quiet Professional
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Currently FT. Bragg
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RIP Mate
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There is only one tactical principal which is not subject to change. It is to use the means at hand to inflict the maximum amount of wounds, death and destruction on the enemy in the minimum amount of time.
Gen. George S. Patton, Jr.
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08-23-2011, 22:46
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Area Commander
Join Date: Nov 2006
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"Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men! Do not pray for tasks equal to your powers. Pray for power equal to your tasks."
-- Phillip Brooks
"A man's reach should exceed his grasp"
-- Robert Browning
"Hooah! Pushing thru the shit til Daisies grow, Sir"
-- Me
"Malo mori quam foedari"
"Death before Dishonour"
-- Family Coat-of-Arms Maxim
"Mārohirohi! Kia Kaha!"
"Be strong! Drive-on!"
-- Māori saying
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