506th IR Realism Unit
Open Forum => Public Discussion => Topic started by: J. Wade on June 26, 2016, 05:49:45 PM
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Hi all.
My name is Jonathan Wade and I am a 14-year veteran of the Canadian Army. I served as a light infantryman and deployed to Afghanistan along the ANA in Kandahar (Howz-E-Madad, Zhari for the ones who might know this place). I also deployed to Haiti after the big 2010 earthquake.
I am writing a quick intro here (admin, if it is not permitted, please delete). I was WIA in Afghanistan and was medically discharged two years ago. I am now a disabled retired vet and I run a blog on Russian & Canadian military and foreign affairs (http://thesentinel.ca).
I also do Milsim Airsoft. I lead a team called Task Force Spartan (http://facebook.com/tfspartan) and I am a Milsim West (www.milsimwest.com) cadre. I have been doing Milsim for 10 years now.
I am attending tomorrow's recruit training and I am really looking forward to it. I've been playing ARMA III since the launch, on and off, but mostly by myself. I found the 506th on Youtube and I felt like it would be a great place to fully experience the game. I've done hundreds of hours of VBS2 through the military but it was always prior to deployment so no "real" fun.
I am pretty excited to join 506th and get some much-needed ARMA III action.
With regards,
RCT Wade.
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Welcome and good luck with training.
Airsoft player here myself, not milsim sadly.
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Hey Wade!
Nice intro. Fellow canuck here; thank you for you service brother. You're definitely going to have a blast here, I have been very satisfied since I've joined and it has surpassed my expectations. Try to find me on Teamspeak when you get sorted, would love to chat!
CPL Leeds
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Bienvenue!
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Hey Cpl. Leeds,
Will do for sure, thanks for the welcome!
Here's a video of my deployment (I am the one firing the Karl Gustav wearing TAPOUTS shorts and my Crocs)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lxdh8yMVVOE
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Bienvenue!
Merci!
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Hey Cpl. Leeds,
Will do for sure, thanks for the welcome!
Here's a video of my deployment (I am the one firing the Karl Gustav wearing TAPOUTS shorts and my Crocs)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lxdh8yMVVOE
Excellent choice of footwear
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2nd Lt Koch,
I still wear them to this day! :o