A very important lesson.

I have realized that we all love to somehow visaulize ourselves in a higher state of combat, but this is a perfect example as to why to leave the patches of Military Ranks to those that have earned it and to why not to name your group..."SEAL Team Six"

http://www.duffelblog.com/2012/05/fake-teen-navy-seal-rescued-in-yemen-by-real-navy-seals/


Now, as to whether or not the article is true...I rather not take my chances. I will stick to R.A.T. (Rapid Assault Team). And you guys make your own decisions. To those that have earned their Ranks...thanks for all of your effort, we can never trully repay you.

calm down LOL it's not true. Although I could think of a few "keyboard commandos" that basically copy all of Seal Team Six' work

Duffleblog is a joke...a parody website. None of the information is meant to be taken seriously. It even states that on the website.

"The content of this site is parody. No composition should be regarded as truthful, and no reference of an individual, company, or military unit seeks to inflict malice or emotional harm."

it's fake, but nonetheless it's annoying when people run out airsofting with patches and such to make themselves seem like a real live division, company, etc.

it's too damn hot to even wear all that combat uniform!

Rogue Echo 1 wrote:

it's fake, but nonetheless it's annoying when people run out airsofting with patches and such to make themselves seem like a real live division, company, etc.

it's too damn hot to even wear all that combat uniform!

Yeah, you're right. Running around with "real looking" uniforms and "real looking" vests and "real looking" patches and "real looking weapons. From now on I'm playing in a chicken suit with a nerf gun because that's why we call it mil-sim.

Mirko wrote:

Rogue Echo 1 wrote:

it's fake, but nonetheless it's annoying when people run out airsofting with patches and such to make themselves seem like a real live division, company, etc.

it's too damn hot to even wear all that combat uniform!

Yeah, you're right. Running around with "real looking" uniforms and "real looking" vests and "real looking" patches and "real looking weapons. From now on I'm playing in a chicken suit with a nerf gun because that's why we call it mil-sim.

it's not the uniform that bugs me, it's the patches of real life military units that non-members wear that do.
if it wasn't so hot i'd have more official looking uniform. i said nothing about the guns or vests/uniforms aside from the patches

lol! nice meme.

i don't mind the realism of the weapons, uniform, etc. I love that part, which is why i want a gas blowback rifle. the only thing that bugs me is, like you said, people sporting real life military insignia that they didn't earn. (like seal team 6, 1st division)

i understand that mil-sim is MIL-SIM and thats how it's supposed to be

Rogue Echo 1 wrote:

lol! nice meme.

i don't mind the realism of the weapons, uniform, etc. I love that part, which is why i want a gas blowback rifle. the only thing that bugs me is, like you said, people sporting real life military insignia that they didn't earn. (like seal team 6, 1st division)

i understand that mil-sim is MIL-SIM and thats how it's supposed to be

my unit/rank was not decided to make myself part of some bad Culo group. my unit, 192nd infantry, was decided because i like it. i also have a raider tab, because im usually the first one in when my team breaches a door. my rank symbolizes that i have more experience than other members of my group. i use the real deal for my own groups purposes because they work.

Pandemonium wrote:

Rogue Echo 1 wrote:

lol! nice meme.

i don't mind the realism of the weapons, uniform, etc. I love that part, which is why i want a gas blowback rifle. the only thing that bugs me is, like you said, people sporting real life military insignia that they didn't earn. (like seal team 6, 1st division)

i understand that mil-sim is MIL-SIM and thats how it's supposed to be

my unit/rank was not decided to make myself part of some bad Culo group. my unit, 192nd infantry, was decided because i like it. i also have a raider tab, because im usually the first one in when my team breaches a door. my rank symbolizes that i have more experience than other members of my group. i use the real deal for my own groups purposes because they work.

well that's different. at least you're not trying to impersonate somebody that you're not (like the article OP posted)

Rogue Echo 1 wrote:

Pandemonium wrote:

Rogue Echo 1 wrote:

lol! nice meme.

i don't mind the realism of the weapons, uniform, etc. I love that part, which is why i want a gas blowback rifle. the only thing that bugs me is, like you said, people sporting real life military insignia that they didn't earn. (like seal team 6, 1st division)

i understand that mil-sim is MIL-SIM and thats how it's supposed to be

my unit/rank was not decided to make myself part of some bad Culo group. my unit, 192nd infantry, was decided because i like it. i also have a raider tab, because im usually the first one in when my team breaches a door. my rank symbolizes that i have more experience than other members of my group. i use the real deal for my own groups purposes because they work.

well that's different. at least you're not trying to impersonate somebody that you're not (like the article OP posted)

im 5'9" 140 lbs theres no way in hell i could pull that off lol

hey my cousin is a Navy Corpsman, and is only 5 foot 5 inches lol!

Rogue Echo 1 wrote:

hey my cousin is a Navy Corpsman, and is only 5 foot 5 inches lol!

the minimal height for any branch of the military in general is 5 foot 4 inches.

wow... made it by an inch.. lol!

Panziekiller wrote:

Rogue Echo 1 wrote:

hey my cousin is a Navy Corpsman, and is only 5 foot 5 inches lol!

the minimal height for any branch of the military in general is 5 foot 4 inches.

yes but im really small lol i was an unstoppable WR in high school ill beat you all at the runs and the hikes but teh push ups would kill me

All I got to say on this is Milsim!

Ebola wrote:

All I got to say on this is Milsim!

haha very true

Sorry i couldnt get on sooner. And yes, it IS A PARODY. safe to say. lol but that still brings up the question...can this really happen?....I say YES.

And i still say leave the ranks to those that have earned theirs. And Ebola, would you happen to know any Milsim events nearby? All I can find are Mindgame Productions and they do all their stuff in Orlando and I missed DV8 when Streets, SOG, and PMC went...work really sucks my time up...specially when I only work weekends.

I hope all of you guys know I always write in this forum for fun eventhough I never have nor ever will ad "LOL" to the end of any post and eventhough we scream at each other and sometimes it gets intense in the field, once we walk out to hydrate and reload, I will always shake your hand. Glad to see this post go to a mutual understanding as it should always be. BOOM!

Look under state evens. I will post as I find out. Last one was Operation Soviet a LoneWolf production.

Mirko wrote:

I hope all of you guys know I always write in this forum for fun eventhough I never have nor ever will ad "LOL" to the end of any post and eventhough we scream at each other and sometimes it gets intense in the field, once we walk out to hydrate and reload, I will always shake your hand. Glad to see this post go to a mutual understanding as it should always be. BOOM!

That's why I like you.

Mirko wrote:

I hope all of you guys know I always write in this forum for fun eventhough I never have nor ever will ad "LOL" to the end of any post and eventhough we scream at each other and sometimes it gets intense in the field, once we walk out to hydrate and reload, I will always shake your hand. Glad to see this post go to a mutual understanding as it should always be. BOOM!

thats why i come here if i wanted a political debate about airsoft ill post on the NRAs site.

Mirko wrote:

I hope all of you guys know I always write in this forum for fun eventhough I never have nor ever will ad "LOL" to the end of any post and eventhough we scream at each other and sometimes it gets intense in the field, once we walk out to hydrate and reload, I will always shake your hand. Glad to see this post go to a mutual understanding as it should always be. BOOM!