Marines42 Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 Greetings to all from lovely Baghdad. Former Marine and present security contractor in Iraq hailing from Georgia in the USA. I have an affinity for old armour from Her Majesties service and have a Ferret Mk 2/3 and a Humber Pig Mk 2 that I am restoring at the moment. I look forward to speaking to and learning from you all! Cheers! OO EA 18 (She is not correctly marked on the hull) 31 BK 83 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Burley Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 Welcome aboard.And another Ferret owner... We need more of our U.S cousins to the forum.:thumbsup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 Welcome, nice to see we export some stuff to your side of the pond. Mind you I wouldn't swop the Dodge. :-D As one of the total sidetracks this forum is famous for. The March past of the Royal Militia Island of Jersey was 'Marching through Georgia', haven't found out why though (Yet!!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 Welcome M42 - is that a burger van you are towing behind the Ferret? Oh dear....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 Hey, why rough it? :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marines42 Posted December 28, 2008 Author Share Posted December 28, 2008 Welcome M42 - is that a burger van you are towing behind the Ferret? Oh dear....... Haha no that is my mothers caravan sitting behind me. I have the Ferret backed up to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 OH NOOOOOOOOOO !!!!!!!! A FERRET and a CARAVAN :shake::shake::shake: Time to retire to the SAGA room with a glass of tonic wine and Bovril. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeKB Posted December 28, 2008 Share Posted December 28, 2008 Hey Marines42, Stay safe and watch your back....My brother was killed there in 2003, when they blew up the UN building. F@#%ing terrorists Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snapper Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 Welcome to the Friendly Forum. We definitely have plenty of room for many more folk from across the Pond. Owning a Ferret and a Pig proves you have a sense of humour. Writing from Baghdad proves you are completely nuts. You have come to the right place! We do have some clubhouse rules you will need to follow. We can provide our own burgers - but we don't like ketchup stains on the Mess carpet. Jack can't get the staff to clean them up. MB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marines42 Posted December 29, 2008 Author Share Posted December 29, 2008 Thanks to all for the enthusiastic greetings! I have a bit of an interesting family history. I have an Irish father from Boston who was a career Army officer and a Korean mother. He retired in Georgia and that is how we ended up there. There was a lot of ill feeling about "The Troubles" even in the states as you can imagine. A lot of people in the states are of Irish descent. Though the rest of my family was in the Army, I joined the Marines which directly traces it's ancestry to the Royal Marines. I have seen your forces in action all over the world and you have always been our staunchest ally in even the most unpopular causes. I recognize this and have always appreciated it as many others do. In my opinion, Great Britain brought civilization to most of the world and it wouldn't be what it is today (for better or for worse) without that influence. I am glad to be here and look forward to learning more and more about our interesting hobby and hearing of your own experiences. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marines42 Posted December 29, 2008 Author Share Posted December 29, 2008 Hey Marines42, Stay safe and watch your back....My brother was killed there in 2003, when they blew up the UN building. F@#%ing terrorists Mike I am sorry to hear that Mike. I try to keep a low profile. God Bless your brother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enigma Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 I am sorry to hear that Mike. I try to keep a low profile. God Bless your brother. Marines, wellcome to the forum. Keep safe! @MikeKB; sorry to hear that. Don't know what else to say.:cry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snapper Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 You have an interesting story to tell there, Mike. I am a Scots-Irish-English mix and am British to the core. We skirt as carefully around politics as we can on the forum - avoiding it as much as possible - my old Dad (who was a committed communist) always said NEVER discuss politics and religion. I was a five minute wonder in the army as opposed to a good many blokes on this forum who had to serve across the Irish sea. One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter and everyone has a point of view and no one side can claim to have their hands clean - it would be a lie. But being entirely biased I would direct you to the excellent book A Long, Long War by Ken Wharton; which is covered elsewhere on HMVF; which is a sorry tale of how the armed forces always get the excremental end of the politicians' stick. Things never change.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marines42 Posted December 29, 2008 Author Share Posted December 29, 2008 I don't suppose any of you know Ian Wallace? British by birth but raised in the states. He runs the Ferret-AFV forum and has given me much help in restoring my ferret. I know he makes the rounds in quite a few forums like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmite!! Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 I don't suppose any of you know Ian Wallace? British by birth but raised in the states. He runs the Ferret-AFV forum and has given me much help in restoring my ferret. I know he makes the rounds in quite a few forums like this. He is a member of this forum FerretDriver but is not that active on here.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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