>>I'm sorry for not being clear.
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>Hey, no problem! I was butting in anyway! :-)
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>>... In our military (as in England's too I'm sure because I actually met many English soldiers in some countries I 'visited')
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>Putting 'visited' in quotes like that gives it an ominous edge ... like "visiting death on someone" :-) You said you'd discharged the gun twice. What stopped the bullets?

As you can imagine, a body. A couple of times I only had to shoot into the air though to let them know there was a weapon that would be used. But then I almost stopped a bullet a couple of times myself.

I met British soldiers on assignments in a couple of places. Once was actually on a trip (vacation) to East Berlin. Again in Europe and then in a Central American country as well. All except the trip to East Berlin were assignments (not vacation). I have tremendous respect for British soldiers. I worked with a few members of Sabre Squadrons (are they still called that?) and it was very interesting because at that time there were no women in those units. I assume that is still the case. We don't have women assigned to SF teams here either, but MI personnel frequently work alongside them on assignments. For instance, I did not attend this one, but did you know that in 1997 there was a small SAS group in Lima, Peru? A friend of mine was there. Are you familiar with the British company Defense Systems Limited?


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>>there are many jobs and while everyone is trained to be a soldier, your experiences can vary alot depending on your actual job (or MOS - military occupational speciality). I was in the U.S. Army for years and started out a helicopter weapons mechanic for a few years ...
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>Sounds like quite an exciting old life you had. The new one's not Apache on the old. But I guess Huey were Sea King something less dangerous.
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>>I met my ex-husband at a cuartel in Penonome.
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>Sorry, what's a cuartel?

A police station in Panama.


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>>>What were you - the "noo sh'rr'f in town" or something? :-) How come you get to bear arms in a foreign country? I'm aware that you were in the USAF, this whilst on a tour?