Congratulations syrén!

[denoir 0]

This is probably of little interest to most of you, but Sweden just got a new commander in chief. And the new supremce commander of the Swedish armed forces happens to be my old CO

Lieutenant-General Hĺkan Syrén now leaving his post as the head of MUST (military intelligence and security agency) was back in the days when I did my service the head of the department where I was working. To make things even better, he used to be the commander of KA1 (now AMF1) - my old amphibious regiment.

He was a great boss and he's a good man for the big job

[Acecombat 0]

Congratulations now see if , he still remembers you and ask for a promotion yourself

[Dauragon 0]

i smell Ikea

[denoir 0]

Congratulations now see if , he still remembers you

I would certainly hope so. It was a fairly small department, my direct superior was his adjutant and I was the only enlisted man in the entire department. At that time I was a sergeant and the nearest guy that outranked me was a major Anyhow, I was part of his staff at HQ so I talked to the general many times.

He was the one that helped me to cut through the red tape and transfer to the international operations department that allowed me to go to Kosovo and  get a great position on an international team working directly for COMKFOR (through his recommendation).

Furthermore I very strongly suspect that he was the one who was behind my unexplicable promotion to fänrik (2nd lieutenant). I don't know that for a fact but frankly I can't think of anybody else who would have done it.

Regardless if he remembers me or not, I owe the man a great deal.

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Hmm, Colonel denoir has a nice ring to it No, but most important is that now I have a serious ally in my plans to liberate Norway and Finland  

[ralphwiggum 6]

i really gotta say that Swedish military seems quite small if someone like denoir got to work under now-commander in chief. that explains why Sweden lost Finland and Norway and get occasionally plundered by Denmark

Quote[/b] ]Furthermore I very strongly suspect that he was the one who was behind my unexplicable promotion to fänrik (2nd lieutenant). I don't know that for a fact but frankly I can't think of anybody else who would have done it.

Regardless if he remembers me or not, I owe the man a great deal.

let me guess, same deal as being a moderator here. meet at cave at 3am, come alone

Quote[/b] ]i smell Ikea

Ikea is more like a private sector company. although it has same interest as swedish military, its focus is global domination. and as i say as an economist, private sectors tend to do better job

[shadow 6]

Too swedish

Closing

[denoir 0]

i really gotta say that Swedish military seems quite small if someone like denoir got to work under now-commander in chief.

It's bloody amazing. Actually the first amazing thing was when he was made head of MUST as his deparment was one of the least significant ones. It was just a cold-war leftover. And now this

Our military isn't that small. We have about 20,000 enlisted men active at all times and around 10,000 professional officers.

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and as i say as an economist, private sectors tend to do better job

And monkeys tend to do a better job than economists. What's your point?

[ralphwiggum 6]

It's bloody amazing. Actually the first amazing thing was when he was made head of MUST as his deparment was one of the least significant ones. It was just a cold-war leftover. And now this

Our military isn't that small. We have about 20,000 enlisted men active at all times and around 10,000 professional officers.

ROFL! talk about the under dog! i guess military intelligence postition puts many people at advantage. or keep them away from political struggle within the miltary.

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and as i say as an economist, private sectors tend to do better job

And monkeys tend to do a better job than economists. What's your point?

Swedish military is no better than monkeys?

[denoir 0]

ROFL! talk about the under dog! i guess military intelligence postition puts many people at advantage. or keep them away from political struggle within the miltary.

The interesting part is that we've had a number of CiC's now leaving fairly quickly. They were all politically appointed with the main task of further reducing the Swedish military. When they failed they resigned. But basically all were political lapdogs. So this is truly a breaking trend. Syrén is a real soldier and he holds the conviction that a strong Swedish military is a necessity. It will be quite interesting to see how the whole thing goes.

Anyway, I'm happy for him and I think that it's very good for Sweden. We've been having supreme commanders now for a while that only focused on how to dismantle the military rather than how to improve it.

[ralphwiggum 6]

The interesting part is that we've had a number of CiC's now leaving fairly quickly. They were all politically appointed with the main task of further reducing the Swedish military. When they failed they resigned. But basically all were political lapdogs. So this is truly a breaking trend. Syrén is a real soldier and he holds the conviction that a strong Swedish military is a necessity. It will be quite interesting to see how the whole thing goes.

Anyway, I'm happy for him and I think that it's very good for Sweden. We've been having supreme commanders now for a while that only focused on how to dismantle the military rather than how to improve it.

how interesting. many argue that Rummy is also interested in slimming down the military size and fret about it.

i guess the end of the cold war struck all that military is better off reduced. but on other end of spectrum, big military is not the answer either.

Quote[/b] ]Syrén is a real soldier and he holds the conviction that a strong Swedish military is a necessity. It will be quite interesting to see how the whole thing goes.

Operation: Invade Finland, Norway, and Denmark

[denoir 0]

i guess the end of the cold war struck all that military is better off reduced. but on other end of spectrum, big military is not the answer either.

It's true that the military has to adapt to the new state of the world. However one has to be careful Sweden had such a period after WW1 when they concluded that there would be no more big wars. Needless to say they had little but their dicks in their hands once the Germans started rampaging around Europe. Sweden was entirely defensless and had to agree to provide iron ore and to let German troops pass through Sweden, or we would be invaded.

And while Russia might seem very nice and friendly today, I'd be careful before letting our guard down entirely. You never know. Unilateral disarmament is not the way to go IMO.

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Operation: Invade Finland, Norway, and Denmark

Liberate, Ralph, liberate

[Tex -USMC- 0]

Err... yay?

[bn880 5]

i guess the end of the cold war struck all that military is better off reduced. but on other end of spectrum, big military is not the answer either.

It's true that the military has to adapt to the new state of the world. However one has to be careful Sweden had such a period after WW1 when they concluded that there would be no more big wars. Needless to say they had little but their dicks in their hands once the Germans started rampaging around Europe. Sweden was entirely defensless and had to agree to provide iron ore and to let German troops pass through Sweden, or we would be invaded.

And while Russia might seem very nice and friendly today, I'd be careful before letting our guard down entirely. You never know. Unilateral disarmament is not the way to go IMO.

Despite the impression I think some people had of me in the past, I agree with Denoir. You have to have some means of defense... how will the world ever get disarmed then?

I don't know, maybe if most weapons become strictly defensive and very effective then maybe there will be a chance.

[feersum.endjinn 6]

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Operation: Invade Finland, Norway, and Denmark

Liberate, Ralph, liberate

Hey, we'll give you Ahvenananmaa/Ĺland for free just so that we don't have to listen those pussies whine about their autonomy and violation of demilitarization when couple of officers go there on holiday, having to subsidize their potato and boat business with our taxpayer money is already enough

[The Frenchman 0]

This event calls for a little music:

Now thats what I call sweddish propoganda!<---(Click on the movie called fame)

[Gollum1 0]

Hmm, Colonel denoir has a nice ring to it No, but most important is that now I have a serious ally in my plans to liberate Norway and Finland  

   

Bring it on! Look what happened to the Russians (erm, not in 1944, 1939!)