Posted on 02/05/2013 3:40:36 PM PST by SandRat
FORT HUACHUCA You are definitely not members of the National Danish Shooting Team.
Thats what one of the EST 2000 range instructors said Monday afternoon, as members of the National Danish Performance Team were given a quick lesson on how to fire Army weapons. And there was no disagreement from the Danes, who had a good laugh at the comment.
There were more misses showing up as green dots than hits, which were indicated by red spots. But it didnt take long for some of the Danes to catch on to the intricacies of shooting. One even registered 36 hits in one of the tests.
Of course, it may have been a little easier for him since he served a short time in the Danish Army. Denmark has a form of draft, which is based on those with lower numbers going in while those with higher numbers usually do not.
Anders Bidstrup is the 29-year-old mens coach. He served four months in the Army and then had a choice of remaining in service for a longer period or leave and become, in effect, part of the countrys reserves subject to call up in case we ever go to war, he said, adding he took the option of leaving the Army to return to civilian life, albeit as a reservist.
On the other hand, 21-year-old Jeppe Nøhr, pulled a high number and wasnt drafted. Although he said he has an air rifle, he, like the majority of Danes, doesnt own real weapons. In Denmark, weapon ownership means first either obtaining a hunting license or a harder to obtain special permit, he said. If a person does get a license or permit their weapon has to be locked up in a cabinet, Nøhr said.
So far on the world tour, the performance team has been to Azerbaijan, Uganda, Kenya, South Africa, Thailand, Vietnam and Taiwan, he said. They have toured places in the United States and are going on to Mexico, Colombia and Brazil before returning to Denmark. Later, the team will take a tour of Europe, Nøhr said.
The goal of the team is to help people understand the importance of having an active lifestyle, he said, adding that is what the performance is about. The team will do a number of workshops today for school-age children to help them understand that developing such a lifestyle is healthy, Nøhr said.
Bidstrup said what the audience will see at the 7 p.m. Wednesday performance at Barnes Field House on the post which is free and open to the public will be an hour and 45 minute show of fast moving, high energy acts.
“Geez, you are a drunken nutcase.”
- Tomorrow, I’ll be sober and all of this really is a question of mind over matter.
I don’t mind and you don’t matter.
You wrote:
“I admit we Swedes no longer care much about Charles XII. But although he lost at Poltava, he weakened Russia beyond belief and while Sweden moved along, Russia stayed a second rate nation.”
You lost your empire. Russia advanced on the world stage.
“The Russians are still afraid of the Swedes because the Russians know we are technologically superior and are good friends of the Nato alliance.”
You’re shouldn’t do crack. It leads to delusions. Russia wasn’t even afraid of you in the Soviet era when they sent subs in and out of your waters at will.
“Russia today is cornered and is not likely of ever becoming a leading country in any important area whatsoever.”
Dream on. If Sweden disappeared tomorrow it would mean no more Ikea and some blondes would go missing. Russia is vastly more important on the world stage. No one gives a crap what Sweden thinks about anything. When Russia is involved that is another story. Question: What does Sweden think about the Syrian problem? Answer: It doesn’t matter what Sweden thinks about Syria. It does matter what Russia thinks about Syria.
“Please pardon me for saluting a true leader like Charles XII.”
Salute him all you like. All your great men have been dead for centuries and you’ll never produce any others. Saluting them is all you can do now.
You wrote:
“Geez, you are a drunken nutcase.”
Nope. He’s not a drunk. He’s a delusional douchebag. I wasn’t kidding.
” Hope you forgive my mispellings and begin to learn about Nordic history.”
I know some Nordic history
“Ten thousand Svedes
Chased trough the veeds
By vone Norveighen”
;^)
I can tell that something is wrong, abnormal.
This reminds of Restornu.
>>>>Why dont Russians like Charles XII?
He showed no respect for Russia, he was not afraid, he was proud, and he was right.<<<<
What Charles XII? You mean that earlier Napoleon&Hitler wannabe who attacked larger nation before these respected fellows just to finish with 70% of his Sweden as Northwest Russia?
LOL.
>>>>Today, a Viking nation like Sweden, the nation displaying the highest standard of living on Earth, is pushed back by idiotic and lesser nations like Britain and Germany.<<<<
You mean a model welfare state confiscating 80% income from working people to fund 3rd world immigrants who a crapping in your back streets? You mean a state teaching children into sodomy and indoctrinating them into a guilt over identification with “he” or “she” term since age of 3 or 4? You mean a state teaching kids to spy if their parents aren’t political correct at home?
>>>>Youll hear from us Vikings.<<<<
Do you mean screams of your women getting raped by 7th century cavemen “guestworkers” who aren’t really working? Or maybe a silence of passer-bys who are afraid to do a thing and be labeled as racists?
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