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Ghurkhas Train with US Soldiers in India
Army News Service ^
| Dec 03, 2007
| Staff Sgt. Matthew MacRoberts
Posted on 12/04/2007 7:12:03 AM PST by sukhoi-30mki
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To: Constantine XIII
Them dudes are like an army of Chuck Norrises. They're a happy bunch of little fellers, though they can get real nasty real quick. They do not take well to deliberate insults, even friendly ones.
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posted on
01/10/2008 12:23:52 PM PST
by
archy
(Et Thybrim multo spumantem sanguine cerno. [from Virgil's *Aeneid*.])
To: Army Air Corps
Ayo Gurkhali! Tesro bisra yudha nepalbata sury hunchaa!
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posted on
01/10/2008 12:26:27 PM PST
by
archy
(Et Thybrim multo spumantem sanguine cerno. [from Virgil's *Aeneid*.])
To: sukhoi-30mki
I don’t know much about them today, but these guys were tough fighters, to say the least, back in the day.
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posted on
01/10/2008 12:27:34 PM PST
by
Badeye
(No thanks, Huck, I'm not whitewashing the fence for you this election cycle)
To: sukhoi-30mki
Ghurka
Best cigar I’ve had in a while
To: DCBryan1
I am not scared of many things in life, but that Kukri knife gives me the heebee jeebees. 
Kaphar hunnu bhanda marnu ramro!
Ayo Ghorkhali!
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posted on
01/10/2008 12:31:05 PM PST
by
archy
(Et Thybrim multo spumantem sanguine cerno. [from Virgil's *Aeneid*.])
To: Badeye
I don’t know much about them today, but these guys were tough fighters, to say the least, back in the day. Oh trust me on this one; they very much still are.
It's more than just a tradition with them, it's flat-out what they are.
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posted on
01/10/2008 12:41:04 PM PST
by
archy
(Et Thybrim multo spumantem sanguine cerno. [from Virgil's *Aeneid*.])
To: archy
Glad to hear it. Pakistan blows up, they will be needed.
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posted on
01/10/2008 12:55:47 PM PST
by
Badeye
(No thanks, Huck, I'm not whitewashing the fence for you this election cycle)
To: Badeye
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posted on
01/10/2008 4:06:13 PM PST
by
archy
(Et Thybrim multo spumantem sanguine cerno. [from Virgil's *Aeneid*.])
To: archy; swarthyguy
The Indian Central Government’s para-military force,the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP has been sent to A-stan to protect Indian establishments & development workers.They do have Gurkhas in their ranks.
To: archy
I’ve never seen anything suggesting Gurkhas serving in Pakistan.I believe the choice back in 1947 was between the Royal Army & the Indian army.
To: archy
Something to make the nightwatch more palatable?
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posted on
01/11/2008 4:55:49 AM PST
by
Badeye
(No thanks, Huck, I'm not whitewashing the fence for you this election cycle)
To: sukhoi-30mki
Right, IIRC that road from Kabul to Kandahar.
BTW, saw Mushie on the BBC, straightfaced, all earnest and indignant, proclaiming that there was no way any organization, including the Pakistani military could induce a man to blow himself up in the service of any ideology.
Now he’s a comedian too.
To: snippy_about_it; SAMWolf; alfa6; Professional Engineer
Hubby and I were just talking about the ghurkas at dinner (doesn’t every married couple discuss military expertise while dining?). We were comparing them to Polish special forces. Our conclusion was that they are both awesome and we want them to cover our backs.
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posted on
01/16/2008 12:26:22 PM PST
by
Samwise
(Fred doesn't suffer fools or the media. Did I repeat myself?)
To: snippy_about_it; SAMWolf; alfa6; Professional Engineer
Hey that’s Dad’s! He got to take one of those returning soldiers trips to Fort Wainwright. He loved it. If he can look down, I bet he enjoyed watching this training.
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posted on
01/16/2008 12:31:49 PM PST
by
Samwise
(Fred doesn't suffer fools or the media. Did I repeat myself?)
To: sukhoi-30mki
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posted on
01/16/2008 12:34:53 PM PST
by
BigBlueJon
(Superman wears Jack Bauer pajamas to bed.......Jack Bauer wears George W pajamas.)
To: BigBlueJon
See “Above”
My favorite cigar, for now.
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posted on
01/16/2008 12:35:34 PM PST
by
BigBlueJon
(Superman wears Jack Bauer pajamas to bed.......Jack Bauer wears George W pajamas.)
To: ConorMacNessa
I don’t remember the source, but during the Faulklands war, the Argentine forces had something like the following going around their ranks:
“How do you know the Ghurkhas are here? When you wake up in the morning, your head falls off”
I guess that was one of the many reasons their officers had to shoot troops in the feet to keep them from deserting....
To: RFEngineer
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posted on
01/16/2008 1:20:16 PM PST
by
ConorMacNessa
(HM/2 USN, 3rd Bn. 5th Marines, RVN 1969. St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle!)
To: Samwise
If he can look down, I bet he enjoyed watching this training.I bet he can and does!
Here's lookin' at you kid.
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posted on
01/16/2008 1:51:30 PM PST
by
snippy_about_it
(I'm a Friend of Fred, FRedneck! Fred08.com)
To: Samwise
(doesn’t every married couple discuss military expertise while dining?)Of course! Foxhole FReeper married couples do. ;-)
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posted on
01/16/2008 1:52:33 PM PST
by
snippy_about_it
(I'm a Friend of Fred, FRedneck! Fred08.com)
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