Hi guys,

Being in thailand for 17+ years. Working for Royal Thai Army.

 

Im leaving thailand for 1 year contract under Ukrainian Foreign Legion in few days

 

i will be LT and lead a foreign assault squad there. 

 

Just wanted to wish you guys great time and hope to see you in a year. 

 

i just wanted to say if i wrote anything made you feel sad.. or bad.. OR if i broke your heart.. sorry.

 

see you.. 

 

PS: i willbe able to ONLY read my private messages

Edited October 15, 20232 yr by problemfarang

Ok thats heavy

55 minutes ago, problemfarang said:

Im leaving thailand for 1 year contract under Ukrainian Foreign Legion in few days

Why do you do it?

Will you earn (a lot of) money?

Do you like to fight?

Do you do it because you want to support Ukraine and/or fight Putin?

We all know it's important to be sceptical when Thai expats talk about their military exploits but if what OP says is true, I salute him for his bravery and moral compass.

2 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Why do you do it?

Will you earn (a lot of) money?

Do you like to fight?

Do you do it because you want to support Ukraine and/or fight Putin?

 

Good questions

First i must say actually i was going last year but couldnt because of some personal reasons.

 

I want to go because i think what russia doing is not fair. Like many things not fair in the world. And yes i did react and i act many things not fair in the past.

 

Im full volunteer which means i will not get that 550 euro which normal foreigner volunteer gets or ukranian army member gets. So.. its free. But for your question.. yes i got really really good money from iraq and afghanistan. Ohh and from africa and mexico.

I hate fight. I hate young people die. Thats why im going so other's kids will not go..

In this case i will be in UA

 

Thanks

2 hours ago, edwardandtubs said:

We all know it's important to be sceptical when Thai expats talk about their military exploits but if what OP says is true, I salute him for his bravery and moral compass.

Thank you. And thank you for the support

2 hours ago, problemfarang said:

 

Good questions

First i must say actually i was going last year but couldnt because of some personal reasons.

 

I want to go because i think what russia doing is not fair. Like many things not fair in the world. And yes i did react and i act many things not fair in the past.

 

Im full volunteer which means i will not get that 550 euro which normal foreigner volunteer gets or ukranian army member gets. So.. its free. But for your question.. yes i got really really good money from iraq and afghanistan. Ohh and from africa and mexico.

I hate fight. I hate young people die. Thats why im going so other's kids will not go..

In this case i will be in UA

 

Thanks

Thanks for your answer.

All the best!

Hopefully that war will end soon.

I hope you return unharmed.

 

Best of luck to you.

 

I will never understand anyone who VOLUNTARILY goes to war.  Good luck.

''I hate fight. I hate young people die. Thats why im going so other's kids will not go.. ''

 

So you have already participated in wars as a mercenary, now going to Ukraine to lead an assault squad who will fight, cause other young people to die, and other kids will also go to fight or be compelled to fight''

 

I don't get your reasoning.

2 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Thanks for your answer.

All the best!

Hopefully that war will end soon.

I hope you return unharmed.

 

Thank you so much

2 hours ago, Felton Jarvis said:

I will never understand anyone who VOLUNTARILY goes to war.  Good luck.

Thank you

2 hours ago, Felton Jarvis said:

I will never understand anyone who VOLUNTARILY goes to war.  Good luck.

They enjoy combat?

6 hours ago, problemfarang said:

I hate fight. I hate young people die. Thats why im going so other's kids will not go..

In this case i will be in UA

 

Yeh sure you do.

So you are an American.

3 hours ago, Felton Jarvis said:

I will never understand anyone who VOLUNTARILY goes to war.  Good luck.

It depends.

I.e. if someone would try to break in your house, would you try to stop that person?

How about if a burglar would try to rob your neighbors or family members?

 

I can't imagine going to a war in a country where I don't have a connection to.

But I can imagine protecting my home country and the country where I live. 

And there are many ways to do that.

I.e. I wouldn't be very helpful with a gun at the frontline. But I would help to build drones and things like that.

 

I have a notebook that I put people down in to think about when I'm doing a full metta meditation (the neutral object of contemplation -people you don't know, but wish well).

 

I'll toss you a vibe or two up the road. 

Stay safe, help those good people.

On 10/16/2023 at 4:54 PM, OneMoreFarang said:

I.e. I wouldn't be very helpful with a gun at the frontline. But I would help to build drones and things like that.

The front line guys are called cannon fodder for a reason. You'd be as good as any cannon fodder.

8 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

The front line guys are called cannon fodder for a reason. You'd be as good as any cannon fodder.

Don't you ever have anything nice to say?

You will be sitting around a canteen and playing cards.  I'm pretty sure you can keep in touch.

18 minutes ago, Trippy said:

27 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

The front line guys are called cannon fodder for a reason. You'd be as good as any cannon fodder.

Don't you ever have anything nice to say?

To be fair, there are not so many nice things on the front line.

" All wars are theft writ large". Whatever the OP's motivations are, respect and good luck.

35 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

To be fair, there are not so many nice things on the front line.

To be fair, someone going to fight tyranny deserves respect, encouragement, gratitude, not being called cannon fodder. 

Hi

just wanted to do some update.. you care or not.

me and my team is in south of bahmut. Klichivka

its tough.. not same like Iraq.. Afghanistan things.. we are fighting against something stronger than us..

my team have azerbaijanis, georgians.. and brazilians. We lost some really good people. bless them.

On 10/18/2023 at 3:27 PM, OneMoreFarang said:

To be fair, there are not so many nice things on the front line.

That's certainly true. Just ask the Ukrainian and Russian cannon fodder- they know.

On 10/18/2023 at 3:08 PM, Trippy said:

Don't you ever have anything nice to say?

Not about war. The most vile thing ever perpetrated on the human race, and the ones sending the boys to die are usually miles and miles behind the front lines.

 

I do have nice things to say about Thailand and Antarctica. Both wonderful places full of magic and wonder.

I like nice tropical beaches, sunsets and long legged pretty girls in short shorts and tight t shirts- bliss.

 

On 10/16/2023 at 1:28 PM, Felton Jarvis said:

I will never understand anyone who VOLUNTARILY goes to war.  Good luck.

Seems like a good idea at the time.

I voluntarily signed up for my generation's war, but it ended while I was on my way.

I was young when I did though.

On 10/18/2023 at 9:12 AM, Chris Daley said:

You will be sitting around a canteen and playing cards.  I'm pretty sure you can keep in touch.

 

I believe the reason he stated he can read DM's, but not reply, is because there is an information lockdown.

Simple messages from a war zone can unintentionally reveal sensitive information.

On 10/16/2023 at 7:17 AM, OneMoreFarang said:

Why do you do it?

Will you earn (a lot of) money?

Do you like to fight?

Do you do it because you want to support Ukraine and/or fight Putin?

All of the guys that I signed up with ( Vietnam, not Ukraine ) did so ( to my knowledge ) for adventure, see the world, bored etc.

Not one was a Rambo wannabe.

Not one expected to get paid a lot ( we didn't get paid a lot ).

I doubt any cared about the geopolitical reasons for the Vietnam conflict or cared about who they would be fighting.