Texan Reacts to Fredssoldat Pt.1 - Första nedslaget (Swedish UN forces in Mali Series)

[@Andy108953]

Most of the people in the unit come from the same regemente, but there is also other people from other parts of the country that can apply as well. Then there is also 'special' professions that the unit might be lacking, then they can recruit for those positions among other regementes as well. But every one of these soldiers are professional and are under contract with the army to serve abroad in missions like this one. Then you have the white strip on the grade, that mean that they are hired as civilians to do like a cilian task ergo like photography, nurse, doctor etc. Then have no mandate to rule over someone that is actually a contract soldier or officer, they are just handed a uniform and a grade.

[@magnusk9724]

Yes, that is correct. The unit will disband and yes, it's all volunteers. In Nordic countries they don't send you on foreign deployments without you having signed a contract. A conscript will not be sent to Mali during the year they are conscripts.

[@rayceofhistory]

I didn’t know that about the contracts, how long has that been in place if you know? And okay so the group volunteers, goes to train together until they’re actually needed for the deployment, they go on deployment, then come back and are disbanded as a group? Am I getting that right? Do they go back to their normal units after that?

[@zoom5024]

@@rayceofhistory My dad was in afghanistan he said that they try to get as many people from the same regiment as possible and then take whatever they need from different regiments, so if they are a pansar regiment and need helicopters they will ask for that from a different regiment, or if they need more sharpshooters they go to one of the ranger regiments etc. Atleast that's how he said it was done in the early 2000's

[@rogerforsman5064]

@@rayceofhistory Correct!

[@nZn1]

@@rogerforsman5064 not really. Most of the rifle-company have worked toghether for years. Then there is staff members, functions such as medics, IEDD and logistics groups and so fourth thats not from the same regiment. So all the diffrent units is for the most part experienced and have worked with eachother for quite some time but the contingent as a whole is not. And about the disbandment its the same, the contingent will disband as will some of the units which was put toghether specifically for this mission. Many of the soldiers and officers will still continue working but sometimes in a new unit when they get home.

[@gabriellasvensson4384]

I work as a radiographer in Sweden (We call it röntgensjuksköterska, which is kind of a combined nurse and radiographer) and i once saw an ad for radiographers to go to Mali with the Swedish forces to help with the injured 😅. But it wasn't in me to go and do that, sadly.

[@rayceofhistory]

Things like obvious danger aside, deployment is difficult. I’ve seen multiple family members try to juggle their lives, marriages, children, etc while getting ready for and going on deployment. It’s a hard ask, for someone to uproot their lives for at least several months.

[@ingvartorma9789]

When it comes to Sweden and its soldiers who work abroad as peacekeeping forces. In part, it consists of professional soldiers who will do part of their military life with foreign service. Then, Civilian Swedes who have completed their military service have the opportunity to apply voluntarily to work as a peacekeeping force in the countries Sweden operates in, so it is a mix of professional soldiers and voluntary soldiers who normally work in civilian occupations. When it comes to this with child soldiers, you know historically, where soldiers have hesitated to shoot a child soldier and then themselves have been killed or injured by a child soldier, therefore there must be no doubt that you can be forced to kill a child because you yourself do not be killed by this child.

[@petter5721]

Really good series 👍🏻

8:43 PewDiePie in the Swedish Army confirmed

[@Matha08]

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[@ratdevil5393]

They are vollentears.. but have done Army time

[@karl-erikmumler9820]

That our soldiers are less trigger-happy than your cops is a bit weird.

[@rayceofhistory]

Typically military gets far more training than a normal cop would, and has very specific ROE that rolls through that training. I feel like if cops spent the majority of the year training they would have better trigger discipline too, which more of those stress training situations is something I think we need more of. But also the New York City-Newark metro area has almost twice the population of Sweden on its own. That sort of population density can change a lot, and a lot of potentially dangerous encounters can happen with even regular civilians.

[@rayceofhistory]

And I say the population density part not from experience of being it it consistently, I’ve been to New York and major metro areas all over the US but as a traveler. But from the other side of it I’ve lived in more rural areas most of my life and cops(mostly sheriffs) are much more relaxed in encounters with people than I have seen cops be in major metro areas. They are much more calm, typically don’t get upset nearly as quickly, and tend to be much more of a sort of ambassador between the law and civilians. Being at concerts, football games, community get togethers, not because there will be a problem, but just to kind of be seen and interact in a more unofficial capacity with the community.

[@karl-erikmumler9820]

@@rayceofhistory My training as a conscript certainly included trigger discipline. We too had ROE (if for no other reason than to stop us shooting each other). Trigger discipline was day 3 when we got our guns. It was taken very seriously. I remember that they told us that cops have to wait far longer for a gun than we did. I was urban warfare. We were trained to destroy/neutralize an enemy or take a certain part of territory. Primarily because our main job was to achieve our objectives which generally was within those parameters. Very little of what I was taught would make me of much use as a cop. One of my best friends is one and she spent 3yrs studying for it (after doing her service in a far more elite unit than mine). The population (number of people) is hardly an excuse. Density might be but then that's the challenge. Trigger discipline should also be a requirement for anyone who has any gun imho. They are machines designed for a clear purpose. If you can't keep your finger off the kill switch then you probably shouldn't have one.

[@karl-erikmumler9820]

@@rayceofhistory Which makes perfect sense and is something that they should receive plenty of training to achieve. Cops should be calm, soldiers not so much. These are fundamentally different roles and if you mix them you have only yourself to blame.

[@allannakhle8555]

They say that they go for Combat experience, they go to meet with others who do the same to bond make friends, go on war safari for the fun of it, and because it looks good on the resumé, I EXPECT the same attitude from these Soldiers on going and Peacekeeping in Ukraine, and going to a real war for which they have prepared their entire Military careers for where they can put all that juicy training to real use closer to home, where the opponent is no rebel with a Rifle or IED, but a proper military with an Airforce, artillery in all sizes, Special Forces, Armored forces, A Navy and I expect nothing less but the same eagerness and will to fight the bad guys and defend the ones who are under attack. But no, you dont see many of them in the war in Ukraine. Where they would not be the guy with the biggest stick...