18X Public Service Announcement

[1stindoor]

Originally Posted by ZonieDiver

Without revealing too many "secret squirrel" techniques, the procedures used by SF Medics to complete the surgeries briefly mentioned by Dusty were "outed" in the movie "Face Off" - with Travolta and Slater. (I went in thinking it was a hockey movie.)

Not only does "exchanging faces" with another result in a new face, complete with hairstyle, etc. - it also miraculously gives you the body of the other person. Thereby, each person is totally different, and unrecognizable - even to their spouse.

(Pink font not used because I reallllllllllly didn't think it was needed.)

The procedure was soooooo good in fact that Slater came out looking like Nicholas Cage. LOL

[greenberetTFS]

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[ZonieDiver]

Originally Posted by 1stindoor

The procedure was soooooo good in fact that Slater came out looking like Nicholas Cage. LOL

My bad! I've gotten those two confused since "Windtalkers"! It was Travolta-Slater in "Broken Arrow".

[Xamine]

Originally Posted by ZonieDiver

Without revealing too many "secret squirrel" techniques, the procedures used by SF Medics to complete the surgeries briefly mentioned by Dusty were "outed" in the movie "Face Off" - with Travolta and Slater. (I went in thinking it was a hockey movie.)
Not only does "exchanging faces" with another result in a new face, complete with hairstyle, etc. - it also miraculously gives you the body of the other person. Thereby, each person is totally different, and unrecognizable - even to their spouse.
(Pink font not used because I reallllllllllly didn't think it was needed.)

I always thought you guys just put on a pair of these...

[GreatfulService]

Originally Posted by Dusty

It's S.O.P to have your features altered via plastic surgery after you're filmed. That's the reason our medics receive such extensive training, and why our wives sometimes don't recognize us after a mission.

OMFG, you guys f'n crack me up. Sometimes I wonder if I'm really researching my new career or just looking for the next post that makes me almost shit myself laughing. I'm glad there is no "like" option, I'd have FTFSI by now just liking all your smartass remarks - it really is dumbfounding how easily butt hurt many of my peers get at the gentlest swat graciously given by their idols for general stupidity & laziness.

So laughing aside, i'd like to address the issue that has motivated me to waiste your precious time with my ignorant post.

Honestly it f'm keeps me up at night worrying that I won't get selected and I constantly obsess about this. Even when I'm nailing my broad, i find my mind wandering, what will I do if I don't pass the security clearance? What will I do if they fail me in selection (I'll never quit, fucking shoot me, fire me or tell me to go away).

My security clearance is where I think I'm most likely to fuck myself. My credit is shit, I owe the tax man, I have unpaid traffic tix...
and to make matters even worse, like the vast majority of my fellow dumb ASSEtS I have a fb profile, in fact I have 4, and I'm so incredibly dense, that one of these WAS actually listed in my real name for a short while, it even had real pics of me AND I had liked some US Army pages, including the 75 Regiment's page
(can someone please pass the katana now, this humiliation is extreme)
BUT I found this forum and through it I was able to wipe away just a little bit of that stupid from my eyes, just enough so I can make out this big fucking brick wall I just built myself to get in the way of my future, and now I'm looking around for a sledgehammer...

I think I've found one and I'd like the advice of the American Gods who are kind enough to donate their time and wit to idiots like me.

A. I'm changing my name, why the fuck not, I've already selected one of the most common names in America and it only costs about $250 to get the job done here in TX.

B. I'm pricing computer programmers to make me a bit of software which registers and updates bogus FB accounts for me - the idea is I want to create a cloud of bullshit tying my existing internet photos to spurious identities. I was so fucking stupid to like that FB ranger page for about 24 hours (SO stupid, that's tantamount to saying - "I want to be an SF soldier one day!" thus, tying me to our enemies' "usual suspects" database, which they could set up servers to run through data of traffic cams etc to look for face matches of suspected SF candidates. Short of going 'fight club' on FB's server farm (just a joke guys) there is no realistic way for me to undo the existing damage. BUT, I can create a cloud of bullshit to smoke screen it. I've already saved every image of me that I was ever stupid enough to post on any of my FB accounts, I never tag myself fortunately, but now I tag myself everywhere, with the wrong photos of course. Phase 2 (currently in the bidding stage) is the near effortless creation of hundreds, maybe thousands of fake FB identities using those photos, all of these identities will be of peace loving pussies who are afraid to fight. This might be overkill, but I can't help it, I've got an obsessive personality when it comes to something I feel strongly about and there is nothing I want more than my fair chance to earn my place among my heroes.

C. I am considering plastic surgery for a couple reasons. One of which is the PERSEC & my future deployability in clandestine missions (please give me a crack at the PRC) and the other is utility. Unfortunately I'm white, which makes me stick out like a sore thumb in most of the regions of the world where I could be the most use, but I could get my skin dyed, nose widened & learn Pashtu to be a little more useful to my country.

ps.
To my fellow asses, if B is successful I really don't feel yall should re-invent the wheel, I will find a way to distribute said application to you anonymously upon request in PM.

To the Gods whose footsteps I attempt to follow, feel free to rip on me, my skin is think and your humor fucking hilarious.

[Irishsquid]

Reading this made me think again of something that has bothered me for years. When I was on AD, I attended the FFL Commando Course. Apparently, everyone decided it would be a great idea to have Combat Camera come out and take a bunch of pictures of those of us going through the course.

Fast Forward a couple of years, and someone pointed out that they had found my pictures from the course on several other websites. I contacted site owners and got the pictures taken down from a few, but other site owners basically told me "Hey...they mil put them on defenselink and said I could use them...so piss off."

They were first posted 6 years ago, and I can still quickly and easily find them searching on Google.

In other words, it's not just your facebook, myspace, whatever...others will throw your picture out for public consumption, and there's sometimes not a damn thing you can do about it.

[voxtel]

Originally Posted by GreatfulService

OMFG, you guys f'n crack me up. Sometimes I wonder if I'm really researching my new career or just looking for the next post that makes me almost shit myself laughing. I'm glad there is no "like" option, I'd have FTFSI by now just liking all your smartass remarks - it really is dumbfounding how easily butt hurt many of my peers get at the gentlest swat graciously given by their idols for general stupidity & laziness.

So laughing aside, i'd like to address the issue that has motivated me to waiste your precious time with my ignorant post.

Honestly it f'm keeps me up at night worrying that I won't get selected and I constantly obsess about this. Even when I'm nailing my broad, i find my mind wandering, what will I do if I don't pass the security clearance? What will I do if they fail me in selection (I'll never quit, fucking shoot me, fire me or tell me to go away).

My security clearance is where I think I'm most likely to fuck myself. My credit is shit, I owe the tax man, I have unpaid traffic tix...
and to make matters even worse, like the vast majority of my fellow dumb ASSEtS I have a fb profile, in fact I have 4, and I'm so incredibly dense, that one of these WAS actually listed in my real name for a short while, it even had real pics of me AND I had liked some US Army pages, including the 75 Regiment's page
(can someone please pass the katana now, this humiliation is extreme)
BUT I found this forum and through it I was able to wipe away just a little bit of that stupid from my eyes, just enough so I can make out this big fucking brick wall I just built myself to get in the way of my future, and now I'm looking around for a sledgehammer...

I think I've found one and I'd like the advice of the American Gods who are kind enough to donate their time and wit to idiots like me.

A. I'm changing my name, why the fuck not, I've already selected one of the most common names in America and it only costs about $250 to get the job done here in TX.

B. I'm pricing computer programmers to make me a bit of software which registers and updates bogus FB accounts for me - the idea is I want to create a cloud of bullshit tying my existing internet photos to spurious identities. I was so fucking stupid to like that FB ranger page for about 24 hours (SO stupid, that's tantamount to saying - "I want to be an SF soldier one day!" thus, tying me to our enemies' "usual suspects" database, which they could set up servers to run through data of traffic cams etc to look for face matches of suspected SF candidates. Short of going 'fight club' on FB's server farm (just a joke guys) there is no realistic way for me to undo the existing damage. BUT, I can create a cloud of bullshit to smoke screen it. I've already saved every image of me that I was ever stupid enough to post on any of my FB accounts, I never tag myself fortunately, but now I tag myself everywhere, with the wrong photos of course. Phase 2 (currently in the bidding stage) is the near effortless creation of hundreds, maybe thousands of fake FB identities using those photos, all of these identities will be of peace loving pussies who are afraid to fight. This might be overkill, but I can't help it, I've got an obsessive personality when it comes to something I feel strongly about and there is nothing I want more than my fair chance to earn my place among my heroes.

C. I am considering plastic surgery for a couple reasons. One of which is the PERSEC & my future deployability in clandestine missions (please give me a crack at the PRC) and the other is utility. Unfortunately I'm white, which makes me stick out like a sore thumb in most of the regions of the world where I could be the most use, but I could get my skin dyed, nose widened & learn Pashtu to be a little more useful to my country.

ps.
To my fellow asses, if B is successful I really don't feel yall should re-invent the wheel, I will find a way to distribute said application to you anonymously upon request in PM.

To the Gods whose footsteps I attempt to follow, feel free to rip on me, my skin is think and your humor fucking hilarious.

Great thought process. You can never be too careful. I would also suggest murdering everyone who has ever seen you in person. That's the only way to be sure. Start with your family and neighbors.

[MR2]

Originally Posted by GreatfulService

My security clearance is where I think I'm most likely to fuck myself.

Actually, I think you just fucked yourself with that post.

[Surgicalcric]

Originally Posted by MR2

Actually, I think you just fucked yourself with that post.

Totally agree.

GreatfulService: I can say without a shadow of a doubt that after reading your post, you are not not the guy the SF Regiment needs or is looking for. Thank you for your service but find somewhere else to do it. This will not be a good fit for you or us.

[The Reaper]

Let this be a lesson on how NOT to make 18X announcements.

TR

[Jerry4463]

Originally Posted by Team Sergeant

Thinking of joining Special Forces?



You had a web page and now removed it, you might still be able to join…but forget the classified missions or covert unit assignments. Again, it ain’t going to happen.

Team Sergeant,

Is this to say that if at any point someone had a Facebook or Myspace page (in high school for example) that they will never be eligible for secret or top secret missions, and/or units carrying said missions?

[Team Sergeant]

Originally Posted by Jerry4463

Team Sergeant,

Is this to say that if at any point someone had a Facebook or Myspace page (in high school for example) that they will never be eligible for secret or top secret missions, and/or units carrying said missions?

You read what I wrote and I'm sure you understand it.

To add to what I wrote "facial recognition searches" are on the horizon. Soon you'll be able to upload a picture of your high school girlfriend and say "search" and the search engine will recover any and all pictures and videos of that individual.

That's going to be a game changer for a whole lot of people who thought no one would ever see little Susie Fudpacker having sex with six guys and one of them uploaded the video to the internet.

Once your face is on the internet it never comes off, even if you delete it, it's already archived somewhere. And that "hostile intelligence service" we spoke of, they know it.

[Mustang Man]

Pretty scary what the terms and agreements say behind this application. Apparently people downloading this are either are to lazy to read the terms or just don't care or a combination of both. According to the new app it states you must download this app in order to IM your Facebook friends from your mobile. Be sure to read up on the several bullet points in the link that touch up on what this app is apparently capable of doing to your mobile.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/t...ery-other-app/

[HQ6]

It is interesting how the intell community changes through the years. It used to be that you shouldn't have social media accounts. Now, it is considered a red flag if you don't have some kind of social media. It is about being the grey man.

Not having FB when the rest of your circle (family, friends, ect.) have one draws a lot of attention particularly if you have any documents back ground in IT (kind of hard to explain your lack of social media and computer use when your undergrad degree in information technology is sitting on the university website). The idea is to have social media but be very strict about what you put out there and keep in mind that nothing is 100% locked down or able to be 100% deleted.

[PokemonMaster]

Originally Posted by HQ6

It is interesting how the intell community changes through the years. It used to be that you shouldn't have social media accounts. Now, it is considered a red flag if you don't have some kind of social media. It is about being the grey man.

Not having FB when the rest of your circle (family, friends, ect.) have one draws a lot of attention particularly if you have any documents back ground in IT (kind of hard to explain your lack of social media and computer use when your undergrad degree in information technology is sitting on the university website). The idea is to have social media but be very strict about what you put out there and keep in mind that nothing is 100% locked down or able to be 100% deleted.

Great post.