Who are we working for, ROC or the Other Side?

Taiwan Living in Taiwan
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Seriously, where to begin this story? Starting from the cheapness of using Google images instead of simply taking a picture …

[quote]TAIPEI, Taiwan – The Army Command Headquarters (ACH, 陸軍司令部) yesterday said that it has ordered the immediate removal of a controversial Army recruitment poster and is conducting internal discussions to determine the proper punishment for personnel responsible for creating the poster.

According to the Chinese-language Apple Daily, a reader revealed a controversial poster on Saturday and claimed that the poster was found during a family reunion day at the 206th Army Infantry Brigade (陸軍步兵206旅) located in Guanxi Township, Hsinchu County.

Reportedly, the poster in question is a recruitment poster for the Republic of China Army (R.O.C.A.) seeking to draft full-time soldiers. However, the Apple Daily reader reportedly noticed that the servicemen on the poster were People’s Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers from mainland China, and not from Taiwan.

The reader was quoted as questioning whether the R.O.C.A. and the PLA are both classified as one Chinese army.

The mistake allegedly happened when Army officers conducted online picture searches to create the poster. Investigations have revealed that the said officers mistook PLA military men for R.O.C.A. soldiers, which resulted in the making of the controversial poster.

In response, an officer from the ACH stated that the poster was used for recruitment, and its immediate removal of was ordered following confirmation that the soldiers in the poster were indeed not of the R.O.C.A.
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chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/nati … na-PLA.htm

Applying the same techniques that got you through college into the Army… mmm… not a good idea. Not knowing what your own Army’s uniforms look like… :noway:

Seriously, the local Army should start recruiting South East wives -better, ex wives- for the armed forces. Chabuduo won’t cut it.

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Cha bu duo.

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It was interesting for me to learn that the lousiest and least reliable public companies in Taiwan (if you live here, you know which ones I’m talking about) are said to be historically staffed by ex-military personnel. The cha-bu-duo parts we can see here have long and lasting afterlives. :fume:

Guy

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Chinese soldiers also often mistake their own uniforms for Taiwanese ones. Just look!

If there was a war perhaps the only winner would be comedy.

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Oh if I only had a dollar for every time I heard a colleague say “just go online and copy a picture/text”.

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They would actually shoot their own soldiers because they have no idea of the uniform they wear?

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I think I should change the title of this thread to “who are we working for?”. Seriously, with this whole Apache brouhaha, one hopes it is some kind of conspiracy to discredit the military even more, rob it of whatever trace of patriotism/pride/honor it may have left after the Hong soldier incident. And not just chabuduo. It is a bit too much.

For those of you who do not know what I am talking about, bullet point summary:

  1. Idjit wears several million US dollar control helmet to Halloween party

  2. Local collaborators -eh, celebrities- take pictures with million dollar equipment that we are not supposed to have and that is deemed ultra super duper secret stuff.

No wonder the local military has so many “accidents”. Between chabuduo and coverups… death is your wing man (that should be their motto).

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With sense of humor, the Apache scandal -which already has died out- has become part of the lexicon: this house ad says that the parking space available allows you to park an Apache!

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Friendly Fire!! :doh:

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[quote=“antarcticbeech”]Chinese soldiers also often mistake their own uniforms for Taiwanese ones. Just look!

If there was a war perhaps the only winner would be comedy.[/quote]

Similar thing happened when I was in the TA (British Army Reserves). One of the more kack-handed of my comrades managed to throw the grenade straight up in the air.

Playing with anti-personnel weapons is a bit dangerous, whatever uniform you’re wearing.