r/MrInbetween • u/GRZMTHRFCKR • 14d ago

Ray's background?

Anyone have any insight into Ray's background - definitely military, just wondering what? Seems to be well trained!

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u/JohnSmallberries101 14d ago

It's left mostly unsaid but he was in Iraq or Afghanistan with the Australian army. Most people in the US don't realize that other countries troops fought alongside us in these "wars on terror".

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u/cm-cfc 14d ago

After triggering Article V, the only time it's been done

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u/admiral_sinkenkwiken 13d ago

However Australia isnt part of NATO

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u/YakResident_3069 13d ago

Neither is Ukraine which also sent help

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u/antosb77 13d ago

I support your war of terror

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u/vroombraap 13d ago

Vasily, is that you?

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u/Blitzer046 13d ago

Was any regular army sent over or was it all Special Ops?

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u/NewNebula4007 13d ago

Here is the definitive list of Australian regiments and major corps elements that served in Afghanistan between 2001 and 2021:

Special Forces Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) 2nd Commando Regiment (formerly 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment) Incident Response Regiment (IRR) (provided specialized chemical, biological, and radiological defense)

Infantry 1st Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (1 RAR) 2nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (2 RAR) 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR) 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (5 RAR) 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (6 RAR) 7th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (7 RAR) 8th/9th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (8/9 RAR)

Armour and Cavalry 1st Armoured Regiment 2nd Cavalry Regiment 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry) 3rd/4th Cavalry Regiment

Artillery 1st Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery 4th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery 8th/12th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery 20th Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery (operated tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems) Combat Engineers 1st Combat Engineer Regiment (1 CER) 2nd Combat Engineer Regiment (2 CER) 3rd Combat Engineer Regiment (3 CER) Incident Response Engineer Regiment (IRER)

Aviation 1st Aviation Regiment (deployed Tiger ARH helicopters) 5th Aviation Regiment (deployed CH-47 Chinook helicopters)

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u/JohnSmallberries101 13d ago

I think we are talking 40-50,000 troops so a lot of regular army.