Big Ross makes Sgt

[Ironduke]

Guys,

I'd like everybody to give Big Ross (bigross86) congratulations on making the rank of sergeant in the Israeli Defense Force!

For those of you who don't know of Ross, he was one of the first members of the board. 17, a curious chap, with an insatiable lust for military knowledge, and no doubt annoying to a few older military guys, he at one time had made over 50% of the posts this forum had in its infancy, (heh, nearly as many as he has today :)).

He later joined the Israeli Defense Force, as I believe is customary in Israel, and has shown what he's made of and has been promoted to the rank of sergeant.

[667medic]

Congrats to Bigross, lead your men well. All the best

[Officer of Engineers]

Good show. Good show.

[lemontree]

Congratulations to him.

[Ironduke]

Just talked to him via PM today -- hopefully he can drop in and tell us all about his experiences in the IDF. As far as I'm aware, he's our only IDF serviceman on the forum.

MarkAspen used to be around way back in the old days, but I haven't seen him around in ages. He lent alot of insight on Israeli military ops during the Lebanon war.

[sappersgt]

Called and chosen

Congratulations. You have been chosen from your peers. Well done!

[S2]

Congratulations

Congratulations to Sergeant Big Ross. Serve well and wisely. All honor to you. Salute, and I'll hoist a brew to ya!

[Asim Aquil]

Congratulations.

Btw, I think it's BI GROSS.

[Monte]

Congrats to Sgt. Big Ross:)

[Jay]

Congrats Ben.

[Ironduke]

The Big Ross Anthology:

I'm back (from Lebanon) 09-07-2006
http://www.worldaffairsboard.com/showthread.php?t=13416

Wish me luck (in Lebanon) 07-24-2006
http://www.worldaffairsboard.com/showthread.php?t=13416

My New Ride 05-12-06
http://www.worldaffairsboard.com/showthread.php?t=12081

Snipe's Baby Boy 02-19-2006
http://www.worldaffairsboard.com/showthread.php?t=10456

Home from the war 01-28-2006,
http://www.worldaffairsboard.com/showthread.php?t=10212

Update. 12-16-2005
http://www.worldaffairsboard.com/showthread.php?t=9686

Being Kravi 11-15-2005
http://www.worldaffairsboard.com/showthread.php?t=9299

My first hurdle leaped, My first step taken 11-10-2005
http://www.worldaffairsboard.com/showthread.php?t=9238

My life so far 09-24-2005
http://www.worldaffairsboard.com/showthread.php?t=8399

Week 2 08-14-2005
http://www.worldaffairsboard.com/showthread.php?t=7603

Farewell 07-30-2005
http://www.worldaffairsboard.com/showthread.php?t=7270

And finally:

bigross86
401 Ikvot Habarzel
Military Professional

Question
Hey people. I'm home again for the weekend, and I'm leaving in about an hour. I'm going into Gaza later today to help clean out houses, thankfully not people. I'll be there for a couple days, then it's back to base to continue my training. I got one question though: WTF is up with all the butter cookies all of a sudden? I don't have time to read any of the threads, but all I see now is butter cookies! Some explanation, please?

[Ironduke]

Congratulations.

Btw, I think it's BI GROSS.

I think he said something like that once... but he's always been Big Ross to me to others. :)

[TopHatter]

Congratulations!

I think he said something like that once... but he's always been Big Ross to me to others. :)

And it's probably a good idea nowadays to refer to him as such. ;)

[Ironduke]

Heh, when he first started participating on the forum (which was only a couple days after it was created) he was small Ross, at least in age and experience, in spite of being physically big (tall and strong). I've always interpreted the name as "Big Ross", however.

Now he's big man in many ways :) Wish I could say the same for myself.