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6/23/2025, 2:42:21 AM
You guys remember when I posted earlier this week and a bit of last week about Derek the American who moved to Russia at the start of the year and signed to be a contract volunteer for the Russian army? Then he got fucked over with the 3mn signing on bonus(only for citizens of Moscow oblast not resident volunteers) instead he got only 300k rubles signing bonus but they still haven't paid it to the family yet as it takes 8 weeks to process.
Well looks like he's been shafted by the Russian MoD again.
His wife just uploaded a video and after just *four* weeks of training, he's been sent to the front(her words).
He signed to be a welder and mechanic(his skillsets in the US) working in the army repair units.
He also had to give 10,000 rubles of his salary to his unit(mandatory) for supplies which she's not happy about as he needs money and she can't send him any of the signing on bonus as I mentioned earlier.
Is it possible that they need his skillsets on the vehicles being damaged in the rapidly progressing offensive operations underway? Big moves are underway as I type and summer has also officially started, its an all hands on deck situation I would imagine especially with zero combat training that he'd be in the rear areas of the theater?
If you want to watch the video, I'll link it. Otherwise I'll just post the description she left:
>Just a few months after moving from America to Russia with our three daughters, my husband made the brave decision to join the Russian army. He believed he would be serving with his welding and building skills in the repair battalion — but after only three weeks of training, he is now being sent to the front lines.
>This wasn’t what he expected. But we are putting our trust in God that He will protect my husband and all those serving during this difficult time. We are grateful for the chance to live here and to be part of this new chapter in Russia, even as it comes with challenges we couldn’t have imagined.
Well looks like he's been shafted by the Russian MoD again.
His wife just uploaded a video and after just *four* weeks of training, he's been sent to the front(her words).
He signed to be a welder and mechanic(his skillsets in the US) working in the army repair units.
He also had to give 10,000 rubles of his salary to his unit(mandatory) for supplies which she's not happy about as he needs money and she can't send him any of the signing on bonus as I mentioned earlier.
Is it possible that they need his skillsets on the vehicles being damaged in the rapidly progressing offensive operations underway? Big moves are underway as I type and summer has also officially started, its an all hands on deck situation I would imagine especially with zero combat training that he'd be in the rear areas of the theater?
If you want to watch the video, I'll link it. Otherwise I'll just post the description she left:
>Just a few months after moving from America to Russia with our three daughters, my husband made the brave decision to join the Russian army. He believed he would be serving with his welding and building skills in the repair battalion — but after only three weeks of training, he is now being sent to the front lines.
>This wasn’t what he expected. But we are putting our trust in God that He will protect my husband and all those serving during this difficult time. We are grateful for the chance to live here and to be part of this new chapter in Russia, even as it comes with challenges we couldn’t have imagined.
6/20/2025, 7:06:41 PM
>>508104042
lol even Russians don't do that. That's so fucked up.
Non citizens(temp and permanent residents) and non exclusive citizens aren't eligible for conscription and there is an age limit for the draft at 30 years old. Conscripts aren't even trained for combat and ultimately appear to be a complete waste of time, low morale and unnecessary expenditure in blood(especially after Kursk and the Ukrainian slaughter of literally defenceless untrained conscripts trapped in unarmoured convoys) and finances.
Volunteers who sign contracts can sign into the Russian armed forces in most roles and branches upto the age of 65 except for air crew and pilots which cut off at age 26 and 23 respectively just like most countries as training is very long and intense for those roles.
Though they do offer citizenship to people(and their dependents if any) who sign up to 12 months of a contract(used to be 3 years service until the war started) with no language test or five year residency requirement.
The American youtuber family Huffman Time had the father Derek sign a contract and began training in the Russian army 4 weeks ago and he's 45. He's doing it so his family get citizenship. He only moved to Russia in early March. pic related from fathers day last Sunday.
lol even Russians don't do that. That's so fucked up.
Non citizens(temp and permanent residents) and non exclusive citizens aren't eligible for conscription and there is an age limit for the draft at 30 years old. Conscripts aren't even trained for combat and ultimately appear to be a complete waste of time, low morale and unnecessary expenditure in blood(especially after Kursk and the Ukrainian slaughter of literally defenceless untrained conscripts trapped in unarmoured convoys) and finances.
Volunteers who sign contracts can sign into the Russian armed forces in most roles and branches upto the age of 65 except for air crew and pilots which cut off at age 26 and 23 respectively just like most countries as training is very long and intense for those roles.
Though they do offer citizenship to people(and their dependents if any) who sign up to 12 months of a contract(used to be 3 years service until the war started) with no language test or five year residency requirement.
The American youtuber family Huffman Time had the father Derek sign a contract and began training in the Russian army 4 weeks ago and he's 45. He's doing it so his family get citizenship. He only moved to Russia in early March. pic related from fathers day last Sunday.
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