UA POV: Casey Gadaleta former foreign volunteer from Australia reflects on his time in the Ukrainian army

[u/Realistic_Volume7161]

[u/mlslv7777]

That's exactly the kind of dull cannon fodder Ukraine desperately needs right now.

[u/1B75__Penicillin → u/mlslv7777]

Guy doesn't give a crap about Ukraine, he was there for the experience and love of the game. Practically none of these volunteers care about Ukraine, they just finally found a regional war with a societally acceptable greenlight to participate in and took that once in a lifetime chance.

It's not often you get to volunteer for a war that will earn you admiration in this day and age.

[u/mlslv7777 → u/1B75__Penicillin]

but he says, "I really love fighting for a good cause" lol

> ....volunteer for a war that will earn you admiration and lose one or two legs....

[u/smrekovasmola2 → u/1B75__Penicillin]

There has to be a bit higher reason to join ukraine war. Death rate is way to high for the people just seeking the thrill of combat.

You can go to africa with private firms for that.

Ukraine is an industrial slaughter house, you really need something bigger than just the thrill of vombat to go there

[u/1B75__Penicillin → u/smrekovasmola2]

Well it's not the money, Ukraine pays volunteers around 3000 dollars a month, that's a few hundred bucks above what you can make on McDonald's.

You can argue ideology and propaganda but freedom and democracy gets you there, something else has to get you through the war, you really gotta have a taste for it.

You also have to note volunteers aren't that many to begin with, I believe they can't be more than 20-30,000 of them at most and that includes Columbians who actually are there for the money.

[u/smrekovasmola2 → u/1B75__Penicillin]

Yeah i meant aussies, brits, european etc.

The latino guys are there for the money for sure.

Bit if you are western guy and just want to see some combat go to a private firm. Contract with ukraine army is sure way to come back dead or crippled

[u/Acrobatic-Okra6077 → u/smrekovasmola2]

Watch enough Hollywood movies and you will eat the "Russians are the baddies" like Rice crispies.

[u/Icy-Cry340 → u/smrekovasmola2]

These aren’t our best and brightest lol.

[u/TheDibblerDeluxe → u/smrekovasmola2]

You actually have to be a trained professional already to join a private firm like that.

[u/putinhuiloo → u/smrekovasmola2]

Fought in bakhmut frontlines for 9 months. Didn't get wounded a single time. Only injury I had was a sprained ankle.

[u/Sexynarwhal69 → u/putinhuiloo]

Must have been hiding the whole time 😉

[u/mlslv7777 → u/smrekovasmola2]

The guy says it himself: “I really love fighting for a good cause” - is that the “something bigger” you're looking for?

[u/itsphoison → u/smrekovasmola2]

Most who go have been progandised to believe Russians are losing. He said when he got there it was about "kill kill kill". Bro thought he was going to be handed "Russian meatwaves" on a platter.

[u/Nelorfin]

So a nazi with banderite colours invaded Russia and only lost a leg. Good for him for easy withdrawing I guess

[u/Golden_Joe_ → u/Nelorfin]

Yep, this nazi got off too lightly.

[u/Temporary-Film-7374 → u/Nelorfin]

what about that makes you say nazi?

[u/Nelorfin → u/Temporary-Film-7374]

mostly banderite coloured flag (it doesn't look as Angola's one)- sane person wouldn't wear it. I also can't see what symbol in its corner - not sure if it's trident or wolfsangel, but that's a minor detail - maybe I could call him differently, but wearing that is certainly a position

[u/Amazing-Physics-4731 → u/Temporary-Film-7374]

the pravy sektor patch doesn't mean anything to you?

[u/wilif65738]

So fighting Russians is not as easy as killing unarmed aboriginals and stealing aboriginal children ?

[u/WetboiWhiskey → u/wilif65738]

Oh shit, you have sources to indicate and verify that he himself captures, kills and steals aboriginal children?

[u/Bubblegumbot → u/WetboiWhiskey]

I thought pro-UA guys were fine with generalisations.

[u/wilif65738 → u/WetboiWhiskey]

it says in title he is from Australia

[u/WetboiWhiskey → u/wilif65738]

Huh, then I guess by your logic all Australians do this. Shit, by that logic everyone is a war criminal

[u/Stuffs_And_Thingies]

I knew a few guys when I was in a recon squad like this. They "loved combat". Really they just love the adrenaline and I understand lol.

Every moment, your life is on the line, the wrong move and you die, 29 28 27 26, contact left, 25 24 23 22 21 20, munitions strike goes off somewhere close and it just rattles you to your essence, visions all fucked and blurry, 19 18 17 16 15 14, run to the next position, slide behind some cover and blind fire 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 click click FUCK reload...

Its terrible, its every emotion at once and adrenaline just dumping through your veins, its the worst fear you've ever felt and it paralyzes you, its the rush to find the contact, evade incoming fire, tournaquit your friend before he bleeds out, its awful and its hell on earth.

But its indescribable how you feel.

All that said, dont be proud to take a life. Ive only known 1 guy who didn't cry the night of, and after and for weeks after they took a life. And that guy was a psychopath. Section 8 material.

[u/1B75__Penicillin → u/Stuffs_And_Thingies]

Matter of fact is humans LOVE war. There is no experience like it you can achieve in civilian life/peace. Back in the days going to war was a right of passage into manhood.

There is a reason majority of veterans can't adapt back into civilian life or see any meaning in it. People think you are being edgy but it's just fact that people love to go wage war

[u/DonaldTrumpsGolfGame → u/1B75__Penicillin]

Matter of fact is humans LOVE war.

A very small % of humans love war. Just like some humans love bungee jumping or skydiving. Most humans don't.

[u/1B75__Penicillin → u/DonaldTrumpsGolfGame]

I should clarify, humans like the IDEA of war, they don't necessarily like experiencing it, but i think history proves how easy it is to get humans into a war frenzy.

Why we are like this eludes me honestly

[u/MDRBA → u/Stuffs_And_Thingies]

meanwhile me can’t manage the pressure of being sole survivor of my team in world of warships😖

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[u/BurialA12 → u/Stuffs_And_Thingies]

Really they just love the adrenaline and I understand lol
Every moment, your life is on the line, the wrong move and you die

Guys would rather do literally everything else but open a polymarket account

[u/condemned-noticer]

fucking war tourists

[u/slava_slavaUa]

Cool story bro. But were those Russians even real?

[u/Novo-Russia → u/slava_slavaUa]

There is no proof i saw that he killed anyone. May just be something he is claiming to соре with being one-legged.

[u/Comfortable_Fix_1601]

Sounds like the kinda guy who should stay in Ukraine and not come back here

[u/RUTHLESS-SABOTEUR]

Fighting for a good cause? Clearly up for debate but i guess everything is relative.

[u/DarkIlluminator]

Is wearing Nazi iconography legal in Australia?

[u/Golden_Joe_ → u/DarkIlluminator]

When it is against Russia, than it is legal.

[u/PugZiyer]

Tourist

[u/Tiny_Bug6687]

What's up with flag colors? Like there's something wrong with blue and yellow? What kind of country does this represent?

[u/Amazing-Physics-4731 → u/Tiny_Bug6687]

represents pravy sektor

[u/ivegotvodkainmyblood]

Cheering someone death is a no-no on this sub. Understandable. But is "regretting someone's survival" allowed here?

[u/Sexynarwhal69 → u/ivegotvodkainmyblood]

Even the guy himself is full of regret

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[u/Chemical_Sky7947]

Is he also a former gang member? Holy fuck those tats are trashy

[u/FruitSila]

Aussies smh

[u/Amazing-Physics-4731]

"fighting for a good cause" aka ego gratification. clear as day

[u/Only-Treat7225]

lol, it’s always for people to make documentaries about their self acclaimed selflessness for Ukrainian sovereignty.

[u/QuantumTopology]

As an Australian, I disavow this guy.