Reply With QuoteWhat about "intend to serve"?
A poll I keep meaning to set up. I notice quite a few of you are either serving or have served so I am just wondering what the proportion is. No need for details, unless you want to post them below.
I was the second man on the balcony. ;)
What about "intend to serve"?
I'll add that, then. But you had better serve or else. ;)Originally Posted by Jonmurgie
LOL... I don't intend too but felt it might be nice to offer others the chance to :)I'll add that, then. But you had better serve or else. ;)
Only the civies seem to be playing. :wink:
And me! :wink:
It's an anonymous poll so I thought it shouldn't matter if they say. I suppose Eddie might have access to the database but he served AFAIK so there shouldn't be any issues. I am assuming his ISP isn't based in Taliban country.
Only 25 Years so far! Does that count?
RIAC
USCG, 1974-78, including some time on USCGC Midgett.
Best wishes,
Bob
I was a Tiff in the RN - the Senior Service, don't you know! :D
:lol: :lol: :lol:
the last man in the line up was stood at the gate in Hereford... :roll:
Senior Service
thats what me grandad smoked he also drunk a lot of rum...he was in the wavy as well.
i joined the WRAC made a man of me :lol:
I could never have served in the forces, my mouth would have got me beaten up every day
Cheers
Simon
Ralph Waldo Emerson: We ask for long life, but 'tis deep life, or noble moments that signify. Let the measure of time be spiritual, not mechanical.
Have you been to Sheffield recently..? :lol: :lol:
at one stage i was one of the best mechanics/drivers of these,i did all the recovery for them as well.
attached to an infantry battalion in the earley 80s.
we had mark 1 [petrol death traps] which we where told in training didnt exist.
i remember on one exercise being called out to a warning buzzer.
when i got there it was the fire wire, the thing was burning.not only that the fuel tank was leaking and the driver was sitting with his feet in inches of petrol...smoking for feck sake.
i ran :lol:
to support our company we had 434 [diesel mk2] for pack changes and i had a 432 for all the other jobs.with a staff sargeant who couldnt read a map or anything [direct entrant] i did it all.... :roll:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq3RFJxfiMQ
I've been reading that ARRSE wiki. Very amusing stuff there.:lol: :lol: :lol:
the last man in the line up was stood at the gate in Hereford... :roll:
I want an APC! Or maybe just a Ferret. Clients might raise an eyebrow if I turned up in one, mind.
you want a cvrt they had RR designed engines buit by jaguar [the first one]
take the bob weights of the distributor [how it was governed] and they coud top 70mm
as it was steered and stopped by the tracks,instant death trap [brake a track and no steering or brakes] but a lot of fun :lol:
Mmm bit big for my road. A basic APC would be a giggle, though.
USAF
Rock Ape for five years.
RM i think my user name gives it away :lol: I heard crouchy was in the girl guides or something too :wink:
Still Reserve Officer here, Gebirgsjäger ;-)
Which basically means, lots of beer, twice a year. :lol: :lol:
I'm not as think as you drunk I am.
Gebirgsjäger, as well (in Germany).
Frank
i remember in bavaria watching the Gebirgsjäger running up and down the mountains with gas masks on
thankfully we were only visiting :lol:
Me in 1985 :lol:
i was attached to 1RRF
painted our capbadges gunmetal black to go to NI then we had to put the hackle back,nice sniper lineup we thought :lol:
Soapy, I was 3RRF. I was wearing the hackle on the photo above just to p**s the locals off. It was our last day of the posting, so most regiments tend to make a statement of some kind. The statue in the main town square being painted red, white and blue was nothing to do with us from memory :lol:
Stood on a few balconies but not in a official capacity :)
When you look long into an abyss, the abyss looks long into you.........
Ex-military flyer here (variously Royal Air Force, Crab Air or Women's Royal Auxiliary Balloon Corps depending on which mate I'm talking to).
Thats as may be mate, even if you dream of me in womens clothes you still can't have a bum. As for the your username Eddie told me you originally tried for Goldenrivet - but it was taken :twisted:
I wondered how far down the post it would go before you got stuck in.
Off on hol's soon so I'll send you a postcard though Boot, we're going to Gibraltar, no Spain, no Gibraltar, no ....oh bugger not sure. Still last year we went to Iraq, no Iran, no Iraq, no oh bugger lost again. :twisted: :twisted: :lol: :lol:
someone mentioned the senior serviece earlier
that will be the ones that sunk there ice breaker by oppening a seawater valve.... :wink: :lol:
Nothing like a unit 'pi$$ing contest' :wink: :lol: :lol: :lol:
When you look long into an abyss, the abyss looks long into you.........
Royal signals as a young un
Forgot about this thread, holy redirection :shock: when I say young un I meant cadets ( just for clarity)
Served 25 yrs man and boy, came out last year and now an MoD civilian Instructor. I could tell you BUT i'd have to kill you! :wink: Big 6 ICATQ!
I don't suppose you remember Dan Hamnett, Paul Couper and Tom Wing? The first is my brother, who now lives in Berlin with the other two. He was in in 85, did 2 tours of NI.Soapy, I was 3RRF. I was wearing the hackle on the photo above just to p**s the locals off. It was our last day of the posting, so most regiments tend to make a statement of some kind. The statue in the main town square being painted red, white and blue was nothing to do with us from memory :lol:
I have been assosiated with the British Army since the day I was born, never served myself though as I'd seen the ins and outs as a lad. Been working for the Army since 1980 though, currently for the RMP.
As you are RMP, I will not state anything further until I have consulted a lawyer :DI don't suppose you remember Dan Hamnett, Paul Couper and Tom Wing? The first is my brother, who now lives in Berlin with the other two. He was in in 85, did 2 tours of NI.Soapy, I was 3RRF. I was wearing the hackle on the photo above just to p**s the locals off. It was our last day of the posting, so most regiments tend to make a statement of some kind. The statue in the main town square being painted red, white and blue was nothing to do with us from memory :lol:
I have been assosiated with the British Army since the day I was born, never served myself though as I'd seen the ins and outs as a lad. Been working for the Army since 1980 though, currently for the RMP.
My nephew is currently WO1 RMP in Germany somewhere, (Mullaney?).
I had a mid life crisis and only remember certain bods from those days, obviously keeping in touch with some. Unfortunately, none of those names ring any bells. I left in 1987, so would have served together I guess. The two tours were probably Armagh '85 and Belfast prior '81/'82?
13 years in the RN, left as a Chief Tiff
That would be Paul then? Can't say much more than that, for security reasons, wouldn't be too clever. Small world! :mrgreen:As you are RMP, I will not state anything further until I have consulted a lawyer :DI don't suppose you remember Dan Hamnett, Paul Couper and Tom Wing? The first is my brother, who now lives in Berlin with the other two. He was in in 85, did 2 tours of NI.Soapy, I was 3RRF. I was wearing the hackle on the photo above just to p**s the locals off. It was our last day of the posting, so most regiments tend to make a statement of some kind. The statue in the main town square being painted red, white and blue was nothing to do with us from memory :lol:
I have been assosiated with the British Army since the day I was born, never served myself though as I'd seen the ins and outs as a lad. Been working for the Army since 1980 though, currently for the RMP.
My nephew is currently WO1 RMP in Germany somewhere, (Mullaney?).
I had a mid life crisis and only remember certain bods from those days, obviously keeping in touch with some. Unfortunately, none of those names ring any bells. I left in 1987, so would have served together I guess. The two tours were probably Armagh '85 and Belfast prior '81/'82?
Andy, can't answer that questions on the grounds of self incrimination :wink:
You're joining the Forces? Which one?
US Air Force. Discharged (honorably thank you very much :D ) as a Captain.
Ex Royal Artillery and Army Air Corps, Warrant Officer class 2. Only got to WO 2 because of specialist trade. If I'd stayed with parent arm, I'd probably have left as a Sergeant. :D
10yrs RAF - 1991-2001. Served with pride and was the best thing I ever did. Got to leave home and see the world - Coningsby, Brize Norton, 3yr tour in Cyprus, 4mths in the Gulf (Oct 99 - Feb 00) and various deployments with 51 Sqn at Waddington.
2 years in SADF - of which I spent 18 months in Namibia and Angola.
{conscription}
Simon
Yep, did my duty, had to :)
1,5 years after I left school.
This was something you had to do in the Netherlands in those days, 1986/1987.
They should have kept it that way, nothing wrong with teaching those youngsters a bit of dicipline :D
Cheers,
Daddel.
Got a new watch, divers watch it is, had to drown the bastard to get it!
While some may take the piss. I was a Nursing Officer in the TA for a few years. Admittedly I never deployed, although my old unit has done a few tours in sandy climes since I left and was the first Field Hospital out in Gulf War 1 before I joined.
I know the "Weekend Warriors" aren't held in high regard by regulars but I am still proud to have held the Queens Commission for a time. The Army gave more respect for my skills and knowledge as a Nurse than the NHS ever will.
Dave
I hope nobody will take the p*ss (and I'm sure they won't) - the territorials, particularly those with skills and qualifications that are difficult or expensive to retain on a full-time basis, fulfil an essential role :thumbup:
As an ex-full timer I have the highest regard for the reserve forces, especially the way that they are being called on as the operational tempo increases and the deployable pool of regular forces reduces. To those who have volunteered for part-time roles in the past, present and future I give my very sincere thanks.
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