Best thing to do with a CS tablet is to light it in your local nightclub...obviously

Must be orriffisser. Recruits dont get "an interview with the CO"

How was Iraq para? Stag on atall??

I love the GPMG. Its a beast of a weapon. Really fast rate of fire, and delivers a hell of a punch. Brilliant fun to fire aswell. Not as accurate as the bren because its an "area weapon" designed to deliver a spread of rounds over a killing area. But all in all, it is great and is 70% of a sections ...

Fcuk your civvy mates. The mates you make in the corps i imagine will be better than a civvy mate could ever be. Just an observation iv made since joining the paras.

As for fitness...its not the time im short of, its the will power to get out of the door and do some phys! Ever since finishing ...

Is that the same guy who wrote under the name "Steve Devereux"?

Yes boxingmad. He is my mates uncle and he used 2 names for a bit for security reasons.

Doc is correct. The LMG refered to in "For Queen and Country" is the Bren. I havnt heard it being mentioned in any other Falklands war books ...

Swifty wrote:back when there was James the future para

The legend lives on, in the form of moi!

Enjoy the forums. As said many times before, they are a goldmine of info.

What regt/corps are you joining Ayrey?

If you are going infantry, i would suggest you are as fit as possible. Fcuk everyone else, you dont want to stand out as being one of the weaker members of your platoon.

First week of training is gradual. You will have a hell of alot of information to absorb ...

Bladew*nker,

Do you wish to one day join your countries Special forces?

If no, why the obsession with them?

Doc wrote: the one once you start basic involves needles

In my case, it was 3 injections And i HATE needles

By the way, anybody had the Anthrax jabs? I hear the needle is 3ft long, you need 5 injections and you pass out after having them

"BOOODDDDYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"


"OH f*cking dear jo, nobody wants to make me a brew?" :evil:

"COOORRRRIIIIIDDDDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRR!!!!!!!!!"

"Pressup position down..."

:lol:


One of our screws made us all learn "The Prayer" off Full Metal Jacket. You know, the one that ...

You started a very amusing thread Bladew*nker. It was a pleasure.

Worthers Original wrote:Run at a pace that keeps your heart rate below 170bpm

What is the reason behind this? I usually average about 190bpm on my runs when i use a HR monitor

Loads of South Africans in the Paras. They are all mad bastards

Great blokes though...they can outdrink the rest of us any day of the week

RSC is buckshee. You do a BFT and some other upper body tests, max pullups and a jerry can carry. Then you do the command tasks which require some agility to say the least.