my thoughts on this are that the equipment should be designed to be useable by soldiers not our soldiers changed to use the equipment. And whatever about your academic achievements or lack of I realy dont believe it matters for an infantryman, I believe once you can communicate verbally and can ...

Hi lads im wondering if any of you could fill me in on this. Im wondering about how kit is issued in the British army, because im currently in the Irish Army reserve but I am planning on trying to get into either 1RIR or the paras in about 2 years, the problem is theres alot of expensive kit i need ...

Sorry another question I forgot to include with my first post, what about bullying in the paras? I know what the score is normally but im just concerned as im Irish and given what some people from Ireland have done i could understand if I was bullied but all the same i'd hate to have to leave or ...

I dont think anyone has yet to mention the lee Enfields greatest detail? the fact the bloody thing only strips to what a bolt, the main body and a magazine with a W spring, I mean how many weapons are that fantastically simple? a very fine piece of British engineering in my opinion.

who know what it is now the whole fca/reserve has been farked by a so called re-org

Thanks mate cheers for the info

Hi lads, I'm wondering can any of the ex-Paras here give me a hand? Im considering going into the regiment but i have alot of questions ive asked on te army site but I get the impression they were telling me what they thought I wanted to hear. I have also tried a search of the forums but there was ...

no worries mate i know theres nothing more infuriating than lads that claim to be soldiers, marines etc when they are themselves neither.

ahh yes i am a student but i am also a member of the Irish army reserve hence private since that is my rank and will be for the foreseable future

its a stupid name i know basically its because i thought that was the abbreviation of private, of course its not its pte. so my username should read pte.flanagan but its too late to change that.

sorry that this will seem an idiotic quesion but im new to the whole RM lingo, what are pongos if any would be good enough to tell me?