Piccadilly Cowboy, yeah, that does help.
Hmm, really dog eat dog sounding.

What are the best ways to deal with beastings and when you are being tested on things when they are being Gestapo?

Hmm, lots to think about.
Did you know a lot about NATO already to do the written piece?

Sometimes I am ...

50 years ago we called our officers by their first name, leadership did not mean ordering people to the work but rolling up your selves and getting stuck in. When we were instructed to carry out duties every one joined in from officers to NCO's, there were times when other duties might call some of ...

There is a BIG divide between officers and men. Espeicially when you are in basic, whether it be at an ATR or at Sandhurst.

Yeah, I wondered if there would be.

As I went from being a ranker of 8 years to an Officer, I found the change quite strange. Always being called "Sir", even when you ...

Yes it makes sense, that was great thankyou for the input.
I am not that young, (25), I have had this struggle regarding what I would liek to do for a couple of years, I cannot decide if I want to try for officer or try for AAC Soldier.
I thought about trying as Officer as AAC pilot- but in reality ...

Hi again,
I have been re-reading the career options for the army, my initial thoughts were of AAC Soldier, I am still quite keen on this.
But I am curious as to what kind of career options Soldiering involves, let me explain-
It seems to me that the higher one gets in the ranks the more ...

Ok, look.
Wholley how and where do I come across as arrogant? Re-read my posts and tell me where I am arrogant, arrogant means something that I am not. You know very little about me. Did you know that I spent most of my life unable to express myself clearly? I am still struggling. I am so hungry to ...

Oh I`m sorry do you know me or something?
I especially liked the patronising condescending tone.
I`m glad you took the time to read all of my responses thus far and are not simply assuming that I would definitly live off-site. No doubt you are the best and most qualified soldier in the British ...

detritus, dont you think you'd be somewhat alienating yourself from the blokes your working with if you go home every night?? just a query.

Possibly, possibly not. I guess I just want to know if the option for a regular soldier to go rent a place privatley or through army itself or whatever is a ...

Cool, I understand the stretch now.

I am seeing a physio already, half an hour about every 2 to 3 weeks. I do not know what muscle massager you refer to, but having tried to "knead" some of the tighter muscles myself I did find that they are all very painful.
Actually I would say both knees hurt ...

Thankyou again, I appreciate the effort.

So my right knee should be where?
At my right side outer waist, or at my left side outer waist?
I mean is my left leg to be absolutley as straight as I can make it from hip to foot, or is it to be bent at an angle?
I can feel an outer glute stretch with it ...

In the meantime I seem to have injured my knee! I have been told by the physio that it is tight outer muscles and tendons of my quads pulling on my kneecap causing the pain and that lots of stretching will ease it up and sort it out. (I am somewhat dubious that this is fully the case but I try to ...

Ok, thankyou for the replies.
I have been to my local AFCO (Croydon) I did teh BARB test and was told I could choose any job and was asked if I wanted to try Intel. I told them that my initial choice is AAC. I then passed the initial physical at the AFCO, but the medical I failed due to reasons ...

I didn`t say that. I just asked if it were possible.
Is it always this difficult getting straight-forward answers here?
I ask a question and get some comment in return offering no answer to my initial question.
Do you know if this is possible or not? C`mon, don`t assume to know me nor understand my ...

Can regular soldiers (not on deployment obviously) seek and rent privatley, rather than share with 4 or 8 or 12 or whatever other number of people in barracks?

Yeah, I understand that.
I just want to know what normal day to day living is like in the army in current day.