I don't really think we're in a position where the number we have in the forces will be detrimental to anything in the future. Nothing is going to kick off world-wide where we are desperate for more numbers.

The British are a tough race has Hitler found out. The Bulldog spirit will always be ...

No, there's absolutely no chance I could do it, medical condition or not.

What I want to know is that if I get my fitness up to a level that I can do all that stuff, will they give me a shot? Or will they reject me because of my condition (which has no cure and I may just grow out of)?

Obviously ...

A forgotten breed, and many lay in foreign fields totally over looked. I have often been told that they were not proper soldiers even though they served in the best regiments and were in fore front of many of those battles many years ago
I agree they are a forgotten breed in this day and age. As ...

Hello to all on the Military Forum. I seem to have been in the wilderness on another part of the site. I just want to introduce myself
My name is Alan E Parkinson I was born in 1938 and happily brought up in a working class environment of the North West Town of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England ...

Hello Everybody.
My name is Alan E Parkinson I served with the King's Own Royal Border Regiment as a national serviceman 1960-62.
Which saw the regiment in a peace keeping role in the Cameroons West Africa during a vote for the country's future
I have wrote a book on an Amazon Kindle e-book Get In ...