para's views

[podder]

this is for serving or ex paras. what are your views towards the raf regiments 2 squadran (airbourne squadran)? can they be classed as "paras" once they pass p-company and get into the number 2 sqdrn? and do paras accept them?? just a few general questions really as i am hoping to join the RAF regiment and eventually be in the number 2 sqrn. any views will be helpful, thanks.

[RobT]

As far as i know II Sqn RAF Regiment are an Airborne force but they dont undertake P-Coy, they do the "Pre-Para" course which according to my mate is along the same lines.

[neil1955]

Rockapes are not paras
Parachute trained yes but they have limited tasks, capture (supposedly) and defence of airfield's. In that area they are the experts but so what.

[Maroon]

I was in 1 Para, my little bro was a Rockape (haha) and even he said 2 Squadron arn't exactly Airborne, just think they are.....

Being Airborne in the Para sense isn't about having your wings, it's about a state of mind, a way of life...read 'Green eyed Boy's' and you'll get some idea what it's all about.

[4of10]

what are your views towards the raf regiments 2 squadran (airbourne squadran)? can they be classed as "paras" once they pass p-company and get into the number 2 sqdrn? and do paras accept them?? just a few general questions really as i am hoping to join the RAF regiment and eventually be in the number 2 sqrn. any views will be helpful, thanks.

Isn't it "3 Parachute Squadron, RAF Regt"?

If they attempted and passed P Coy then they could consider themselves Paras or Airborne. They don't. And they're certainly no elite, however you look at it. Military parachutists. Not Paratroopers. There's a huge difference - anyone can parachute.

They aren't even fully trained in the Infantry role so aren't as versatile as line infantry of the British Army. They specialise in airfield capture and security - yet in Kosovo it was British Paras who were deployed to seize an airport.

Just my opinion. I met some (professionally) and mistook them for older Air Cadets. How embarrassing!

[jay999]

mate i think pre para is still very hard and to pass 2sqns pre para you still have to be considered pretty elite. maybe its not as hard as p coy but still if you think its that easy you should try it then see.

[Hostage_Negotiator]

Having read some of 4 of 10's posts i'm inclined to agree with him on some points ( in particular some of the bone questions people expect answered about training before they even get there!- Turn up and do it -or don't the choice is yours!) but that last post was utter bollocks! For somebody who obviously has time in you just sounded like a bigoted used-2-b!
II Sqn's pre-course is one of the hardest pre para courses on the planet and you gobbing off about how they're not real "airborne" makes you sound like Jobag!
Have some respect!

[4of10]

II Sqn's pre-course is one of the hardest pre para courses on the planet and you gobbing off about how they're not real "airborne" makes you sound like Jobag!
Have some respect!

I only speak of my personal experience when I genuinely mistook two RAF Regt guys as cadets. They hadn't Wings on their shoulder so surely weren't 2 Sqn. I didn't mean to imply that I mistook 2 Sqn blokes as cadets or thought that they were no better than cadets. I was writing about RAF Regt when I wrote about cadets. I won't apologise for that.

So what does their Pre Course involve?

[MRB]

What and who are you? Have you ever done an op or exercise with 2 sqn? Probably not, because you sound like an ex blanket stacker or maybe bottle washer, especially with the most homosexual website I have ever seen. 2 sqn guys are good soldiers, and thats coming from ex para reg, and pre para is a hard course. It very similar to p-coy. They get their wings, good - they earn them. Unlike these arseholes in the RAF TSW/TCW or whatever the fcuk they are. I'll be joining some of my 2 sqn buddies down the shot on airborne forces day if you fancy coming along for shits and giggles. NO? thought not.

[Doc]

What the fark is that website suppossed to be about? Crying with laughter here!

Sad as fook!

Is this you 4of10??

[Edwards159]

Just had a look Care to explain what website is about haha?


Preserver Life Parachutist - essential kit during FIBUA!
Desert Cam Trousers - the height of fashion in the temperate environment!
Silenced "Hockler" - show you care for your patients by not making unnecessary noise! Suitable for use in libraries, too.
Drop Leg Holster - *VITAL* for the last Browning in the armoury that got issued to some fat-arsed, flat-footed desk-wallah on paper-shuffling duty who was in the queue ahead of you.
Drop Leg Mag Pouches - don't flaff around during those emergencies - keep your Mars Bars and *Kingsize* Mars Bars ready for immediate hunger deployment!
Elvis Sunglasses - COOL! A SF Soldier *MUST HAVE*!
Chunky Swatch Watch - express your individualism and wear it on the opposite wrist!
Ladies' Gloves - use you're *left* hand and pretend that someone else is doing that for you... J

[MRB]

Isn't that Mr Motivator??

[Hostage_Negotiator]

The only thing he could motivate me to do, is put 2 in the chest and 2 in the head!

could this be the elusive never before photographed King Walt himself!

[Doc]

Looks like that kid from Different Strokes has fallen into an Army Surplus tent, had a fit and walked out into sunshine not knowing his arse from his elbow.

4of10 you need to take yourself outside and introduce your forehead to a brick wall until the world suddenly goes all dark and fuzzy!

(even if that isnt you then your a Gimp for having a gay website like MRB said!)

[markthestab]

looks like that little bloke from buck rogers

how did you get a silenced mp5 in the 1983 battle of grenada re-inactment society

1-2-3-4 united state marine corp hoo-ah!

it is a joke though innit 4 of 10?