RT wef 03/12/2007

[Chas]

Good luck to all joining CTCRM next Monday.
Especially you Greg F.

Chas.

[Sully]

Seconded. Remember - "I'm a rubber ducky..."

Do I detect a hint of envy there Chas?

[Darren82]

Don't forget to train over Xmas either!


Eating lots of selection boxes and Xmas pud does not a good Bootie make

[Chas]

Sully,

Great envy, I would do it all again.
Rank immaterial. Just proud to be
Royal.
Extremely proud of the V in my original
number. A true volunteer and not a
pressed man in the days of NS.

Yours aye,

RMV202910.Chas.

[Sully]

Good on ya Chas, I'm sure you would Me too Such a lot to look forward to - just the small matter of 32 weeks of pain and suffering first

Top tip from Darren there but never lose sight of the basic commando principle that if it's free then kick the arse out of it.

Chas, I was more of a drifter than a pressed man or an avid volunteer (my idle curiosity will get me in trouble one of these days) - but all roads lead to the same place. It was an honour to have been a part of it.

[Chas]

Foxtrot Golf, is in 957 Troop and is surviving.
Very positive and cheerful when he called me
at the weekend. Good luck to all in 957 and
"Go for it lads."
The finest Corps in the world !

Chas.

[GreenFlag]

Foxtrot Golf, is in 957 Troop and is surviving.
Very positive and cheerful when he called me
at the weekend. Good luck to all in 957 and
"Go for it lads."
The finest Corps in the world !

Chas.

He's in the same troop as my mate then! I was speaking with him on the phone the other day and he was giving the low down on ex. Quick cover they'd just completed, said it was honking bigtime
There's been a few back trooped from 957 already ... sad to hear as my mate said the majority of the troop are a good bunch of lads!

Good to hear FTG is doing good as well !

[Chas]

Week 6 and unfortunately a few have opted out already.
They should be inspired by the young former Para who
is in the Troop and already has one tour in Afghanistan
under his belt. Interestingly he considers RM kit to be
better.
Good luck to the rest of 957 Troop. Show some moral fibre
and complete your training. You will never forget it and
remain proud of your achievement for ever.
Hopefully like me, later you can tell your children and grand
children.

Chas. 'Old Fart'.

[mm1306]

Why would an ex-para join the RMs? It's the same sort of military force.

[misterpurple]

Why would an ex-para join the RMs? It's the same sort of military force.

No it's not. I wont pretend to have experienced either, but it's accepted that the Paras are essentially aggressive infantry that jump out of planes. Whereas the Royal Marines are trained to a much higher standard in certain areas. For example; amphibious assaults, securing beach heads, maritime protection, and escape and evade.

[Chas]

Tongue in cheek- 'because he knows which is best.'
That is why he joined. In fact it is not so strange and
quite a few do this and vice versa. The Paras are superb.
However in general Royal has many more skills to offer.
Chas.

[Artist]

Why would an ex-para join the RMs? It's the same sort of military force.

Are you havin a laff!?!

Bootnecks for starters talk a totally different language as the Army does. We march slower, we do umpteen things different in fact like serve on board the Grey Funnel Lines Floating Gin Palaces.

Saying that I know a few guys and not just Paras either who joined the Corps after serving in the Army. Plus some Bootnecks who joined the Army for various reasons. Some went SAS, whilst some were fed up with the lack of promotion in certain SQ/TQ's within the Corps.

A good mate of mine was a Tels Tech Cpl, name of Cliff Williams, he transferred from the Corps to the REME and was promoted to Staff Sgt the minute he joined and then a few weeks later after having to learn to march the Army way and suchlike rejoined CDOLOGREGTRM doing the self same job he'd done before but with loads more money and perks, think he ended up as a Major.

Artist

[mm1306]

Why would an ex-para join the RMs? It's the same sort of military force.

Are you havin a laff!?!

Bootnecks for starters talk a totally different language as the Army does. We march slower, we do umpteen things different in fact like serve on board the Grey Funnel Lines Floating Gin Palaces.

Saying that I know a few guys and not just Paras either who joined the Corps after serving in the Army. Plus some Bootnecks who joined the Army for various reasons. Some went SAS, whilst some were fed up with the lack of promotion in certain SQ/TQ's within the Corps.

A good mate of mine was a Tels Tech Cpl, name of Cliff Williams, he transferred from the Corps to the REME and was promoted to Staff Sgt the minute he joined and then a few weeks later after having to learn to march the Army way and suchlike rejoined CDOLOGREGTRM doing the self same job he'd done before but with loads more money and perks, think he ended up as a Major.

Artist

hmm.. got me there!!
I'd have thought you'd have to have a very good reason to go from para to bootneck mainly because of the rivalry and the regimental pride.
When I said they were the same I meant in the sense that most guys who want to join either one will want to join because both have the reputation as being the most tough and professional (whether or not that is true I wouldn't want to say in light of how well the line infantry has performed lately and for the past few hundred years) more so than because of the specific differences.

[Sully]

I can see your point but it does happen - there was an ex para in a troop a few weeks behind us in training - it looked a bit odd seeing a nod marching about with wings on his rig. I think a lot of this sea/air assault distinction is bollocks - the para regt derives a lot of its heritage from No. 5 Army Commando who were effectively demobbed into the fledgling Parachute Regiment after the war. I think they're the same type of unit (no better, no worse) attracting a slightly different type of person - so maybe there's the answer.

There were always a slack handful of ex-legionnaires in the Corps as well. And with ref to what Artist has said don't forget Bob Consiglio (former bootneck signaller) who seemed to emerge from all of the conflicting Bravo 2-0 tales with a lot of credit.

[McGuire86]

I don't understand why a Para would join the Marines, why doesn't he just do his Commando course within the Army ?

They are both as good as each other and just as elite as each other, only difference is the two have different roles therefore are trained better in that certain area than the other.