Will bootnecks be wearing lipstick soon?

[THE HAPPY WANDERER]

Happy wanderer here,
Suggest you read the book"Army Commandos"
"And The Raiders"1940-1946 written by Robin Neillands
It tells how the Army Commandos were formed,and the reasons why
the Royal Marines took over the mantle Commando.
However,the most interesting read in the whole book was how the
paras were formed by those who could not hack the Commando
training.
Does this show,and i look to such stalwarts as HH Owdun SH and Robin Parry
to verify,that DFA and his cherry berry chums are nothing less than
Royals cast offs??????

Shot down in flames perce. Aye The happy wanderer.

Heres to us and those like us,damn few left

[porty3]

Hi to all
Iv'e enjoyed reading the banter from RM and shite from above. so it got me thinking. lets look at the site that they have? So I asked Jeeves and Mamma.com but found nothing. It looks like the only para Site there is is using Once a Marine!!!

[Andy O'Pray]

DFA, When you are talking about paras and pegasus being taken out of each other. Were you making reference to when Z coy, 45 cdo had to take B coy, 3 para out of pegasus during the Radfan?

Aye - Andy.

[Rotary Booty]

nokka, whose profile interests are 'sex beer beer sex' and DFA who has no interests or occupation, are poor representatives of a Regiment whose short, ( very short,) history has some moments of pride. If my long term Para Regt friends were to see these inputs, and I will make sure they do, I am sure they will try to 'look you up'.
When I was in Provost at Stonehouse, I took a prisoner to the Military Correction Centre at Colchester. I thought I had walked into the Para Regt Depot by mistake as there were so many Red Berets there doing time!
nokka and DFA, by your inputs you are confirming what we already know.
Get a life.

[Doverparatrooper]

Not a problem with Marines, but come on lads, take a good look at your selves. The meat and veg is young in terms of history, but boy have we gone down in history for events around the world. Royal may have one or two more, but in years to come we will equal for sure the way it is going.

Lets wait and see how this next one goes, lets see how the media build us up, mention British PARATROOPER, and ears are pinned back, just hope if it gets dirty we have Royal flanking or supporting or robbing our began caches, 40 take note 1982 (Socks).

If not for the banter we would not be what we are, thats both, sea soldiers and air soldiers!

A polite Paratrooper

[El Prez]

I think you'll find that if you go back to your bergan cache you'll find your laundry returned and clean. Royal hates dirty dhobi being left around!

[Rotary Booty]

Welcome, polite Doverparatrooper, to the Forum, and may your inputs be many. I was beginning to worry that my now ancient Para friends were the last of a dying breed of Paras with common sense, and a sense of humour!
I must agree with you that if it's the media that are going to decide who did what to whom, then it's no contest. We are not renowned for demanding attention, and we prefer it that way. It's like the SBS and the SAS really, none of our guys can even work a typewriter!

Just a thought, when did your guys last carry out an operational jump?

[Doverparatrooper]

Point taken Derek!

Yes when did we carry out our last Op jump. Well for me Derek, have never done one, but sincerley hope this next shin dig we get the chance. Would be a real nice 23.5 year career finish for me, but for alot of the young lads i,m sure they would leave after achieving the ulitimate, just like the Falklands war, which would be a great shame to the Reg and Royal. Its good to see that the Red and Green machines are coming back, into the lime light. Kosovo, Sierra Leonne, Afganistan, Macedonia i recall being the last. Any way back to your original question, 1956 was the last Op jump, and that was into the Suez. lastly any Royals and Para deployed on this next event, good luck to you all!

[harry hackedoff]

What a refreshing change
Welcome aboard, Doverpara
Are there any more at home like you?

Aye, Harry

[El Prez]

I knew it, two months in Oz and the bastards gone all soft and dewey eyed towards Perce. What is the matter with you H, has that in law finally cracked you up?

[Wully]

I was just about to say that Rob!! Must be the flies that are getting to Harry and have affected his sarcasm genes

[El Prez]

There's a list of good things a parachute is used for, a bivvy, a track suit, PE kit, curtains for the grot, shade in the med etc etc, but dangling a pongo never came high on my list.

[soldierandy]

What I don't understand is what do Marines train for? Jumping out of a landing craft? CCF do that! Nothing really much to train for apart from a green hat which is lighter than the Green Jackets. And the title Commando what does that refer to? Commandos in WW2 did raids behind eneny lines in small men teams more like SAS and SBS. Now you call yourself a commando for swinging round a rope? Are you likely to do that in combat?