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What is your opinion on the use of stable belts in the forces.
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Very useful if the girth goes on your saddle :D
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What is your opinion on the use of stable belts in the forces
Oh Come alongside Garry, you can do better than that. :roll:
You should talk to somebody who gives a f**k.
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Hey its a slow day I have nothing else to do.
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Stable belts?

What are these?

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Post by RobT »

Brightly coloured belts that you wear around your waist.

I think thats right 8)
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Yes RobT, your are quite right.
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Post by minimac »

Why do you wear them?

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Because not everyone wants to see you in your shreddies, with trousers round your ankles!
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Post by GARRYOWEN »

The reason why I asked the question is because we have this RSM who hates stable belts he would prefer us to wear the green plastic belt instead. but our last RSM was all infavour of stable belts. The policy was stable belts inside TAC for tuesday nights and green belt on weekend exercises. Now its green belt all the time.
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Post by mercury »

well I think they are crap

a. You have to buy them
b. The R sigs one has changed at least twice since I joined so again you have to buy another
c. Every sod knows which regiment you are in by your cap badge
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Post by Dave.Mil »

mercury
well I think they are crap
It'll teach you to nick dress items off other corps :D

They were original girth straps for saddles by wearing as a belt you could carry a spare and hold your pants up. Not sure what you did about your pants if you used it :o
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Smart as a button.

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I like my stable belt, looks very cool. Apparently, the reason many units have their buckle off to the side is so they didn't irritate their horses when htey groomed them. Furthermore, tell your RSM he is a twatism, and give him a boot up his arse. (i just wanna see what happens).
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Post by Doc »

I was required to wear a stable belt when with 59 Cdo. The whole squadron wore them and I had to join in. Trouble was I was a matelot, and Id never seen jack wear one or if the navy even had them.
Luckily a storeman at Stonehouse came up trumps and found one, supposedly the Gunnery Instructors wear them, as do the field gun crews.
Smart as chips I was, especially when duty medic down at HMS Drake in half lovets. The Navy lads didnt know what to make of it, a matelot in Bootneck kit, and walking around with pongos!
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