From what I have been told I will not be able to serve in operations until I have served my probationary period in my rank i.e. 3yrs as Lt.


I think this is a load of balls. I don't think there is a time to serve before going on ops, and it certainly isnt 3 years.

I know of a 2Lt who went on Op ...

Just to get back on thread, I was watching the news on UTV last night and all the presenters seemed to be wearing Poppies...?

Has the station succummed to pressure from Militaryforums.co.uk...?



...probably not.

The selection weekend invovles the following manditory tests:

1) 1.5mile Run - cut off time 24hrs

2) Down a pint of lager - cut off time 7 secs

3) Mess 100m Hurdles - best effort

4) Singing of "Tampax Factory" - must know at least 4 verses

5) Quickfire Aftershocks - 5 in a row without falling ...

Ok folks,

Hands up, I was not aware that the Hereford Boat House jibe was a long standing one, I had thought it was just from the film. Hence my quote quote...




I'll just fcuk off then.....

Pongologs,

HVM Boy, wind yer neck in! The crack about the boathouse is an old joke. Do a search and you'll find out why.

Keep smiling.


No, If you do a search you'll find that in the movie Ronin, when the Walter Mitty bloke is asked "what colour is the Boat house in Hereford?"... his reply is ...

Can anyone remember what colour the boathouse is in Hereford? No-one seems to know.

GoreD, I don't like your attidude.

Songs are sung by many of the British (and foreign) teams that do the Nijmegen Marches in Holland every year. After 25miles a day for 4 days in a row, and hearing the same songs over and over again you are ready to shove a songbook up your team leader's Arrse.

Notable mentions go to songs such as ...

Songs are sung by many of the British (and foreign) teams that do the Nijmegen Marches in Holland every year. After 25miles a day for 4 days in a row, and hearing the same songs over and over again you are ready to shove a songbook up your team leader's Arrse.

Notable mentions go to songs such as ...

Re the original question: I found this in the Infantry TAM,

EQPT
On the Man
Notebook (wet weather type)
Pencil/lumocolours
Small torch (lens masked less pin hole)
Spare btys
Small clasp knife
Binos with graticules
Whistle
Map, map case and Silva compass
Protractor (yds blanked out; thread att ...

Well, ask your Trg WO2 at your unit/subunit, or PSI if you are TA, or even try your Trg Maj.

they have them lying around our Unit Library, and fe people actually use them.

Its a bunch of CDs that the army puts out every year containing PDF versions of the most up to date PAMs and TAMs. There are 7 cds worth. I think some are Special to Arm, cos I have "Disk 4 of 7 - Artillery" sitting beside me here.

Says on the back :

"The Electronic Battle Box is produced annually ...

Right folks,

does anyone have the official list of what should be packed where in webbling and bergen?

I've tried the infantry TAM, the electronic battlebox, and on the web but can't find anything.



Cheers

HVM_bloke

Worth a look, it'll keep you busy reading all of it, it's fupping huge!!!

http://onpoint.leavenworth.army.mil

US Document detailing the Iraq War, from the initial plans, how it happened and lesons learned.

Worth a look, it'll keep you busy reading all of it, it's fupping huge!!!

http://onpoint.leavenworth.army.mil

US Document detailing the Iraq War, from the initial plans, how it happened and lesons learned.

As I'm sure you've heard...


http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/story.jsp?story=525467

Hoon sends 370 new troops to Iraq
By Jon Smith, Political Editor, PA News
27 May 2004


The Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon today announced a further 370 British troops are to be sent to Iraq.

He said ...