Apologies for the tangent and the many speeling mistooks.

If I said 4th Regiment, would that mean anything to you Wholley?

True, very true.

The only advice I can give to Reserve soldiers called in to Regular service (as that what it essentially is), is to switch on to your new units SOP's and work really fookin hard. Be all you can be and they will respect you for it. You'll never win everyone over, but they will ...

The TA unit in Afghanistan with 2 Mercian ( I think it was the London Regiment) started out on Force Protection for Bastion but proved themselves capable enough to be used on operations that the Regualrs were doing.

It is a fact of life that Commanders will not trust TA units to carry out their ...

For those who are not familiar with Mobilisation, here is a post on what will happen to you as a Mobilised memner of the TA or Regular Reserve while at the Reserve Training Centre Chilwell.

Whilst you may not realise, Chilwell actually has a very informative website. It's a shame you don't find ...

Hi,

You'll more than likely want to look at your local Infantry regiment, which I think is the Yorkshire regiment. You'll be from a similar area from the other soldiers and probably feel more at 'home' around guys from your area. The Yorkies are cool guys, I've been trained by quite a few of them ...

Oh dear,

Cancel, cancel. Not Afghanistan - Iraq!

When I was put forward it was Afghanistan but everything has changed now. Same question stands...

Sorry!

Hey guys,

Cheers for the replies. Now I think of it, it would have been a better idea to ask on the Paras/Royal forums. Oh well.

Real milk, you say? If we don't get that in Warminster, then I'm not holding out much hope for Sangin.

Girls are probably better looking though

Goldie,

Will the QM do a one-for-one? Or will I have to buy civvie?

I heard the Web-Tex ones are heavy when they get wet and leak everywhere.

Hey all,

I'm just wondering if there are any lads from the Cheshires out there. I'm not exactly expecting an overwhelming reply but you've got to try, eh?

Hi all,

I'm about to go on deployment in October with a Regular Infantry unit to Afghanistan. I was just wondering, as this is my first Tour, if anyone has any particular tips on stuff to take with me.

I know a lot of guys that have taken laptops and stuff - but just about anything that will make ...

Foxtrick,

You do realise that RMRhopeful is taking the piss, don't you?

Darce

Hey,

Give KCR a crack. I met a few lads from there and they seemed a cool bunch. Recce platoon, from what I know, is a good crack in KCR. It's not exactly with oblligation, might as well go have a look.

Later,

Darce

I'd defintely recommend Reflected Glory and The Making of a Royal Marines Commando.

RG follows certain individuals through training and then their experiences in Ulster during the Seventies. It's written from a narrative point of view, very easy to follow but, most importantly, it's a can't-put ...

I've never had too much trouble with it. The only people I know who have were on operations at the time, and basically had nothing better to do than have a go with each other.

It's all the same uniform at the end of the day, why should it matter?

Well, unless you're a filthy scaley...

Ok, to clear this up, I'll write out the whole shebang (of the way we're doing it).

1. You Pass your Phase 1 basic training (patrols/field admin/range work/section attack etc.)

2. You have been indentified as a PO.

3. You do your Module 2 Officer Training (Map Reading/Signals/Platoon Atk/Orders ...