hopefully a nice red and blue one im off too now the missus is moning does she ever shut up duty calls

they are a waste of space i seen the ones doing there 2 weeks when i was in basic so unfit and think there above the regs coz they are all wearing there stable belts

yeah i loved even tho i go injured really badly. i got to week 10 and then did my ankle in and was in falklands troop for 12 weeks so in the end i spent almost 7 months there coz i went back into week 8. i loved every min of basic even final ex in sennybridge. my trade is c3 systems

a iron cotton buds as much zinc oxide tape as you can an open mind a sense of humour and then the normal stuff on the pre joining instructions. oh and make sure you fit enough its one less thing to worry about.

also hope you get into 28 sqn and not c or 1 unless your a signaller

dunno next time we will be up but prob soon look forward to having a drink and spreading the love up north with some scottish bird. so what do you think of the ta gd good or bad

awesome prepare for a hangover then is it. always wanted to harpoon a scottish lass i bet its near the uni i been up there coz i was gonna go to uni there but decided to get a real job

ok im scared now haha if im ever up near endinburgh i will take you up your offer. im not the perfect young un around im just level headed. my final report from basic said that. i was the grey man who got things done with no fuss but was sometimes just too quiet. thats my prob sometimes im too quiet

nah the insults make me laugh that was just advice he give me coz i was losing motivation big time and they said i had massive potential to be one of the best recruits they had ever seen thats why he pulled me to one side after and said that

i reckon he was too i got given thatadvice after a big bollocking too

another bit of advice i got from a nco in charge of me when i was in biff troop was when you been told to do something when you think your finished take a step back look at it and if you think you can do it a bit better do it do it again if not its prob good enough. he said your army career is all a...

nah im not a wassock just a biff i see this now as a life not a job or career so hopeflully im here for life

ah right thats how some of the things have changed then any questions you got for me about training nowadays

ah right did you have section 2ic's and duty bods when you were in training tho

gd is jnr lance jack like we had section 2ic for a week or so

what was it like being a tanky then cause that was one of my job choices