I have not been in a similar situation but have many years experience in both the Air Force and Army and am amazed that you would even consider taking on the role of a private soldier when you have the option of being appointed as a RAF Officer and living the life of luxury in comparison to that of ...

Hello Claire, welcome to the forum, sorry I can't assist in your inquiry but was wondering why your American boyfriend would want to settle in the UK, given that most of the Brits what to get out of the place.

I think you will find the following link helpful, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_United_Kingdom_and_United_States_military_ranks Note: Warrant Officers in the British Forces are NOT saluted. An E5 is equivalent to a Corporal and although your title is Sergeant, you will not be entitled t...

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I'm not sure what the system is with these forums but there are some that if you don't post within certain periods you get the big flick and so this post is to let the button pushers know that I am still here.

P/S -- I hope you all as good as St Patrick's Day as I had.

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We are slowly filtering out the spammers and we have so far collected a large amount of webmail domain names. These have been added to our system to be banned and not allowed registration. I'm afraid a few will still get by until we add them to the list. Sorry chaps but its hard to ban spammers and...

There would not be many who could say which was the best service rifle in the world and I guess it comes down to what rifle we were trained on. In my view, the best operational weapon and rifle for parade drill was the SLR. I've used the .303 and the Styer but I spent 30 years with the SLR and so I ...

Welcome to the forums and best wishes in your retirement.

Which Force did you retire from?

Things are not getting any better!

Paratroopers forced to practise parachute jumps in a wind tunnel due to shortage of planes

When does this Australian Dentist ever get time to pull teeth?

What is an American - By an Australian Dentist

dubrat wrote:Nothing better than rum and milk at 4:45 am

It was a great day is Brisbane

And in Melbourne at the Shrine of Remembrance.

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Isn't a funny old world - I guess it's really about the grass being greener on the other side..... Here we have a bloke who want's to leave Australia to join the RN and there is a back log of serving and discharged British Military waiting to be processed for appointment/enlistment to the Australian...

Here is an excerpt from an interview given by the Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer of Australia Mr Peter Costello on the above subject, TREASURER: "Well the point I would make is this, Australians are free to express themselves about political views, let’s make that clear. But there are some...

Holger Danske wrote:Just saw a new pic. of Mary, she's pregnant again, of course...

Looks like someone is looking after the children while Mary is out doing a bit of soldiering.

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*runs around frantically trying to throw all the worms back into the can* Swaggles me boy, this isn't a political throw around, it's a moment of thought for the fallen Aussies. If you're going to try turn it into one, than foxtrots favourite saying comes to mind, foxtrot oscar. Your above quoted po...