Hope everyone has had a good day!

Rest Easy and thank you.

It is with great regret that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the death in Afghanistan, on Monday 30 November 2009, of Acting Sergeant John Paxton Amer of the 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards.

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Acting ...

Very well done and the upmost respect to you and your brother .

I too think the sentance was fair and the right one. From what I have read he is very sorry and his future at Sheffield Hallam University may even end short because of this.

Also there was an announcement from Sheffield Police that they are going to set up a project to combat this £2 drinks all ...

Welcome mate .

Welcome to the forums Ian.

Rest Easy and thank you.

It is with deep regret that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the death of Sergeant Robert David Loughran-Dickson of the Royal Military Police (RMP) in Afghanistan on 18 November 2009.

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Has to be the most dangerous jobs out in Afghanistan, rest easy and thankyou.

It is with deep regret that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Corporal Loren Owen Christopher Marlton-Thomas from 33 Engineer Regiment (EOD) was killed in Afghanistan.

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Corporal Marlton-Thomas was mortally ...

Very good, a great respect to the fallen.

Blood priority???? thats one I have never heard of
(think that could be bull)

I dunno mate, thats he called it and said if I had family serving I would get some sort of priority.

Was someone not listening?????
SERVING ie once your in, if you had a brother in a certain Regt then he could ...

Yes the British Army is currently at 97.5% maning so alot of the more popular regiments are heaving. I myself have been told I would not get to basic till April 2010 because of this and I was not happy bunny.

The only way you can get a bit of priority is you have immediate family serving in the ...

Rest Easy, thankyou.