Barrybudden when were you in canada with them? Have to say I haven't heard anything particulary bad about them before. Also been told they did alright in Iraq.

sp10122 I know that I don't have to join a particular regiment, and i'm not actually from northern Ireland, i'm from the south... :o. I ...

mainland soldiers can do the same job for considerably less pay than the home service units.

What makes you think that?

mainland soldiers can do the same job for considerably less pay than the home service units.

What makes you think that?

these people fight for a cause. Not because they want a career and to see the world.
OK, so IRA have killed civillians. Have any of you 'experts' heard of the 'black and tans'? Or 'Bloody Sunday' or the carpet bombing of civilian towns in Germany?
The British aren't peacekeepers. They are there ...

these people fight for a cause. Not because they want a career and to see the world.
OK, so IRA have killed civillians. Have any of you 'experts' heard of the 'black and tans'? Or 'Bloody Sunday' or the carpet bombing of civilian towns in Germany?
The British aren't peacekeepers. They are there ...

1st Battlion Royal Irish Regiment.

I'm suprised anyones answered a post this old

Life has gotten in the way of my application process though i've since done the BARB and all that.

Laser eye surgery works by removing the damaged areas of the eye that cause distortion

Not quite. Most people with poor eyesight have no damage to their eyes. Generally the eyeball is slightly the wrong shape. In someone shortsighted the eyeball is a bit to long and so light coming in is ...

What if we get deployed again?

Exactly! Help him now, it's too late searching for the tube when his inhaler runs out in the middle of the bush.

Rubbish. A standerd inhaler can be used two hundred times. Even if he used it every day that will last for six months. If he had even one spare thats ...

What if we get deployed again?

Exactly! Help him now, it's too late searching for the tube when his inhaler runs out in the middle of the bush.

Rubbish. A standerd inhaler can be used two hundred times. Even if he used it every day that will last for six months. If he had even one spare thats ...

Anyone out there been to the recruit selection centre in ballymena?
I have horrible visions of incredible strictness and getting sent home in shame, though that’s just nerves