or from what i've heard about the RAF Regiment - clean land rovers and get suntans :lol: What you've heard? From whom? Have you ever worked with the RAF Regt or been on exericse with them? And what regular unit do you serve in? You seem to have a lot to say about them based on very little! I sugges...

LOL! Thanks for the giggle Aitch! We used to do exercises with them sometimes. But they never seemed to grasp the concept of taping things down for silent movment or the meaning of the word silent itself. 0600 - lying in shellscrape me & me oppo - "what's that noise?" oppo pointing say...

And I'll assist iwth the boot,arse,connect, follow through....and retire to the mess for a pint!

Tab wrote:Why do Muslims come to Britain, well they will say for a better life, so if they come for a better life why do they bring all their old ways with them that have caused the problem in their countries of origin and caused them to try and find a better place to live

Exactly, and one of my main points.

Visions of MoD operatives raiding the armoury at the Tower of London in the dead of night and then sneaking away with hand-barrows laden with the old armour plating for horses! "...and 'ere Fred lets half-inch one of 'enrys swords while we're 'ere that'll make a bundle on e-bay"

MilitaryHistorian wrote: John
Former USAF
www.realmilitaryflix.com

Now that ties nicely in with my response John, perhaps you can tell me,do the USAF CSP still exist as a unit?

When Fick was attempting “selection” for Recon they had a Booty Colour Stripey for phys! Dunno what he thought was meant by "Come on you W4nkers" :P Once we had a Captain from the USAF Combat Security Police and I didn't understand half the slang he was using. Now this was back in 1980, l...

Mendes wrote:Was I refering to this site you devoid moron?

To all prospective new members of this site, this is how to address the resident members on your first day!


Knobber!

Sully wrote: I think I'm in limbo/purgatory whatever they call it - having a bog-trotting heritage as I do

That makes two of us, I hold an Irish passport. Dad from Waterford, Mum from Mayo. Yours?

* 7th Parachute Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery I know it's not a mistake, but every time I see their name in text I simply have to say "shurely shome mishtake" Visions of a real pegasus with a howitzer on its back slowly drifting to earth beneath the silk. :wink: Surely the most incongru...

Going back to what Tab correctly said, cutbacks on jumps continue, so it is unlikely that other regts will get jumptime if the Paras aren't. Of course he could always join my old mob if he wants to jump out of planes and ride around on armour & be a sniper, go on exercises with SAS troopers and ...

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London Boy wrote:

AJtothemax wrote:Everytime I read stuff like this it makes me think "God am I glad I was educated in Catholic school's."

Ditto -both RC primary & secondary

I didn't know we let left-footers on this site

Yea, but I gave up Catholicism,and religion in general, when I was 18!

AJtothemax wrote:Everytime I read stuff like this it makes me think "God am I glad I was educated in Catholic school's."

Ditto -both RC primary & secondary

On a lingusiitc note, if anyone is remotely interested. I am, of course, it being my job to be shit hot at languages. :wink: German like Swedish doesn't, like English, differentiate between squid and octopus. Both the German and Swedish word literally translate to "ink fish" Tinten = ink, ...

Sully wrote:Have none of you heard of Gallopoli?

Well done Sully, you saved me the trouble of correcting you. But it's near Aintree or Ascot isn't it?