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[sir moanalot]

i was in reme for nine years- 1988 to 1997 went to bosnia, n ireland, gulf 1 and cyprus un not to mention endless other "holidays abroad".

[Gaffers]

I am currently serving with the RAMC (God's Corps) in Tidworth as one of those non-doctor ruperts.  The joys of commanding doctors who have illusions of grandure and 2+ ranks of me.  Not to mention some of them pay more in tax than I get paid per month!!  

If anyone is interested there is memorial service for the 3 guys from 16 AFA who were killed while disembarking Sir Galahad - 53 Welsh Guards were killed at the same time, but the way 16 AFA recovered despite losing their 2IC and having many injured themselves inspires even the most disgusting sniveling recruit.  The service will be in St Michaels Church near the new medical centre on Fri 8th June after which there wreath laying in the cemetary and then curry and beer in the Sgts Mess.    All welcome.

[Gaffers]

no problem  

it probably pains you to know that maybe a couple of our members hadnt even been born??

You'll get older one day!   In a conversation at work a while back I said I'd joined up on 7/9/79, one of the young lads smiled and said " I was only 1 then!"
The second word of the 2 word reply was ... OFF!!!      

I was 2   .... running.......

[Auto Addict]

I think GeoffD is on a tour of duty at the moment.

[Markjay]

Not directly related, but… I’ve just seem the new Pirates of the Caribbeans, and I don’t understand why people love to hate British troops… OK, so they may have had corrupt leadership (and incidentally, the two baddies giving them orders are not actually servicemen), but they are the only ones in this mess who risk their lives for King and Country, instead of chasing some sort of personal gain or riches. Why do people rejoice when seeing marines being killed is beyond me… with respect to Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, and Keira Knightley, I sympathise with the Royal Navy, not with the treasure-hungry pirates… and I was actually saddened when the magnificent 4-gundeck HMS Endeavour sank with all hands on board, I really can’t see why the audience were cheering.
 

[MikeDundee]

Not directly related, but… I’ve just seem the new Pirates of the Caribbeans, and I don’t understand why people love to have the British troops… OK, so they may have had a corrupt leadership (and incidentally, the two baddies giving them orders are not actually servicemen), but they are the only ions in this mess who risk their lives for King and country, instead of chasing some sort of personal gain or reaches. Why do [people rejoice when seeing marines being killed is beyond me… With respect to Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, and Keira Knightley, I sympathise with the Royal Navy, not with the treasure-hungry pirates…. and I actually saddened when the magnificent 4-gundeck HMS Endeavour sank with all hands on board, I really can’t see why the audience were cheering.
 

Probably because they were on the side of the pirates

[Gaffers]

Not directly related, but… I’ve just seem the new Pirates of the Caribbeans, and I don’t understand why people love to hate British troops… OK, so they may have had corrupt leadership (and incidentally, the two baddies giving them orders are not actually servicemen), but they are the only ones in this mess who risk their lives for King and Country, instead of chasing some sort of personal gain or riches. Why do people rejoice when seeing marines being killed is beyond me… with respect to Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, and Keira Knightley, I sympathise with the Royal Navy, not with the treasure-hungry pirates… and I was actually saddened when the magnificent 4-gundeck HMS Endeavour sank with all hands on board, I really can’t see why the audience were cheering.
 

I know what you mean.  I get mixed reactions from people when I am about in public in my uniform.  Some, regardless of how polite and courteous I am just see the need to hurl abuse, I have to walk away.  

Incidently I have also been to Canada and the states (wife's a spectic tank) and the difference there is phenominal.  In the states people shake my hand and buy me drinks to the point where I adctually feel uncomfortable because I am not used to it.  In Canada it is much the same, civilians saluting you as you walk through the air terminal and it is law that you must provide a military discount to people serving in the british or canadian army.  Why can we not have something like that?  The only place I know of that regularly gives a military discount is Burger King (love them whoppers!!)  Most other places value students more than service personnel.    I am not saying students shouldnt get discounts, I used to be one and I appreciated them, but how is a pot smoking stinky student worth a 10-20% discount when hard working squaddies who risk their lifes for less than a grand per month get nothing but a dirty look as if to say "you are lucky we let you in"  

Sorry...  Rant over...

[Martin_1962]

THe forces are there to protect our country - so why the hell are people abusing them!

[sir moanalot]

Not directly related, but… I’ve just seem the new Pirates of the Caribbeans, and I don’t understand why people love to hate British troops… OK, so they may have had corrupt leadership (and incidentally, the two baddies giving them orders are not actually servicemen), but they are the only ones in this mess who risk their lives for King and Country, instead of chasing some sort of personal gain or riches. Why do people rejoice when seeing marines being killed is beyond me… with respect to Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, and Keira Knightley, I sympathise with the Royal Navy, not with the treasure-hungry pirates… and I was actually saddened when the magnificent 4-gundeck HMS Endeavour sank with all hands on board, I really can’t see why the audience were cheering.
 

I know what you mean.  I get mixed reactions from people when I am about in public in my uniform.  Some, regardless of how polite and courteous I am just see the need to hurl abuse, I have to walk away.  

Incidently I have also been to Canada and the states (wife's a spectic tank) and the difference there is phenominal.  In the states people shake my hand and buy me drinks to the point where I adctually feel uncomfortable because I am not used to it.  In Canada it is much the same, civilians saluting you as you walk through the air terminal and it is law that you must provide a military discount to people serving in the british or canadian army.  Why can we not have something like that?  The only place I know of that regularly gives a military discount is Burger King (love them whoppers!!)  Most other places value students more than service personnel.    I am not saying students shouldnt get discounts, I used to be one and I appreciated them, but how is a pot smoking stinky student worth a 10-20% discount when hard working squaddies who risk their lifes for less than a grand per month get nothing but a dirty look as if to say "you are lucky we let you in"  

Sorry...  Rant over...

spot on mate, when i was on a medman tour in canada i went to usa on r&r.  nearly every fast food place had an advert stating "forces discount here" and that was 6 months after gulf war 1 !!!
one privately owned burger bar had the owner running out to even eat with us!!!  the people in this bloody country dont know what they want 90% of the time -that is why they have let the government walk all over them in the last 10 years.

[Markjay]

Two other movies that made me uncomfortable in that respect were The Patriot with Mel Gibson, and The Devil's Own with Brad Pitt. At the tome they were both a great success in the UK for some reason....

[Martin_1962]

Two other movies that made me uncomfortable in that respect were The Patriot with Mel Gibson, and The Devil's Own with Brad Pitt. At the tome they were both a great success in the UK for some reason....

I remember seeing a review of the patriot and they decided to review it from the British perspective.

Best bit was a yank getting hit by a cannon ball

[MikeDundee]

Two other movies that made me uncomfortable in that respect were The Patriot with Mel Gibson, and The Devil's Own with Brad Pitt. At the tome they were both a great success in the UK for some reason....

I remember seeing a review of the patriot and they decided to review it from the British perspective.

Best bit was a yank getting hit by a cannon ball

Braveheart was good ,  funny how things turnaround, countries now run by scotsmen

[miggy]

Lets not go there

[Markjay]

As the story goes Mel Gibson's father moved the family to Australia when Mel was 12 to avoid him and his brothers being drafted to serve in the U.S. Army in Vietnam.... so much for the 'Patriot'...  

http://www.tiscali.co.uk/entertainment/film/interviews/mel_gibson.html