Ex Military/Still Serving Thread

[Speculatore]

Joined the Royal Navy in 1975 as a Junior Seaman (Operator) - Left as the Command Warrant Officer of the Surface Fleet in Dec 2010 having completed 35 years and 65 days service.

Ships: Ark Royal (The old one), Invincible, Bristol, Cumberland, Chatham, Illustrious
Shore Bases: Raleigh, Dryad, Forest Moor, Vernon, Royal Arthur, Excellent, Portsmouth Dockyard, Chicksands, Collingwood

[B4rnst4ble]

Able seemon from the age of 14

[woolders]

Bins is presumably Roger the cabin boy.

[Neil1300R]

woolders said:

Bins is presumably Roger the cabin boy.

He's an officer - so he must be Master Bates

[Speculatore]

WOW!! - Off topic after the first post.....Outstanding work....

[yeti]

Speculatore said:

WOW!! - Off topic after the first post.....Outstanding work....

Arguably off topic from the thread title in the Aston forum

[Bincenzo]

Can't believe I'm taking hits already....I haven't even posted yet! Gits....

[outofstepuk]

yeti said:

Arguably off topic from the thread title in the Aston forum

my thoughts as well. Might as well try to keep it at least vaguely about Aston Martins.

[Ed50]

Outstanding service OP you should be proud............

Did you ever meet Jockers at Sea ................I think he was the one in the barrel......

[avinalarf]

outofstepuk said:

yeti said:

Arguably off topic from the thread title in the Aston forum

my thoughts as well. Might as well try to keep it at least vaguely about Aston Martins.

Ex Military / Still Serving that own or know somebody that owns or has ever sat in an Aston Martin.

[woolders]

Neil1300R said:

He's an officer - so he must be Master Bates

He must have demoted himself just for Wales.
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[Y100]

Ed50 said:

Outstanding service OP you should be proud............

Did you ever meet Jockers at Sea ................I think he was the one in the barrel......

Would that be as a 'pull through',,,,

[Ed50]

Y100 said:

Ed50 said:

Outstanding service OP you should be proud............

Did you ever meet Jockers at Sea ................I think he was the one in the barrel......

Would that be as a 'pull through',,,,

Without a shadow of doubt Bob..............but he did get thursdays off................to wash out the barrel .

[Speculatore]

yeti said:

Speculatore said:

WOW!! - Off topic after the first post.....Outstanding work....

Arguably off topic from the thread title in the Aston forum

I think what I was trying to achieve was establishing another 'Social Link' by identifying fellow AM owners (and forum users) who may have served together in the past or in my case I could have served with their Dad.

Just something else that some of us might have in common and shared experiences.

[Bincenzo]

Speculatore said:

I think what I was trying to achieve was establishing another 'Social Link' by identifying fellow AM owners (and forum users) who may have served together in the past or in my case I could have served with their Dad.

Just something else that some of us might have in common and shared experiences.

What branch were you David? I started life off as a Seaman Operator in 87. Spent 3 yrs as a Gollie before joining Dartmouth. I won't list all of my ships but I was Flt Cdr in CUMBERLAND in 2006/7.

[Speculatore]

Bincenzo said:

Speculatore said:

I think what I was trying to achieve was establishing another 'Social Link' by identifying fellow AM owners (and forum users) who may have served together in the past or in my case I could have served with their Dad.

Just something else that some of us might have in common and shared experiences.

What branch were you David? I started life off as a Seaman Operator in 87. Spent 3 yrs as a Gollie before joining Dartmouth. I won't list all of my ships but I was Flt Cdr in CUMBERLAND in 2006/7.

I was an RP and CHOPS(R) of Cumberland for her first commission in 90 - 92. I was EWO of Illustrious in 05 - 07. You should list your ships/Sqdns/Shore bases, thats the point. Someone might just say 'Bloody Hell' I was there then, do you know..........

Just been to my nephews wedding in Scotland. He is a SKW Observer with 849.

Cumberland has a Sk6 when I was on there and again on Chatham. Florry Ford was the FC with Andy Swarbrick.

[Bincenzo]

Flew with Florry many times, top bloke.

Ok, joined 1987, Pilots Wings in 92.
Aircraft flown:
Chipmunk
Bulldog
Gazelle
SeaKing 4,5,6
Lynx 3,7,8, Super Lynx
Merlin
Squirrel
Grob Tutor
Hawk T Mk1
Dabbled with Apache, Chinook, Dauphin, A109

Ships
Brazen,Illustrious, most RFAs, Brave, Cumberland, Monmouth, Bulwark, Zuiderkruis, Amsterdam.
Air Stations
Yeovilton, Culdrose, Prestwick, Portland, Shawbury, Cranwell
Squadrons
705,706,810,819,702,703,727,815,736,CFS,NFSF

Gotta go, phone's running out of battery!!

[tonyhall38]

I have been to Biggin Hill airshow....does that count?

[Bincenzo]

tonyhall38 said:

I have been to Biggin Hill airshow....does that count?

Almost Chief of the Air Staff with those credentials Tony!

[Speculatore]

Bincenzo said:

Flew with Florry many times, top bloke.

He is officially Barking. (But an excellent run ashore)... I bumped in to him recently at Glasgow airport. He tried to get me to bin my flight to Southampton and go on the lash with him.

Do you know Rory Lynch (Ex MCT) and Kev Mathieson. Rory is living in the Caribbean and Kev runs a company called Helidecks who we use to train our yacht crews

Edited by Speculatore on Wednesday 4th September 20:55