Ex Military/Still Serving Thread
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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
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
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',,,,Did you ever meet Jockers at Sea ................I think he was the one in the barrel......
yeti said:
Speculatore said:
WOW!! - Off topic after the first post.....Outstanding work....
Arguably off topic from the thread title in the Aston forum Just something else that some of us might have in common and shared experiences.
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.Just something else that some of us might have in common and shared experiences.
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.Just something else that some of us might have in common and shared experiences.
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.
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!!
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!!
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
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