Ex Military/Still Serving Thread

[thismonkeyhere]

Phud said:

No I am a old git left '96 Ark was 88

820, 706, 814, 810 then JAAC back to 810 did work with 771 at weekends

I was 'holding' in 810, Jan-Sep '95

[Phud]

Yes did outback 88, woo hoo

Hard work that was too, left in Hong Kong, we required to have a three week wait there for trooping flight home,

You bloody used us for tracking with that toy, I always though it sounded like a dragons fart after a curry and guiness!!!

I played postie for outback.


Ah holding those were fun days, I was a QOI

[alfa phil]

Ex Royal Marine , 74 to 1980 , 42 commando , then ships detachment Nubian, happy days

[GTIR]

I once tried my brothers green beret on (it didn't fit) and after I woke up he apologised for hitting me and said "Don't touch my kit. Ever"

[sc0tt]

Was in the air cadets for a few weeks.

Thousand yard stare, prefer not to talk about it, green boathouse.

[Adenauer]

The thought of your Brother knocking you out has brought a smile to my face. Don't ask me why though?

[ApOrbital]

ecain63 said:

Andy says you went to cadets at 14/15 years old. Thats all.

How was your school reunion a couple of weeks back?

Its a really small world!

Busted.

[Burrow01]

Tiger Tim said:

6 years now in the RAF. Currently 90 Signals Unit as a 3rd line radar engineer.

Travel all over the world fixing primary radar.

Still enjoying it for the most part. Plan to get my commission though and had a good crack at it this year. Didn't quite get selected for the course but encouraged to come back.

Working in the Happy Eater?

[GTIR]

Adenauer said:

The thought of your Brother knocking you out has brought a smile to my face. Don't ask me why though?

Strange that 20 odd years later I rescued this sacred kit from the bin as he "Didn't need it". I thought his two kids might like to keep it at least.

I came to the conclusion over the years that all RM are a bit nutty and fighty, especially towards their civvy younger brothers.

[E24man]

GTIR said:

Strange that 20 odd years later I rescued this sacred kit from the bin as he "Didn't need it". I thought his two kids might like to keep it at least.

I came to the conclusion over the years that all RM are a bit nutty and fighty, especially towards their civvy younger brothers.

As a Submariner with a strong sense of doom and danger we always enjoyed (after a few glasses of brave juice) asking Marines what instrument they played....... apparently, so we were rather firmly informed, not all Marines are Bandies ..... who knew?

It must have been our shabby useless appearance that prevented us from getting filled in, that and using our Sub pay and Nuc pay to get the next round in.

[e600]

Ex Army here - REME:
Arborfield
Bordon
Paderborn QRIH
Soest 5 Fld Wksp
Bordon Tiffy Course
Hohne 14/20 Hussars
Kuwait Liaison Team
Chertsey VB Branch
Arborfield Trg Depot
Warminster 27 Wksps
Aldershot RLC Wksp

Not a green boathouse in sight.

I do miss the smell of 600 litres of supercharged diesel firing up in the morning on a German training area

[GTIR]

E24man said:

GTIR said:

Strange that 20 odd years later I rescued this sacred kit from the bin as he "Didn't need it". I thought his two kids might like to keep it at least.

I came to the conclusion over the years that all RM are a bit nutty and fighty, especially towards their civvy younger brothers.

As a Submariner with a strong sense of doom and danger we always enjoyed (after a few glasses of brave juice) asking Marines what instrument they played....... apparently, so we were rather firmly informed, not all Marines are Bandies ..... who knew?

It must have been our shabby useless appearance that prevented us from getting filled in, that and using our Sub pay and Nuc pay to get the next round in.

I don't understand about 30% of that.

[Asterix]

e600 said:

Ex Army here - REME:
Arborfield
Bordon
Paderborn QRIH
Soest 5 Fld Wksp
Bordon Tiffy Course
Hohne 14/20 Hussars
Kuwait Liaison Team
Chertsey VB Branch
Arborfield Trg Depot
Warminster 27 Wksps
Aldershot RLC Wksp

Not a green boathouse in sight.

I do miss the smell of 600 litres of supercharged diesel firing up in the morning on a German training area

What trade?

[PaulG40]

RAF fairy here on the wurly wurly things. 14yrs served of my 22 but more than likely I'll be offshore by next year.

Marham, 31. 2002 -
Coningsby, 41. 2006 -
Lossiemouth, 12. 2012 -
Odiham, 7. 2014 -

[E24man]

GTIR said:

E24man said:

GTIR said:

Strange that 20 odd years later I rescued this sacred kit from the bin as he "Didn't need it". I thought his two kids might like to keep it at least.

I came to the conclusion over the years that all RM are a bit nutty and fighty, especially towards their civvy younger brothers.

As a Submariner with a strong sense of doom and danger we always enjoyed (after a few glasses of brave juice) asking Marines what instrument they played....... apparently, so we were rather firmly informed, not all Marines are Bandies ..... who knew?

It must have been our shabby useless appearance that prevented us from getting filled in, that and using our Sub pay and Nuc pay to get the next round in.

I don't understand about 30% of that.

Just ask your brother what musical instrument he played while he was in the Marines?

[GTIR]

Pass.

[e600]

Asterix said:

e600 said:

Ex Army here - REME:
Arborfield
Bordon
Paderborn QRIH
Soest 5 Fld Wksp
Bordon Tiffy Course
Hohne 14/20 Hussars
Kuwait Liaison Team
Chertsey VB Branch
Arborfield Trg Depot
Warminster 27 Wksps
Aldershot RLC Wksp

Not a green boathouse in sight.

I do miss the smell of 600 litres of supercharged diesel firing up in the morning on a German training area

What trade?

VM

[Hilts]

Yeah I was with the green berets.


Special unit batttalions, commmado airborne tactics - specialist tactics unit battalion.

[frodo_monkey]

I'm an RAF weapons systems officer (WSO) - a navigator in old money - currently serving at Marham on the GR4...

Officer training 2002
Flying training 02-04
Tornado F3 OCU 04-05
XXV(F) Sqn, RAF Leeming 05-08
Linton on Ouse, nav training instructor 08-10
Tornado GR4 OCU 10-11
617 Sqn, RAF Lossiemouth 11-14
IX(B) Sqn, RAF Marham at the mo

Dets all over the world, UK QRA including intercepting some Russians, 4x dets to and 15 months in Afghanistan including a few live drops, got back last week

Raced cars for the mob for a few years too!

[Maracus]

RAF radar and telecommunications tech.

RAF Locking, Spadeadam, Akrotiri and High Wycombe in my illustrious 9 year career!