Ex Military/Still Serving Thread
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Madness60 said:
Grenpayne
Which puma ocf course were you on? Very few people got chopped on the ocf
Not sure of the course no, but chopped off the Puma OCF end of April 2001 according to my logbook. There were 3 of us chopped within a few months of each other back then, one got booted out and the other ended up flying Hercs like me. It's a good job I was chopped too (on FHT!) as I didn't gel with the Puma at all, despite really enjoying Shawbury.Which puma ocf course were you on? Very few people got chopped on the ocf
RN still serving....just. Joined in 84 and now leaving on an optional exit point.
Sceptre twice.
Sovereign twice.
Spartan, Superb and Splendid for various stints to cover the manning gaps.....
Viglant.
Vangaurd
Vengeance.
Artful.
My eldest is now serving on Victorious, another reason to leave lol. My youngest is not long back from Afghan serving with 1 Scots, they both love the life and why not I certainly enjoyed my time ! Sorry no Aston though it's TVR for me every time, never been able to break the habit of having to fix things
Sceptre twice.
Sovereign twice.
Spartan, Superb and Splendid for various stints to cover the manning gaps.....
Viglant.
Vangaurd
Vengeance.
Artful.
My eldest is now serving on Victorious, another reason to leave lol. My youngest is not long back from Afghan serving with 1 Scots, they both love the life and why not I certainly enjoyed my time ! Sorry no Aston though it's TVR for me every time, never been able to break the habit of having to fix things
bubblehead said:
RN still serving....just. Joined in 84 and now leaving on an optional exit point.
Sceptre twice.
Sovereign twice.
Spartan, Superb and Splendid for various stints to cover the manning gaps.....
Viglant.
Vangaurd
Vengeance.
Artful.
My eldest is now serving on Victorious, another reason to leave lol. My youngest is not long back from Afghan serving with 1 Scots, they both love the life and why not I certainly enjoyed my time ! Sorry no Aston though it's TVR for me every time, never been able to break the habit of having to fix things
That's a pretty impressive career! I've not spoken to one person who didn't enjoy their time in the RN. I can't wait to start. Sceptre twice.
Sovereign twice.
Spartan, Superb and Splendid for various stints to cover the manning gaps.....
Viglant.
Vangaurd
Vengeance.
Artful.
My eldest is now serving on Victorious, another reason to leave lol. My youngest is not long back from Afghan serving with 1 Scots, they both love the life and why not I certainly enjoyed my time ! Sorry no Aston though it's TVR for me every time, never been able to break the habit of having to fix things
I am a civvy, but have worked closely with the mil.
Sailed in:
Arrow
London
Invince
Lusty
ArkR
Newcastle
Manchester
Gloucester,
York,
Argyle,
Northumberland,
Richmond,
Endurance,
Blyth,
USS Leyte Gulf
HrMS Rotterdam
Spanish ships Castillia, and Galicia
A polish OHP
A Norwegian Oslo class FFG
A newish German frigate - forget her name.
Flown in:
TriStar
VC10
Bae 146 - and sat in Lizzie's seat.
Lynx 3, 8. And a Dutch one. (Hence my user name)
Sea King 3,4,5,6,7 and Sikorsky SH3
SH 60
Didn't Florry Ford sink Iraq's navy in GLOUCESTER's Lynx. His Bostcastle story is amazing.
I was lucky enough to share a beer with the great Jack London one stormy night standing by the piano in Lusty's wardroom.
Sailed in:
Arrow
London
Invince
Lusty
ArkR
Newcastle
Manchester
Gloucester,
York,
Argyle,
Northumberland,
Richmond,
Endurance,
Blyth,
USS Leyte Gulf
HrMS Rotterdam
Spanish ships Castillia, and Galicia
A polish OHP
A Norwegian Oslo class FFG
A newish German frigate - forget her name.
Flown in:
TriStar
VC10
Bae 146 - and sat in Lizzie's seat.
Lynx 3, 8. And a Dutch one. (Hence my user name)
Sea King 3,4,5,6,7 and Sikorsky SH3
SH 60
Didn't Florry Ford sink Iraq's navy in GLOUCESTER's Lynx. His Bostcastle story is amazing.
I was lucky enough to share a beer with the great Jack London one stormy night standing by the piano in Lusty's wardroom.
ecain63 said:
...now retired and working as a consultant engineer for the next build programme in Barrow.
My father did 30 years in the RA and ended up in Barrow - AS90 & UFH - He's definitely retired now but still lives in the area.Me - 1981-83 32 GW Regt RA - Swingfire Controller, then Plonks TP at Woolwich
Then STAB - 1990-95 101 Regt RA - CPO then FOO
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.
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.
Phud said:
thismonkeyhere said:
Which Squadrons?
Were you in the Ark for Deny Flight '94?
No I am a old git left '96 Ark was 88Were you in the Ark for Deny Flight '94?
820, 706, 814, 810 then JAAC back to 810 did work with 771 at weekends
I was the POWEA running the Phalanx
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