William to train with Special Forces

[fullbeem]

Been playing COD4 has he?

Just call him Soap

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7534769.stm

[merlinxlm]

what is the problem? He is a future King (maybe) He will as time passes become very high ranking . why not let him learn "whats what".
its his duty and soldiers will feel happy he shows a interest.

[rude-boy]

Good on him I say.

[james_tigerwoods]

Better that our future monarch have full experience of the (his) Armed Forces than the alternative.

[tubbystu]

And the red-top press will not be able to release his wherabouts either, so he can get on with his job & training properly. Excellent, good on him.

[Bushmaster]

So William has trained with the cavalry, flown with the RAF, sailed with the Navy and is now to play at Special Forces?

Carlsberg don't do military 'careers', but if they did...

[m4tthew]

Bushmaster said:

So William has trained with the cavalry, flown with the RAF, sailed with the Navy and is now to play at Special Forces?

Carlsberg don't do military 'careers', but if they did...

He even saw a bit of real action whislt he was with the Navy.

[randomman]

Good on him, although I am a little sceptical that he will recieve dumbed down treatment (ie no action)

[FWDRacer]

m4tthew said:

Bushmaster said:

So William has trained with the cavalry, flown with the RAF, sailed with the Navy and is now to play at Special Forces?

Carlsberg don't do military 'careers', but if they did...

He even saw a bit of real action whislt he was with the Navy.

Are we talking combat situation training or real Navy action? Que - In the Navy etc...

[m4tthew]

randomman said:

Good on him, although I am a little sceptical that he will recieve dumbed down treatment (ie no action)

Really?

What makes you think that?

The fact that the Special Forces guys are the best of the best, have trained for years and have lots of experience behind them, yes, they may just let Wills have a quick go at some Special Ops missions for the sake of his development!

[thewave]

I hope this guy does become King.

He's the kind of guy that's a good role model for the youngsters in this country

[m4tthew]

FWDRacer said:

m4tthew said:

Bushmaster said:

So William has trained with the cavalry, flown with the RAF, sailed with the Navy and is now to play at Special Forces?

Carlsberg don't do military 'careers', but if they did...

He even saw a bit of real action whislt he was with the Navy.

Are we talking combat situation training or real Navy action? Que - In the Navy etc...

Well, that is the question!

The ship he was on did a major drug bust on the boat runners whilst he was on it.

[Harry Flashman]

Bushmaster said:

So William has trained with the cavalry, flown with the RAF, sailed with the Navy and is now to play at Special Forces?

Carlsberg don't do military 'careers', but if they did...

I was just thinking this. God, what a great experience.

Good for him.

And as for the press hgetting annoyed with him for appropriating a forces helicopter to go to a stag do - so what? It's what Princes are supposed to do. The wastage was minimal compared to the billions wasted by the government on paying the hapless to breed, so I don't care a jot.

Rather this sort of flamboyant behaviour than the sort of monarchy that Labour would prefer - a grey corporation of automatons. Good for William, and better Harry, for behaving badly on occasion.

[chris_w666]

Its fantastic that our future king is getting to know what the armed forces do for his country.

But why the fk do we need to know about this? Surely it would be much better in 5 years time to document his experiences. But right now with current terror threats so high announce that the heir apparent to the British Throne will be out and about in Helicopters and with the Special Forces guys. I know that they will be armed to the teeth and some of the best fighters around but why take the risk that some lunatic terror cell would potentially work out where he is and take a pop, possibly killing some of our soldiers in the process. The need for informing the public has limits, this I feel is one of them.

[Harry Flashman]

chris_w666 said:

Its fantastic that our future king is getting to know what the armed forces do for his country.

But why the fk do we need to know about this? Surely it would be much better in 5 years time to document his experiences. But right now with current terror threats so high announce that the heir apparent to the British Throne will be out and about in Helicopters and with the Special Forces guys. I know that they will be armed to the teeth and some of the best fighters around but why take the risk that some lunatic terror cell would potentially work out where he is and take a pop, possibly killing some of our soldiers in the process. The need for informing the public has limits, this I feel is one of them.

True.

[m4tthew]

chris_w666 said:

I know that they will be armed to the teeth and some of the best fighters around but why take the risk that some lunatic terror cell would potentially work out where he is and take a pop, possibly killing some of our soldiers in the process. The need for informing the public has limits, this I feel is one of them.

Its no great secret as to where the SAS are based.

[chris_w666]

m4tthew said:

chris_w666 said:

I know that they will be armed to the teeth and some of the best fighters around but why take the risk that some lunatic terror cell would potentially work out where he is and take a pop, possibly killing some of our soldiers in the process. The need for informing the public has limits, this I feel is one of them.

Its no great secret as to where the SAS are based.

Yes I know that, what I meant is that the future king of England will be there and surely that makes it a bit more high profile for nutcases.

Though lets face it to pick a fight with the SAS you would need to be loony.

[escargot]

m4tthew said:

chris_w666 said:

I know that they will be armed to the teeth and some of the best fighters around but why take the risk that some lunatic terror cell would potentially work out where he is and take a pop, possibly killing some of our soldiers in the process. The need for informing the public has limits, this I feel is one of them.

Its no great secret as to where the SAS are based.

Super Army Soldiers are based in Space. Fact.

[m4tthew]

chris_w666 said:

m4tthew said:

chris_w666 said:

I know that they will be armed to the teeth and some of the best fighters around but why take the risk that some lunatic terror cell would potentially work out where he is and take a pop, possibly killing some of our soldiers in the process. The need for informing the public has limits, this I feel is one of them.

Its no great secret as to where the SAS are based.

Yes I know that, what I meant is that the future king of England will be there and surely that makes it a bit more high profile for nutcases.

Though lets face it to pick a fight with the SAS you would need to be loony.

Its also very well documented as to when and where he goes on holidays and such like, not much difference now other than the fact he will have a squad of double hard bds by his side!

As you say, you would have to be completely mad to try and mess with the SAS on home turf.

[Skywalker]

He is probably after collecting more meaningless badges and medals (a bit like Mutley in Dick dastardly), to dress up his dress uniforms. At least his dad actually commanded a minsweeper for some time, and his uncle went to war.
He'll probably blag his 'Sabre' jump wings by throwing an Action Man into the sky with a toy parachute on it's back.
(Sorry - still got a be in my bonnet that "He had wis wings awarded by his father" after a ridiculously abbreviated flight training).
Still, he got his Golden Jubilee medal for being in the cadets.