Met a Desert Rat yesterday

jamoor · 30 Jul 2008 at 09:26

iBot said:
Yeah they get paid to get to there front door. Thats why you see people walking around in camo even though its not Halloween and you dont live in a student town. Most get the train to there town and a taxi to there house. The army looks after there men really well.

Of course, they need to get rid of their money somehow!

dsb · 30 Jul 2008 at 09:50

iBot said:
Yeah they get paid to get to there front door. Thats why you see people walking around in camo even though its not Halloween and you dont live in a student town. Most get the train to there town and a taxi to there house. The army looks after there men really well.

LMAO you think the army give us extra cash to get home on R+R lmao i wish, we have this thing called a wage, then if your lucky you may get a travel warrant, for the train, but thats it.

The lad is in his combats as hes just come from a war zone, landed at brize norton and got a bus to the train station, the last thing on his mind will be getting changed, he will want to get to his wife/gf parents place and chill and drink beer, well thats all i did when i got back.

[FnG]magnolia · 30 Jul 2008 at 10:26

No one going to make a joke about him being safer in Iraq than Wales, then?

Gilly · 30 Jul 2008 at 10:27

Nope, Wales != Glasgow.

BEn_2600+ · 30 Jul 2008 at 10:32

jamoor said:
Why can't he just wear regular clothes for going on the train?

Because its their uniform, you wouldnt tell someone going home from work at Homebase to get changed first would you? And he's probally proud of being in the Army

NathanE · 30 Jul 2008 at 10:34

Ben M said:
Someone who my Dad works with has a son int eh army. He's a sniper, and, when he's home, him and some other snipers in his platoon(?) aren't allowed to travel in the same car.

Oh dear god, iBot is back.

Why is that? :confused:

Is it in case they all get killed in a crash or something?

Ben M · 30 Jul 2008 at 10:35

NathanE said:
Why is that? Is it in case they all get killed in a crash or something?

Yeah, they can't afford to lose that many snipers.

My Dad told me and said "they can't travel in the same car as eachother" so I am actually thinking now that it may mean just in Iraq, not back home.

NathanE · 30 Jul 2008 at 10:40

Ah that makes more sense if it's just in Iraq/Afghanistan

platypus · 30 Jul 2008 at 10:42

Ben M said:
Yeah, they can't afford to lose that many snipers.

I wonder if there's a niche career there!

Gilly · 30 Jul 2008 at 10:44

Must be an administrative headache when you need to transport snipers.

Greenlizard0 · 30 Jul 2008 at 10:45

Gilly said:
Drinking may be a little different to travelling

(Unrelated) depends on whether people do both at the same time lol

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jamoor said:
Probbably to get military discount, or free travel.

Show an I.D. card?

Hmmm..will have to ask my friend about wearing clothes out in public.

NathanE · 30 Jul 2008 at 10:47

Gilly said:
Must be an administrative headache when you need to transport snipers.

"Would somebody please think of the carbon footprints!!!"

Ben M · 30 Jul 2008 at 10:49

NathanE said:
"Would somebody please think of the carbon footprints!!!"

I bet they've started a cycle to work scheme

Banzai_Joe · 30 Jul 2008 at 10:53

lol, yeah i can just see it. Guy on a bike with a .50 cal strapped to his back, nice!

platypus · 30 Jul 2008 at 10:54

You wouldn't see him if he put his gillie on though!

Fubsy · 30 Jul 2008 at 11:24

platypus said:
You wouldn't see him if he put his Gilly on though!