**British Armed Forces Discussion Thread**

fire_munki said:
Only thing I was worrying/thinking about is the water filled culvert. I'm not a fan a small spaces at times.
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Its nothing to worry about, its about 6-7foot long end to end, one person each side, one pushes you in the other pulls you out, you are under water for about 3-4 seconds.
done it loads of times, must say i was a bit apprehensive first time after all the stories i'd heard, worst part was when we done it in the winter, had to break the ice before going in.
there are worse parts of the endurance course.
 
Cheers buddy. That length is fine. Its not the water so much as the small space.
I'm now sitting in work ready the Haynes Royal Marine manual of all things!
Looking forward to tues to at least see if they want me/its right for me now that I've decided to try.
 
fire_munki said:
I've just dropped him a email in trust so if he see this or his email hopefully he might help.
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Check your inbox.

Steve45 is on the money though and it really isn't that difficult, the sheep dips are the bitch tbh. It isn't even that claustrophobic either, it is over so quickly and all you are thinking about is getting to the next part anyway.

Don't worry about it, as Steve45 says there are harder parts and if you are happy about those then the culvert is childsplay.
 
I'm sending a parcel to my sister in bastion this week and was wondering if there is always something besides the usual food/gagstuff that would be a good thing to send? She gives the impression that you guys get stuff pretty easily currently but if there's anything thats a pain to get but really useful (kitwise or not) I'd really like to know. Female Lt if it makes a difference.
 
I see that Liam Fox has resigned.

I gather from reading a few articles that many high ranking service personnel will be unhappy about this as they felt he was a balanced individual with sensible ideas etc.

Is this the case?
 
Top tip; offer to do all the work of planning and organising an exped, or even better, nominate yourself as exped rep. After time you come out rather well qualified and being requested to host other units to teach them your skills. Any how, I work dam hard so I can justify some fun sometimes :p
 
Ok first of all I do have respect for the armed forces and this is going to sound random but ohh well! Why do the media make out every one in the forces to be heroes? 2 years ago a 19 year old "hero" from round here was killed and you know what?! I'm glad he died because he was a nasty little **** who was well known for stealing cars, making random peoples lives a missery and he even threatened to stab me because his ex had a thing for me! How he even got into thje army I really don't know and seeing the media big him up as some hero after it happened made me sick and it still does! He got blown up by an IED while messing about on patrol with his mine detector btw! It just makes me think if I only know one kiddy who died while on tour who was a complete scum bag how many other "heroes" are like this ?
 
I don't know why they say 'heroes', or why it is called help for 'heroes' either. Sure, there are many heroes in the forces, but there are some people I would certainly not consider to be. There are scumbags in all walks of life though. Question: did you know him much after he joined? Can't see him running rampage stealing cars whilst in the army, if so he would have received a big boot up his arse, as in could he have straightened himself out a bit you think? Everyone takes time to grow up.

Not sure I agree with anyone deserving death like that though, maybe that kind of attitude makes you as bad as him? What do you think?
 
Captain Planet said:
I don't know why they say 'heroes', or why it is called help for 'heroes' either. Sure, there are many heroes in the forces, but there are some people I would certainly not consider to be. There are scumbags in all walks of life though. Question: did you know him much after he joined? Can't see him running rampage stealing cars whilst in the army, if so he would have received a big boot up his arse, as in could he have straightened himself out a bit you think? Everyone takes time to grow up.

Not sure I agree with anyone deserving death like that though, maybe that kind of attitude makes you as bad as him? What do you think?
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It is called Help for Heroes because the term heroism implies a sacrifice which many, if not all of these guys have given in one way or another. Regardless of the personal issues of the individual and whether they are morally bankrupt they have all shown some form of courage in the face of adversity thus the terminology.

It is not meant to imply that all soldiers are perfect heroic pillars of humanity, just that they have given part of themselves in defence of the nation (I don't want to get into the politics of war so lets just assume that the soldier believes in what he is doing is right).

Personally I was just doing my job, I don't think anyone sees themselves as a hero particularly, it is kind of hard to do so when you are spending much of the time crapping yourself. You just do what you are supposed to do, but I can understand why the term is used in regard to the charity.

I agree with what you said about the chap who died, the fact that he joined the Army suggests an effort to turn his life around and wishing him dead is a little disingenuous at best....
 
Got my meeting at the barracks tomorrow night, strangely nervous and excited at the same time.
Being that its my 1st time to chat with them and ask questions, what should I turn up in? My normally office kit or jeans t shirt? I'm not going for officer but want to make a good impression.
 
Working my way up in fitness, started in August.. first 1.5mi run was 17:16 for 1.46mi.. omg I nearly died.

As of today, I'm sub 14.. with 13:48 :D so its getting there, will be ringing the office tomorrow to get them to weigh me again and see if I cant get things rolling this time :) was about 6 weeks last time I went!

Edit: Well technically I started my journey a long time ago but only started properly running in Aug, used to be almost 19stone :P
 
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shirt and tie, start as you mean to go on, first impressions and all that.
i turned up for all my initial interviews etc in minimum shirt and tie, most of the other guys in the office at the time for interviews were in jeans and T-Shirts, the recruiter made the comment that it was nice to see that someone make the effort, its not a fashion contest, however forces or not its just common decency to turn up to initial interviews etc in said atire(unless stated otherwise).
 
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