Army life sounds so awesome
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**British Armed Forces Discussion Thread**
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Army most likely. Would have liked to do AAC but I'm going to need glasses in the next year I reckon.
Speaking of such careers, I'm currently doing an MSc in finance. Is this going to raise any flags at such a change?
Anyone?
As crazy as it sounds like all of the kids on the street these days causing so much trouble. Fights, drugs, crime, being lazy and not doing anything etc..
I think after finishing school at 16 it should be a requirement for all children to joined the armed forces for just 1 year to learn how to really live and survive, get fit etc the amount of discipline they will learn will be change their ways forever and they will all be better of.
I think after finishing school at 16 it should be a requirement for all children to joined the armed forces for just 1 year to learn how to really live and survive, get fit etc the amount of discipline they will learn will be change their ways forever and they will all be better of.
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Nope, that's ridiculous. I wouldn't want to work with loads of kids who've just left school to be forced into the Army.
Anyone?
Shouldn't raise any flags really. Are you wanting to go officer or soldier?
Last thing I want are scrotes on the street who know how to throw a decent punch.
But I would seriously imagine they would come out completely different people.
There wouldn't be any more Chav's hanging around shop corners with their hoods up etc. none of that would exist any more.
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Officer. When I was younger, I would have said soldier, but after my degree/masters and having grown up, I feel I'd be off more use in a leadership role.
(Though obviously they'd determine that!)
Fair one. Shouldn't raise any flags though, you get loads of officers with many different degrees, not necessarily leading soldiers in the same subject degree they studied, I.e someone who studied engineering leading engineers etc.
The Military loses 700 people a year through drugs tests. its not a magic wand. The military of a country tends to reflect the society it draws from not the other way round. youth crime still happens in countries that enforce conscription.
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Where about's are you? As I'm there at the moment
RLS LAD mate, there till April
Cool, I'm here for the duration too, in the ICS det. Starting to drag quite a bit now!
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Not to bad for us down the hangar working on kit, just a shame the major events of the week happen on the friday night past about 5pm and saturday morning with the vehicle handovers.
I am sick of the rain though, that is grinding on me a bit.
This is in my possession: huzzah! Are any of you clever chaps able to tell me what the various hieroglyphs stencilled on the side mean in civilian, please?
The obvious bits are that it was meant to contain 200 rounds of linked M60/M73 ammunition. All the rest below/after 'M13' is Greek to me.
Soldato
I see these all the time, yet I couldn't tell you what half the jargon means, I'm not an armourer They make handy storage boxes though don't they. I have a couple myself. I'd assume some of that is batch number though, just like food in production lines. I guess the shelf life of the ammo can be gleaned from that somewhere too.
They make handy storage boxes though don't they. I have a couple myself. I'd assume some of that is batch number though, just like food in production lines. I guess the shelf life of the ammo can be gleaned from that somewhere too.
Soldato
Ah nice, very interesting to be honest.
Soldato
Medical forms sent back now (for a sprained ankle) and if all is good I'm looking at 1/2 months before getting selection booked so it's moving slowly but surely. Good news is my run time has improved to sub 10 minutes for 1.5 mile.
On topic of fitness, when you do phase one what other fitness standards are there? Is there a required amount of sit ups/chin ups to pass?
On topic of fitness, when you do phase one what other fitness standards are there? Is there a required amount of sit ups/chin ups to pass?
Soldato
Yup, press up and sit ups (which is a joke of a fitness standard test)
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This is in my possession: huzzah! Are any of you clever chaps able to tell me what the various hieroglyphs stencilled on the side mean in civilian, please?
The obvious bits are that it was meant to contain 200 rounds of linked M60/M73 ammunition. All the rest below/after 'M13' is Greek to me.
You are correct so far,
The Ammo box is a H82.
The Circle with a cross in it just means that it is a NATO standard container .
The Symbol after 7.62 MM indicates the ammunition is linked.
The symbol after cartridges, indicates that the ammunition is packaged in bandoliers.
The next part tells you that the ammunition is essentialy 4B1T "four bit", in this example it says there is 1 Tracer - 4 Ball (Ball ammunition is bog standard ammo). The - Indicates tracer and the solid O indicates ball ammunition.
FUNC LOT LC L 140132 is the manufacturers MDL which stands for maker date and lot for the two types of ammunition as a
whole.
Then under that you have the individual maker date and lots for both the ball and tracer ammunition.
Hope that helps.
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