I've just applied to join the army
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northernhord
Active Member
Spion said:
Exactly, I couldnt think of a worse time in History to be a Squaddie with what seems to be building up in the middle East, at least you know where you are at with a full on war but all this waiting round in the desert in 120 degrees of heat whilst a sniper picks you off, no thanks
5t3IIa
Registered User
Bob_the_lost said:
The reasons you gave earlier? That you 'heard' that they were being cut down?
I offer more experience of both work and life than a 17 year old starter. They apparently are keen on this as they offer the gig up to 36 years old.
Only they will know my personal reasons for wanting to join up.
Bob_the_lost
Elsewhere
2006: RAF strength 52,0005t3IIa said:
2007: RAF strength 45,000
Yeah, you're right, no cuts there at all...
Bob_the_lost
Elsewhere
Well you decided to ignore the rest of my points, or the reprecussions of cutbacks so why the fuck should i bother repeating them?5t3IIa said:I didn't say there weren't.
Pretty transparent BtL
DrRingDing
'anti-human wanker'
FridgeMagnet said:
I finished off my application this morning, strangely enough.
felixthecat
are we there yet?
Bob_the_lost said:2006: RAF strength 52,000
2007: RAF strength 45,000
Yeah, you're right, no cuts there at all...
Most of the cuts are in really daft jobs - like painters and fitters who spend all their lives painting and cleaning aircraft.
As for the age thing - I had a patient today who is an army captain - a nurse, was in the TA for years, signed on as a regular last year to be an nursing recruitment officer, and now has just found out she's being deployed to Afghanistan next year. She's 44.
felixthecat
are we there yet?
Btw, as the numbers are at a level that makes two wars unsustainable, and they've stopped recruiting Commonwealth soldiers cos of all the assorted nationality/culture issues, I reckon they'll take whoever comes along at the moment - within reason of course. Some of the issues I've seen with soldiers lately I can't believe they ever got in.
Seriously.
Seriously.
catinthehat
Failed VK = Replicant
One of my abiding memories of being in the Army was when during basic training I decided it was not for me. I requested an interview and was told no, you cant leave. I was about to explain that as I understood it I actually could leave at that stage and remember my exact words (this was 33 years ago when I was 17) "I thought......" The officer concerned exploded, jumped out of her seat and screamed at me "You thought, YOU THOUGHT....who said you could think.........." So as far as the point about being a free thinker in the army is concerned - you can think what you like, just dont say anything or do anything that does not comply with orders or they will lock you up, fine you etc. Cruel and unusual punishments aplenty - both formal and informal.
And the idea of joining the army to see the world - on my 18th birthday I got posted to Lisburn - Northern Ireland, not much fun in the 70s (but nothing compared to where you get sent now).
Three years of sheer bloody misery and conformity. All I got from it was learning how to iron creases in things and a hatred of any form of authority. Every cloud and all that.
And the idea of joining the army to see the world - on my 18th birthday I got posted to Lisburn - Northern Ireland, not much fun in the 70s (but nothing compared to where you get sent now).
Three years of sheer bloody misery and conformity. All I got from it was learning how to iron creases in things and a hatred of any form of authority. Every cloud and all that.
Johnny Canuck3
Well-Known Member
DrRingDing said:I'm vegetarian, fiercely anti-authoritarian and my politics are of the ultra left.
What am I doing?
According to the ads, you might come out having learned a trade
DrRingDing
'anti-human wanker'
Bollocks.
Got a rejection letter today. Too old to be comissioned
It said I could sign up as a soldier but I can't do that because the money is far too shit to support my debt.
Got a rejection letter today. Too old to be comissioned
It said I could sign up as a soldier but I can't do that because the money is far too shit to support my debt.
subversplat
writer of wrongs
Debt?DrRingDing said:Bollocks.
Got a rejection letter today. Too old to be comissioned
It said I could sign up as a soldier but I can't do that because the money is far too shit to support my debt.
Just go bankrupt, tour for six years and come out a debt free man 
Divisive Cotton
Now I just have my toy soldiers
DrRingDing said:
I wouldn't let that worry you. They're desperate for cannon fodder - they'll let anybody in these days.
You're bored, don't see anything interesting you can do with a maths degree and like the idea of playing with guns and running round in the mud? That was the explanation given when my ex-housemate's best mate went to Sandhurst a couple of years ago in similar circumstances . . .DrRingDing said:What am I doing?
bouncer_the_dog
Well-Known Member
DrRingDing said:Bollocks.
Got a rejection letter today. Too old to be comissioned
It said I could sign up as a soldier but I can't do that because the money is far too shit to support my debt.
Join the TA
LilMissHissyFit
Disturbed in a pink bra
Steelgates in the Jesus armyIdaho said:
LilMissHissyFit
Disturbed in a pink bra
DrRingDing said:Bollocks.
Got a rejection letter today. Too old to be comissioned
It said I could sign up as a soldier but I can't do that because the money is far too shit to support my debt.
apply to the Navy, tis safer
Donna Ferentes
jubliado
Have you considered becoming a bank robber? It's more exciting, you get to use your initiative and the money's better.
felixthecat
are we there yet?
Divisive Cotton said:
That, sadly, is all too close to the truth
Pingu
Credo
'I've just applied to join the army'
“I spent 33 years and four months in active military service and during that period I spent most of my time as a high class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism. I helped make Mexico and especially Tampico safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefit of Wall Street. I helped purify Nicaragua for the International Banking House of Brown Brothers in 1902-1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for the American sugar interests in 1916. I helped make Honduras right for the American fruit companies in 1903. In China in 1927 I helped see to it that Standard Oil went on its way unmolested. Looking back on it, I might have given Al Capone a few hints.” Major General Smedley Darlington Butler
There, who says work can't be fun?
“I spent 33 years and four months in active military service and during that period I spent most of my time as a high class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism. I helped make Mexico and especially Tampico safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefit of Wall Street. I helped purify Nicaragua for the International Banking House of Brown Brothers in 1902-1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for the American sugar interests in 1916. I helped make Honduras right for the American fruit companies in 1903. In China in 1927 I helped see to it that Standard Oil went on its way unmolested. Looking back on it, I might have given Al Capone a few hints.” Major General Smedley Darlington Butler
There, who says work can't be fun?
DrRingDing
'anti-human wanker'
nosos said:You're bored, don't see anything interesting you can do with a maths degree and like the idea of playing with guns and running round in the mud? That was the explanation given when my ex-housemate's best mate went to Sandhurst a couple of years ago in similar circumstances . . .
Preparation for the big. In all honesty.
Not in this country but in one in particular I know some people that could do with some help.
DrRingDing
'anti-human wanker'
Irenick said:
He's the dude that could be argued saved the world from outright fascism.
Bless his cotton socks.
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