Originally Posted by royalgreenjacket

good choice mate - great regiment with plenty of experience, no bullshit, they just get on with the job and do things a little bit different to the rest of the Red Coats.Swift and Bold

Don't have a drama with the 'experience' bit above....but can you expand on this '...do things a bit different..' thing, I've seen this mentioned loads of times when referring to the RGJ, LI, Rifles but never had it explained?

...please don't quote the 'everything that is necessary' line I'd prefer examples of how they do things differently.

Originally Posted by Eggbanjo

Don't have a drama with the 'experience' bit above....but can you expand on this '...do things a bit different..' thing, I've seen this mentioned loads of times when referring to the RGJ, LI, Rifles but never had it explained?

...please don't quote the 'everything that is necessary' line I'd prefer examples of how they do things differently.

I've been on courses and have worked with guys from the RGJ, LI and Rifles and they seem to be much more laid back than many regiments, the RGJ guys were big on not ironing their kit.

Originally Posted by Eggbanjo

Don't have a drama with the 'experience' bit above....but can you expand on this '...do things a bit different..' thing, I've seen this mentioned loads of times when referring to the RGJ, LI, Rifles but never had it explained?

...please don't quote the 'everything that is necessary' line I'd prefer examples of how they do things differently.

Have a read of this....

Royal Green Jackets - elite?

Originally Posted by crow_bag

I've been on courses and have worked with guys from the RGJ, LI and Rifles and they seem to be much more laid back than many regiments, the RGJ guys were big on not ironing their kit.

isn't that why God invented the Tumble Dryer? for Riflemen?

we deliberately like to shy away from all the parade square shouting and any form of bullsh|t. happy to do what we do best and get down and dirty in the field on exercise or ops.

there are already some fine regiments out there who can do bullsh|t, and they are very good at it - aswell as being decent squaddies too - so we refer to them as Red Coats and just let them crack on with it.

we don't put bells and whistles on things but we like to do what matters most to a high standard.

we are not very good when it comes to uniform and anything shiny - we even wear black buttons.

MTP PCS CU is a gift for Riflemen - you don't need to iron it and you wear desert boots so you don't even have to polish them!

we even march differently - we don't shout and we don't have that ridiculous word 'Shun!' in our vocabulary.

Swift and Bold

Originally Posted by royalgreenjacket

we deliberately like to shy away from all the parade square shouting and any form of bullsh|t. happy to do what we do best and get down and dirty in the field on exercise or ops.

we don't put bells and whistles on things but we like to do what matters most to a high standard.

we are not very good when it comes to uniform and anything shiny

MTP PCS CU is a gift for Riflemen - you don't need to iron it and you wear desert boots so you don't even have to polish them!

I should imagine anyone reading that would say their own Regt did the same to some degree...guess it comes down to your own perception / image.

Originally Posted by Eggbanjo

I should imagine anyone reading that would say their own Regt did the same to some degree...guess it comes down to your own perception / image.

probably, but we take the p|ss out of being laid back - and we deffo do not do any bullsh|t.