Originally Posted by Gravelbelly

Who remembers the SSLC of the 1980s? Now that was a short course - IIRC three weeks at Sandhurst learning how to put on a uniform, then off to a regular unit for a few months with a MoD90 that said "2Lt(Probn)", before heading off to university.

And who remembers welcoming a newly commissioned SSLC officer to the mess?

Hello Toby - great to see you. We call this a "Duty Officer Roster" - you'll find you figure very prominently. It'll do wonders to develop your leadership potential, and closing down the Jock's bar is the closest thing you'll get to combat. And not that far off, actually.

Anyway, lovely to meet you anyway. Hope you settle in quickly, I'm sure you'll find the mess steward and the cleaner quite friendly - we'll see you again in the second week of January - enjoy Christmas!

< Laughter drowned out by the sound of a car driving towards the camp's exit >

Originally Posted by Charlie_Cong

And who remembers welcoming a newly commissioned SSLC officer to the mess?

Hello Toby - great to see you. We call this a "Duty Officer Roster" - you'll find you figure very prominently. It'll do wonders to develop your leadership potential, and closing down the Jock's bar is the closest thing you'll get to combat. And not that far off, actually.

Anyway, lovely to meet you anyway. Hope you settle in quickly, I'm sure you'll find the mess steward and the cleaner quite friendly - we'll see you again in the second week of January - enjoy Christmas!

< Laughter drowned out by the sound of a car driving towards the camp's exit >

Where's CaptainPlume when you need him (3LtPlume as he was then)

Originally Posted by stacker1

Bollocks I meant Resolute. I had the misfortune of being in Lipa with 1GS.

How could you confuse the 2?. there where a few differences.

Originally Posted by superdriver

How could you confuse the 2?. there where a few differences.

Because I wrote Grapple earlier when I was talking about the tours Bravo_Bravo managed to avoid. It was a mistake, rather like the mistakes in your posts.

Originally Posted by stacker1

Because I wrote Grapple earlier when I was talking about the tours Bravo_Bravo managed to avoid. It was a mistake, rather like the mistakes in your posts.

only asking sarge, calm down lad.

Originally Posted by saladin

And the next thing we do is execute the clowns who built Dii

ha ha, I could not agree more!!!!!


and the JPA lot should be next against the wall.......

just a thought.... what about the TA SAS and TA SBS ... I dont know so I am asking?

are they in the same state/ place as the rest of the TA??????

Originally Posted by Iainmc

just a thought.... what about the TA SAS and TA SBS ... I dont know so I am asking?

are they in the same state/ place as the rest of the TA??????

Well SBSR arn't TA of course. The other lot seem to be desperately looking for a more retention positive job than backfilling for the RMP.

Originally Posted by eyepix

when i was T.A. we had 2 training nights EVERY week, and loads of weekends of training each year....and a camp.....its not surprising that the idiots in charge think its unfit for purpose after they have totally ruined it by slashing the training "due to spending cuts"......(when in fact, they have wasted millions of pounds of taxpayers money in other areas) ive got mates that only have to attend a couple of weekends a year and a camp.......and the m.o.d. pays for them to get a hire car to take them over 200 miles to their unit everytime they have to attend, its pathetic !!
i fought the m.o.d. for 9 years, to stay in after i had an illness...... and passed 5 medical boards, to prove myself fit and capable and 100% commited. to doing an infantrymans job .... and still got a med discharge, and eventually gave up fighting against idiots in charge of a thing they havent got a clue running. as usual, if summit goes up......they will yet again prove to everyone that we havent got the manpower or the resources.
but of course...having said all that, apparently we dont have the money for hospitals...schools...etc etc but we found the money for the afghan war?........looks like they must have a huge reserve somewhere that we dont know about?

WTF are you on? You had an illness which you were put on 5 Med boards for? You still got medically discharged and you still think you know better than the highly trained Medical Officers that followed the rules and discharged you?

You didn't give up fighting against people who, in your opinion, didn't have a clue really did you, you got medically discharged!

As for the rant about funding Op Herrick instead of hospitals & schools, tell that to those who have lost family members or those who were maimed.

Originally Posted by EScotia

As for the rant about funding Op Herrick instead of hospitals & schools, tell that to those who have lost family members or those who were maimed.

Check out the Grief Whore thread, you will enjoy it.