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    G3 snobbery.

    I am a G3 snob, for two reasons:

    1) * G3 stuff is dead cool. *Yes, other stuff is critical - but dull. *They make films like "Platoon" and "Saving Private Ryan", not "Field Troop" and "POLing Private Ryan"

    2) * * At JDSC I never had more than a passing understanding of where Warrior packs come from.

    Well, that's off my cigarette ravaged chest.
    The sand of the desert is sodden red-
    Red with the wreck of the square that broke
    The gatling's jammed and the colonel dead,
    And the regiment blind with dust and smoke.
    The river of death has brimmed its banks,
    And England's far, and Honour a name,
    But the voice of a schoolboy rallies the ranks-
    "Play up! Play up! And play the game!"

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    Re: G3 snobbery.

    And of course its not actually ........ very difficult,
    just repeat after me....

    two up bags of smoke,
    fix bayonets,
    charge,
    arrrggggg
    help me mummy I'm bleeding

    continue until the pain goes away.

    Anyway I hear that you struggle to correctly operate fireworks without almost killing all and sundry.

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    Re: G3 snobbery.

    G3 snobbery?

    Sounds like a term created by people who have to look at themselves in the mirror each morning and are forced (yet again) to come to terms with the fact that their jobs are cack and are jealous.

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    Re: G3 snobbery.

    But of course, I nearly forgot, you're all trained infantrymen anyway, because our job is so easy...............riiight!
    How do you wage war on an abstract noun? It's rather like bombing murder.

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    Re: G3 snobbery.

    When all else fails, the day can be saved by small bands of determined men taking the fight to the enemy.

    Notice, not small bands of determined men making disinterested sergeants write essays on defence policy.
    The sand of the desert is sodden red-
    Red with the wreck of the square that broke
    The gatling's jammed and the colonel dead,
    And the regiment blind with dust and smoke.
    The river of death has brimmed its banks,
    And England's far, and Honour a name,
    But the voice of a schoolboy rallies the ranks-
    "Play up! Play up! And play the game!"

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    Re: G3 snobbery.

    Hum, funny.... there seems to be a certain amount of cynicism from some of our esteemed warrey breathren about the values of a non-G3 existance. *Doctor Freud would probably put this down to a occupational form of Penis Envy, i.e. having to make up for not having a real job to do for 99% of the time. *

    Watching the big boys playing in TESEXs one is always reminded of the ill-behaved toddler who sulks at his birthday party if he does not get his own way. *Why else is there always the stipulation that G4 matters are never allowed to affect the "battle" - cos we all know how realistic this is. *

    One can only presume that the pre-occupation with G3 is only because this is the limit of their knowledge and they never quite understood the sessions on G4 in their training.
    ...ah, but at least I'm not bitter!!
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    Re: G3 snobbery.

    The snobbery continues up the chain. Many at Chicksands think G3 types are there to make the tea. Vauxhall Cross thinks Chicksands is there to fix the Landrover.
    et cetera ad infinitam
    have we hit something?

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    Re: G3 snobbery.

    Lets be honest the way ahead is G5 (or is it G9 today? Where am I?) you are more likely to get a medal for building a kennel for some refugee granny's 3 legged poodle than if you actually did some heroic (G1, G2, G3, G4) act of bravery.
    The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

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    Re: G3 snobbery.

    Sorry I missed G6 from the potential doers of brave things.................ah well dont suppose they will notice they would have to be able to communicate and use IT to find the post.
    The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

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    Re: G3 snobbery.

    The snobbery continues up the chain. Many at Chicksands think G3 types are there to make the tea. Vauxhall Cross thinks Chicksands is there to fix the Landrover.
    et cetera ad infinitam
    Ha! *VX don't even know where Quicksands is! *And as for "rocket screens"... *Well!

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