Anyone here in the Armed Forces?

Duffer

As per the title - Just wondering if there is anyone else here in the forces?

I'm a Mover in the RAF, currently supporting the Herrick airbridge in Minhad. 30 degrees during the day - not too shabby for febuary!

The Northern Monkey

think sheepsteeth is... haven't seen him on here for yonks tho!

Sarnian

I am a CMT In the Army, part timer now.

fourcrossjohn

i'm in army cadets atm

will be joining the army next year after my a levels

rlc 17 port maritime seaman navigator

GT Destroyer

I think our resident forces guy is Sheepsteeth - He is in Kenya, teaching them how to look for old mines.

He is in some kind of specialist unit. I think he went start of the year and his term there was 3 months.

littleandy0410

I'm RAF, I'm an Avionics Technician. Currently at RAF Marham, been at Kinloss before that.

Sarnian

fourcrossjohn wrote:

i'm in army cadets atm

will be joining the army next year after my a levels

rlc 17 port maritime seaman navigator

I used to be one of them, and then I re-traded to a CMT

fourcrossjohn

is it n ok job , i specificly want to work on the rigid raiders and ramped landing craft

i'm hoping to do 3 commando a few years in

Sarnian

fourcrossjohn wrote:

is it n ok job , i specificly want to work on the rigid raiders and ramped landing craft

i'm hoping to do 3 commando a few years in

Best get used to this view.


Most of the work involves being stuck on a mexifloat, It was not really for me and to be honest I think you can get more out of being a Port op, you certainly get more qualifications for when you come to leave.

EmO_KiD

im not yet but wiil be in a week

Duffer

good to hear there's a couple of us on here!

EmO_KiD wrote:

im not yet but wiil be in a week

what're you joining?


That's me hard at work - i'm the one driving. that was in Ali Al Salem towards the end of last year, supporting the Telic Rip.

fourcrossjohn

i looked at being a port op but it doesnt appeal to me to be frank

i cant stand those mexifloats,theyre just a floating target for rocket attacks

fourcrossjohn

we should have a little tag for all the military personel on mbuk 8)

' mbuk resident armed forces'

EmO_KiD

im joining the royal marines.

Sarnian

fourcrossjohn wrote:

i looked at being a port op but it doesnt appeal to me to be frank

i cant stand those mexifloats,theyre just a floating target for rocket attacks

Don't worry If you are anywhere near a rocket attack on a mexifloat, you know things have taken a turn for the worst and It's all gone pear shaped.

Uncle Peter

littleandy0410 wrote:

I'm RAF, I'm an Avionics Technician. Currently at RAF Marham, been at Kinloss before that.

I work for QinetiQ (technically the MoD), and I'll be working at Marham in a couple of weeks time, is it worth taking the bike?

Duffer

Sarnian wrote:

fourcrossjohn wrote:

i looked at being a port op but it doesnt appeal to me to be frank

i cant stand those mexifloats,theyre just a floating target for rocket attacks

Don't worry If you are anywhere near a rocket attack on a mexifloat, you know things have taken a turn for the worst and It's all gone pear shaped.

anyone who can hit such a small target with a rocket is a major concern. they usually fail to hit the COB, which is a pretty big target.

fourcrossjohn

stand to!

contact left right and fucking center !

Anonymous

im a royal engineer. have been in for 12 yrs and am a corporal (i know i know, i should have worked harder!!)

im in kenya at the moment teaching EOD and humanitarian de-mining but am normally at wimbish which is near cambridge at a bomb disposal regiment.

El Capitano

I served 12 years in the Armed forces (11 RAF and 1 Army). Communications (Trade Group 11 RAF - Tac Comms Wing ). Finished in 1993. Fought for Queen and Country a couple of times.

Effoh

sheepsteeth wrote:

im a royal engineer. have been in for 12 yrs and am a corporal (i know i know, i should have worked harder!!)

im in kenya at the moment teaching EOD and humanitarian de-mining but am normally at wimbish which is near cambridge at a bomb disposal regiment.

With respect, if you're working with that stuff, you're working hard enough IMHO

C

ex-POLSA

RupertCommunicator

I may or may not be something to do with the armed forces, looking at where I currently live. I also may or may not be leaving my bike locked up in my garage for 6 months as of Monday. Too many mines to enjoy the massive DH potential!

Anonymous

ahh, sunny northern ireland. i spent 6 and half yrs there and loved it, its only once i got posted i realised how good a time i had.

RupertCommunicator

Crap for DH though!

Duffer

sheepsteeth wrote:

im a royal engineer. have been in for 12 yrs and am a corporal (i know i know, i should have worked harder!!)

im in kenya at the moment teaching EOD and humanitarian de-mining but am normally at wimbish which is near cambridge at a bomb disposal regiment.

was i hearing about one of your WO1s on the radio the other day? an incident at Musa Quala?

dodgy

El Capitano wrote:

I served 12 years in the Armed forces (11 RAF and 1 Army). Communications (Trade Group 11 RAF - Tac Comms Wing ). Finished in 1993. Fought for Queen and Country a couple of times.

Another TG11er here, left in 2001 after 17 years

Anonymous

Duffer wrote:

sheepsteeth wrote:

im a royal engineer. have been in for 12 yrs and am a corporal (i know i know, i should have worked harder!!)

im in kenya at the moment teaching EOD and humanitarian de-mining but am normally at wimbish which is near cambridge at a bomb disposal regiment.

was i hearing about one of your WO1s on the radio the other day? an incident at Musa Quala?

oh i dont know :? what happened, might have been an rlc bomb disposal operator

Duffer

actually, on second thoughts, i think he was RLC. sorry to offend your cap badge!

he was awarded the George Cross for his work on Telic, and a posthumous Bar for Herrick.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7613650.stm

Anonymous

no offence taken, thats a terrible bit of news.

in other news though, my previous barracks were attacked last night and 2 were killed and 4 injured in antrim, northern ireland.

i am completely gob smacked, thoughts go out to the families involved.

RupertCommunicator

Extremely saddened by the news. No need for that, those blokes had nothing to do with Op BANNER. Thoughts are with 38 Regt, not what you need just before going to the sandbox.

Anonymous

poor buggers, the way it went down must have been terrifying and a real morale smasher for the rest of the guys waiting to go out to afghan. hope the remaining 4 pull through.