i once went on t rec an took micky out of cadets
does that count
closest I ever got was the army cadets. 
It was an amazing three years to be honest not many thirteen year olds could say they had fired gpmg’s or Sa80’s at the weekend or been out flying ‘nap of the land’ in a chinook with the door open I always enjoyed going to school on a monday 
Bones:
not many thirteen year olds could say they had fired gpmg’s or Sa80’s at the weekend
Obviously you’ve never been to salford then 
simon
SimonRS2K:
Bones:
not many thirteen year olds could say they had fired gpmg’s or Sa80’s at the weekendObviously you’ve never been to salford then
simon
I thought in Salford, 13 year olds just got drunk and drove cars at speed.
ps, I’m from the other side of Manchester, another quaint little village on the outskirts of the buzzing metropolis of Manchester,
Wythenshawe 
Me also. 13 years regular, 5 years NRPS, 3 times SGT. 
Dratsabasti:
SimonRS2K:
Bones:
not many thirteen year olds could say they had fired gpmg’s or Sa80’s at the weekendObviously you’ve never been to salford then
simon
I thought in Salford, 13 year olds just got drunk and drove cars at speed.
ps, I’m from the other side of Manchester, another quaint little village on the outskirts of the buzzing metropolis of Manchester,
Wythenshawe
Now thats another nice part of manc we wont mention
simon
tdriver:
NRPS
Not a Real Proper Soldier!! 
I’m Ex RAF MTD, spent 22 years in and came out jun 01, Spent a lot of those years on Aircraft Refuellers and Harrier / Helecopter force. Spent my last years at Stafford on the Artics and training people on the Tankers, Got called a “Scab” by some firemen when training lads to cover for the fuel strike (the lads were going to cover fuelling hospital and emergency services tanks and we didnt have the choice whether we done it or not), got no time for the fire men now.
im ex 5th regt royal artillery got out late oct 04
JOIN THE ARMY BE DEPRESSED (jokin)
Dafman:
Same as The bear unfotunately, Great Grandad was at the somme, so Grandad decided to join the Navy instead, short straw ended up on Atlantic convoy’s loads of medals between them and Grandad has an oakleaf on one,
now then i used to watch Soldier soldier does that count
One of my 8 uncles, who all served, was a bit like that!! He came home after WW2, after being “missing” for 3 years covered in medals from just about every Allied Force possible. His Mum (my Gran) went to the Police Station cos she was so concerned he may not be entitled to wear them (which is a criminal offence). The Police reported back later that day, he was entitled to wear every single medal he had … which included the Croix De Guerre, Legion D’Honneur … and some big ones from the Canadians, Yanks and Australians. He had this massive sword from the French. For many years after, he was always popping off to France and coming back with newspaper cutting of himself and De Gaulle at some posh do lol Mind you, after that, he was quite ■■■■■■ mad!! PMSL
I did my time with the RCT, and wouldnt have missed it for the world. Best years of my life. I think some of you may have misunderstood Conors comments. I have to agree with what he says, as one of my previous jobs involved collecting all the waste chemicals from the camps at Aldershot. I wasnt impressed with the general standards I saw, but I wont take away from them what theyve done in the Gulf recently, as theyve proved that when the time comes, the British Forces do a generally good job. I used to speak to a lot of the longer-serving soldiers, and to a man, they all said that their hands were tied to a certain extent, as they weren`t allowed to shout at those under their command
Regards
Trev