ex RA (TA) and bar.
Former RAF MTD…10 years 87 - 97, travelled abit, and was on the balcony of the Irainian embassy. In fact there were so many of us up there it took me 3 days to actually get in…o, and i was the one that got away in Iraq…although with the amount of ■■■■ i smoke i was lucky to walk to the tbar
forgot to say SSAFA are an outstanding organisation. I have had need to ask them for help, and although they couldn’t do anything they did evrything they could first, to try to help me
Ex sapper, 76 to 85, plant fitter as a trade, spent 4yrs attached to a REME wksp, probably bumped into a few of you on the Iranian embassy balcony as there was a few of us there but as we were so well under cover it looked like only 3 people.
ex mess tin repair unit, 1 MTRU was an elite outfit!!!
Royal Marine but I wanted to be a Matelot problem was when I went to the recruiting office the Navy lad had gone round the pub for his dinner and the
Royal Marine recruiting sergeant told me ’ Navy’s full today lad,you could be a General in the Royal Marines in a few months,join us’ and I did.
scanny77:
ex scaleyback
certa cito, also ex scaleyback
combat powerman 1978 -1982 28sigs 7sigs
now fully automated drving drone.
Her Majesty’s finest Royal Navy Clearance Diving Branch. God save the Queen!!!
Armagedon:
Royal Marine but I wanted to be a Matelot problem was when I went to the recruiting office the Navy lad had gone round the pub for his dinner and the
Royal Marine recruiting sergeant told me ’ Navy’s full today lad,you could be a General in the Royal Marines in a few months,join us’ and I did.
Would that of been at the recruiting office in Manchester by any chance 
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I wanted to be a window cleaner on a submarine but he thought that I might be more suited for the air force. 
I was in the REME for about ten years traveled all over the world and was drunk for most of it. 
I did 10 years, started out in RAOC then RLC.
Came out to spend more time with the family, ended up tramping. The wife said she saw more of me when I was in the army!
How come when all the jobs come to an end, they force them to join the transport industry, they did it to the coal miners, they did it to the shipyard workers, they did it to British Leyland workers, and then they do it to army and air force.
The transport industry is on its arse because it is over subscribed, too many drivers, too many lorries
Royal Signals, that’s bleeps to you, 1979-1999. Followed my dad, 4 brothers in law and my brother and my kids also served/serving. Also a combat power man, never used a radio in my life. Now I sit in the yard waiting for someone to tell me when I can go to the toilet, wish they would hurry up I’m bustin.
Wheel Nut:
How come when all the jobs come to an end, they force them to join the transport industry, they did it to the coal miners, they did it to the shipyard workers, they did it to British Leyland workers, and then they do it to army and air force.The transport industry is on its arse because it is over subscribed, too many drivers, too many lorries
The forces have always been a big contributer to the industry. A lot of them have the licences as a requirement of whatever job they did when they were serving. A good precentage of them will also have full ADR (all 9 classes).
Ex QOHLDRS rebadged to REME and RAFR aux
toby1234abc:
Any Rock apes,RAF regiment, or Snow drops, Milatary Police on here?
Ex monkey for my sins. 
Vicky from SSAFA:
‘…Thanks, Vicky from SSAFA…’
You’re welcome, Vicky.
Keep up the good work
degsy4wheels:
Former RAF MTD…10 years 87 - 97, travelled abit, and was on the balcony of the Irainian embassy. In fact there were so many of us up there it took me 3 days to actually get in…o, and i was the one that got away in Iraq…although with the amount of ■■■■ i smoke i was lucky to walk to the tbar
You sound just like me are you me?
I think I may have carried you to the t’bar once for a game of uckers
I don’t smoke but was so deep undercover I was driving an Iraqi taxi when Mcnab and his boys hijacked it.
Sadly for them I din’t go south of the Euphrates
ref andy mcnab ex royal green jackets celer et audax
HAIRYGORILLA:
‘…royal green jackets…’
Yeah, cheers to about three of them for wrecking Aya Napa’s economy for the Cyp’s - as well as ending a good run-out for thousands of fun-seeking herberts.
I ‘knew a bloke there’ who was on R&R from an NI Black Shed with some mates that fateful night
Colleagues of those brave shovellers weren’t quite as chipper a few months later when a broken Walter (a coal-fired type of flying machine) ditched gallons of hydraulic oil on their Holywood Bks parade square.
‘…Put your spillage plan into action, mate…’ went down none too well with the bloke with a pointy-stick - but was a vinegar moment for the plucky crab with the hammer & spanners
Have the RGJ’s survived the millions of cuts?
Am too idle to trawl the www to find out myself, obviously