So you're telling me that by picking the one one place in this country to have their march is nothing to do with stirring it up and they have peaceful motives. They have thought long and hard about where to have it and have chosen the one place that will attract media interest and public disgust. A...

I can think of no better words for u mate than whats on hear, cant believe its been a year, to a good friend and a outstanding soldier i will be raising a drink or two for u, say hello to kit and mark for me

Swift and bold

RIP Riflemen Now both TA Rifle Battalions have lost men out there this year

Swift and Bold

Yes i paraded with my company in cheltenham, a huge amount of people were there far more than i thought would turn up, a good day

Yes, here's a link to the story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6583607.stm And you're right very few Challenger II's have been destroyed/disabled due to enemy action but this was one of them. Ah yeah it was damaged but not destroyed :), according to the MOD report on that incident th...

The side armour will not keep out a 7.65 bullet and has had to have extra armour put on to it. Now if it wont stop a bullet how do you expect it to stop a blast from an IED I was on herrick 5 when they were first deployed in helmand and everybody raved about them well the booties did and we grew to...

jstagg wrote:But you'd agree, for some one straight out of Catterick a week is to litle time to prepare for Afghan?

Reality hitting home by any chance, Optag will give the basics u need to no and ure battalion will give the rest + ure a sprog/crow so dont think just do as ure NCOs tell u too

RIP Fellow Riflemen Swift and Bold

Can anyone shed some light on this for me? I'm not sure what I will go for yet but I just want to gather as much info as I can. I do appreciate that in any role you can be mobilised, Im just looking for a general rule of thumb. many thanks t.safety As previously posted there is no 100% compulsory m...

bataz wrote:

Airborne Legend wrote:It won't be a problem as long as you're not due to go away, you're entitled to leave to get married and you being a crow won't matter.

Crow?

Combat Replacement of War, being married and being in the army is not the best thing

Then why not go Royal Marines? :) You see what I'm saying? It's always best to try the best things first or you might regret it. Why be a big fish in a small pond when you can Great White who sh*ts on everyone!! :D LOL Or just join the biggest infantry reg in the army The Rifles,rifles green is the...

there is only one infantry and that comes from the army Last time I checked the Corps is classed as a light infantry formation, and is often referred to as amphibious infantry (though I stand by to be corrected if this is no longer the case). Although I take your point that if you are referring to ...

So the Army infantry are more likely to experience contact? U need to get one thing sorted from the start there is only one infantry and that comes from the army, what ever the rock apes want to call themselves they are definitely not infantry, and yes the infantry will get more contacts, but also ...

There is a very big difference between rock apes (raf reg) and infantry Im not trying to bait anyone its just my thoughts, firstly as u may no the raf main role is to protect airfields and surrounding area and that means lots of stagging on, but infantry go and do what they are trained to do and tha...

30073932 wrote:how long is the TA's PFT tab. and how long do they get to do it.

Hmm PFT is the same as reg CFT is the same as reg weight and distance the same core/or teeth arm