How many of us are ex-military?

Currently in the RAF. Electronics Techie. Working on the air defence radar keeps me approximately 254 miles from the nasty war type stuff

Originally Posted by Heed

Currently in the RAF. Electronics Techie. Working on the air defence radar keeps me approximately 254 miles from the nasty war type stuff

Where are you based then ?

I'm currently at RAF Spadeadam but am poster to RAF Boulmer in Northumberland next month.

Sorry to say never been to either camp, I was at Kinloss, Wildenrath, Cranwell and molesworth. Germany was great, now Wildenrath is a test track for Siemens trains, ah happy days

Spadeadam is pretty interesting as it's the old Blue Streak testing area so there's a lot of history around the place. It's now an electronics warfare training range meaning I get to work on and play with tanks all day

Originally Posted by kitkat

oooh green meat, a wrens favourite passtime when the hairspray cannister not to hand lol

They just couldn't get enough back then.

Originally Posted by fourpaws

Royal Corps of Signals...great fun...

Still in the signals, done 10 years as a radio tech ( now Systems engineers!!)
Got myself a right chusty posting at the moment though. Working with BT to deliver the military's fixed comms services, i work on the secret side of things (shhhh or ill get the boys down from Hereford! LOL ). SO my next posting may well be to Civ Div.

So were you in a different Signals cos the one i know (mainstream units) is the royal Corps of Bull****!. The rest of the Army knows how bull****ty the signals are, mainly because its full of people who want to be in the Infantry really!! and are to thick to do the beter trades so run around pretending to be military gods, then try inflicting it on the rest of us while we just try to get on with our trade and job

I had a cracking time in Ulster as well.

my advice to anyone joining the services, JOIN THE RAF, you get treated like a person not as a kid.

Originally Posted by neio79

my advice to anyone joining the services, JOIN THE RAF, you get treated like a person not as a kid.

I'm with Neio on that one. T'is an easy life. 2 days, 2 nights (sleeping duty) then 4 days off. And that's before 30 days leave + bank holidays

Originally Posted by Lozzo

They just couldn't get enough back then.

42 or was it 45 commando from arbroath - great bunch of boys. can I remember any names - not a chance lol

Still serving, 2nd Royal Tank Regiment. Challenger 2 MBT Commander.