Skipper - A hard act to follow

  • Bye all

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    Message from admins

    Hi swillybilly.

     

    A few members have mentioned to us that you’re posting a lot of humorous anecdotes to your blog. While that’s not necessarily a bad thing, and we think there’s definitely a place for humour in our community, you need to be aware that it can cause a bit of upset when this sort of thing is posted regularly, since not everybody who visits our site is in a laughing mood. …
  • Falklands honours

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    A British General had sent some of his men off to fight for their country in the Falkland Island Crisis.

     Upon returning to England from the South American island, three soldiers that had distinguished themselves in battle were summoned to the General's office. "Since we weren't actually at war," the General began, "I can't give out any medals. We did, however, want to let each of you know your efforts were appreciated…

  • On Parade

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    Whilst carrying out my basic training in sunny Catterick Garrison up in rainy North Yorkshire we had the unmitigated joy of meeting some of the best soldiers in the Corps of the Royal Signals who (like me later on in my career) were posted back to the training depot to pass on their skills to basic raw recruits.

    One of my favourites was a Drill Sergeant known as Sgt Mountcastle, this guy could have been wearing hessian…

  • Brigadiers follies

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    I remember one of our guys LS & GC Presentation. As far as I remember, it was just before Christmas. We had had the Sqn, or ‘’Block Party’’ the night before, and due to the inclement weather it had been decided to hold the presentation in the Air Corps bar. The heating was on ‘’full bore’’, and I remember starting to wilt, along with several others, so Spud Taylor opened the windows to let some fresh air in before we…
  • Suzylove

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