I found some pictures online of a guy in the Army in Korea back in 1968.
Just switch the Jeeps with HMMWVs and it looks the exact same… very strange. There arent very many dirt roads as the pictures show, but the dress and bikes and carts and shops all look the same. Even the post looks pretty much unchanged in the past thirty-five years.

Great link UT!! I laughed so much I couldn’t get to the Q n A. Im posting links to this site everywhere; its so cool by which I mean sweet…

England v France Euro 2004

If you are not good enough you will lose. A sizeable chunk of the “why we lost” piechart has to go to stupidity. Ive not supported England since 1998 for the same. Im backing Switzerland cos Im surprised they even got in bless em…

I did 6 years in the military and I have some good memories. I can think of two…

Hummm, Mob.
It is very difficult to tell you different, but save a few of the things you have told me before (ammo related ;-), Im sure there are elements there that you yourself havent realised as positive characteristics you or others have learnt to take on board. I remember telling you that the majority of changes are only noticed by others, and not you personally. Anyway……..
Bullshit reins supreme in a peace time army. I much prefer to be doing my job in the enviroment to which Im trained, and when Im back home I quietly miss the challeneges I encountered abroad. Those are my fondest memories of the Service, and also some of the most personal. The truth is, you can only learn so much before you have a chance to put it into practice. From there you gain experiance, which is the richer education. I dont think you have the primo of assignments to be honest. You have also had a very fast promotion track and that also serves to cause disillusionment becuase you question your own ability when unproven. Experiance, Good assigments, time served. Key elements in rounding off a good soldier.

Unless…you are a suicide bomber and you will never know whether you fucked up or not.:-s They arent soldiers regardless of whatever they say. They are what we call in the UK - ‘Wankers’

If you’re British and you know it vote UKIP… you know you want to!

If I were being trained… then maybe. If I didnt have to spend any more time pretending to work telling other grown men how to clean their room, or sweep up someone elses mess then things could be a fraction of a percent better. If I knew that my job consisted of looking like I was trained then I would have reconsidered. Immaturity is condoned and often rewarded. Punishment is given to those who dont need it, and trouble is ignored. If you are doing the right thing, then you suffer. If you dont care then oh well… you get the same treatment as those who care. How your living area and your clothing looks is much more important than how well you are trained to survive when other people are trying to kill you. Top notch.