I'm thinking of joining the RAF

[short recoil]

Anyone who could go through the training routine that the Royal Marines have definately has my respect.

Heh, i remember puking up a few times.

 

[ray_MAN]

I am thinking about joining the SEALs or the Rangers or the Airborne when I am of age. We will see. Good luck.

 

[Razor]

Short Recoil, if you do join the Marines, would you go all the way and try out for the sas? You said you wanted to join the sbs, but you never really hear much about what the sbs get up to, apart from during the Falklands conflict.

Goodluck Rayman , it sounds like you're going to need it .

edit: i stand corrected, just found this piece on the sbs http://www.specialoperations.com/Foreign/United_Kingdom/Royal_Marines/SBS.htm

 

[ray_MAN]

Goodluck Rayman , it sounds like you're going to need it .

Thanks, same to you.

 

[short recoil]

Short Recoil, if you do join the Marines, would you go all the way and try out for the sas? You said you wanted to join the sbs, but you never really hear much about what the sbs get up to, apart from during the Falklands conflict.

Goodluck Rayman , it sounds like you're going to need it .

edit: i stand corrected, just found this piece on the sbs http://www.specialoperations.com/Foreign/United_Kingdom/Royal_Marines/SBS.htm

Oh, i did plan on joining the SBS after 6 years of service as an officer in the royal marines, i wouldn't lie to myself......i would find it increadibly hard to get in (with my current fitness level i wouldn't stand a chance of even getting in the marines....cos i ****ed up.

The SBS are even tougher than the SAS, the only reason you hear more about the sas is because of their counter terrorism deployments like the iranian embassy siege.

The SBS are the sort of guys that hide in a swamp all day using a hollowed piece of bamboo as a snorkel.

Thinking about what i missed makes me feel pissed off now.

 

[Razor]

Oh, i did plan on joining the SBS after 6 years of service as an officer in the royal marines, i wouldn't lie to myself......i would find it increadibly hard to get in (with my current fitness level i wouldn't stand a chance of even getting in the marines....cos i ****ed up.

The SBS are even tougher than the SAS, the only reason you hear more about the sas is because of their counter terrorism deployments like the iranian embassy siege.

The SBS are the sort of guys that hide in a swamp all day using a hollowed piece of bamboo as a snorkel.

Thinking about what i missed makes me feel pissed off now.

You could always try again couldn't you? you would have an advantage of a lot of other recruits as you would know what to expect. And why did your father have such a huge problem with you joining?

 

[CptStern]

just to play devil's advocate ...but what if you were asked to bomb a civilian target? these people had to make that choice when they blew up the water treatment plants in iraq

 

[Razor]

just to play devil's advocate ...but what if you were asked to bomb a civilian target? these people had to make that choice when they blew up the water treatment plants in iraq

That is an order i would refuse.

 

[CptStern]

you cant though ..it goes against every thing that makes a soldier a soldier ...btw I doubt they would have told you what the consequences would be anyways ..I may not like the military, but I dont think many americans would have willfully bombed those sites if they knew what the outcome would be

 

[lePobz]

I'd trade my left arm to become a pilot in the RAF ... the flying is the easy part, the hard part is all the theory (maths ) that I can't do. It's not the sort of stuff I can be trained to do either, my brain is just completely non-mathematical.

Good luck getting in the RAF though Raz, should be great

 

[Garfield_]

I'd become a jedi instead :/

 

[Razor]

I'd trade my left arm to become a pilot in the RAF ... the flying is the easy part, the hard part is all the theory (maths ) that I can't do. It's not the sort of stuff I can be trained to do either, my brain is just completely non-mathematical.

Good luck getting in the RAF though Raz, should be great

The maths part and the flying part is the easy part for me , it is the induction phase and selection phase that is the tough part. You don't just have to prove yourself to be intelligent with good leadership skills, you need to prove that you are moreso then most of the other signing up as well.

 

[ray_MAN]

I'd become a jedi instead :/

I will be your apprentice. (Look at my avatar, then look at yours.) :O

 

[K e r b e r o s]

I just worry about people who want to do these jobs. Anybody who wants to kill people, even if they are "bad people", is not anybody I want to know. I choose to save lives, not end them.

Sometimes, ending a life saves millions. I mean, surely you did'nt oppose Churchill's opposition to Hitler?

 

[K e r b e r o s]

I may not like the military, but I dont think many americans would have willfully bombed those sites if they knew what the outcome would be

Someone said it -- thank god. Thank you, I should say.

 

[CptStern]

Someone said it -- thank god. Thank you, I should say.

your welcome ...although that doesnt change the fact that someone knew what the outcome would be

 

[DEATH eVADER]

Remember the word Drogue. It's the word that will either save or kill you

 

[KoreBolteR]

anyways.. good luck to the people who want to join RAF..etc