What do you know about the British armed forces? I'll be

>>34909292
That anything you think is gay know will feel really good in a couple years.

>>34909292
Unfortunately everything.

>>34909430
Tell me something then

>>34909292
I served with Australians but not Brits. As an American I basically consider you the same thing, but you probably don't.

>>34909292
You guys can boil kettles in your tanks, I think that's really neat.

>>34909472
JPA sucks. Pension sucks if you're army. We're all fucked so much.

The army is so broke they can't afford to fix or insure certain site.

On the plus side we're getting power armour

>>34909485
>power armour

u wot

>>34909490
Nothing, just an inside joke. Forget you ever read it.

Are ranks the same for each wing of the forces? I'm going to be in a joint forces base so it'll be army, navy, and RAF.

>>34909292

>and I want to have a working knowledge of various bits and pieces before I start.

Then go ask something OTHER than 4chan. Try ARRSE, UKDF or Think Defence.

>>34909292
> placement
> in the MoD

And how does that work exactly? Do you have SC or DV?

>>34909493
I swear you have to pass your knife fighting in zero gravity course first?

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>>34909495
No, army has staff sergeants, RAf has flight sergeants.

Some regiments don't even have the same ranks.
Lancer, trooper, Gunner, guardsman, ranger, sapper rifleman, fusaliers...

Don't get me started on Household cavalry's corporal of horse ect...


>>34909506
>ARRSE
/k/ has nothing on arrse.

Funnily enough bloke on the range started his youtube career doing shit just for ARRSE

>>34909524
Is that next test held next to the indoor mortar range and the motorcycle license testing centre?

>>34909526
Christ this rank shit is going to confuse the fuck out of me. All my knowledge of the military up until now is films and videogames.

>>34909515
I'm not going into detail, but suffice it to say it's a departmental placement.

>>34909531
Yeah right beside the underground parachute test depot and the scoffhouse that serves caviar

>>34909537
I know theres biochem students that can get a placement at Porton Down, but fair one, enjoy being a brew bitch.

>>34909292
>I'll be working in the MoD soon

Oh goodie, yet another pen pusher who will inevitably fuck everyone over

Don't forget to disband one of the oldest infantry battalions in the Army whilst you're at it.

Also the RAF desperately needs more funding, forget about the Army, we'll make do with with we've got, that is, knee and back injuries

Don't forget to change the pam so that Infanteers can now carry even more weight because doing advance to contact whilst carrying a 50kg bergen and 25kg of CEFO gear just isn't quite hard enough

Thanks again oh glorious benevolent overlord

>>34909543
Well I'll not say what it is exactly but it's a civil service thing.

>>34909292
Any member of the Parachute Regiment under the rank of sergeant WILL try and pick a fight with anything when drunk.
I once saw one give himself concussion by repeatedly headbutting a postbox to "teach it to not get in his way".

>>34909553
Like I said, you obviously dont know much about the military, so enjoy being a brew bitch. Have fun in the placement though, make contacts. Remember, is someone wants a brew NATO, thats coffee white one.

>>34909539
>scoffhouse that serves caviar
Eugh, rather eat sodexo and range stew.

Ahh next to the MTP pattern paint storage depot?

>>34909552
>50kg bergen and 25kg
Only 75KG? where do i transfer to?

>>34909553
Yeah you ain't learning shit. Especially at whitehall.

>>34909559
Paras are all jack cunts now

>>34909564
Thats the one, same place they keep all the long weights, glass hammers and sparks for the angle grinder.

>>34909561
I've got one advantage in that I worked in the merchant navy for about five years, so I at least have some operational naval knowledge, even if it's on the civilian side.

So I know about the electricity bill at the end of a contract. Or maybe that's not done in the RN.

>>34909564
It's not whitehall based at least. It's an operational base. I tried to work out what the fuck it's about and found this shit as part of its roles, which is utterly baffling:

>Support to urgent operational requirement (UOR) and urgent operational tasking (UOT) e.g. by working with the UOR/UOT centre of ISS to ensure Eng Ops/DSG/SAI and other elements of the ISP deliver the best support

>>34909564
>Paras are all jack cunts now
Please don't set off KL, not today PLEEASE

>>34909559
Any RAF Regiment member under the rank of Flight Sergeant WILL try and abduct anything under the age of 12 when sober. Under 7 when drunk.

Join the RAF Reg now! Its better than being a pedo! #RAF/Careersforqueers

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>>34909564
>Paras are all jack cunts now
>now

>>34909571
Fair one lad, hope you have a good one and learn something.

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>yfw marching past the guards/para depot in Catterick and someone in the squad starts talking

Didn't even experience rape of that magnitude in Afghan

>>34909593
Clueless here, is that wrong?

>>34909579
> Somehow still beats Army rangers

>>34909583
they were alright up until '98, something happened then, they all started to become all dullards on steroids, i knew a S/Sgt in the paras who left because everyone who came in was a cunt,

> RAh paras better than hats Rah
> Rah Muh sub 8 PFA Rah
> Rah para wings rah
> Muh SFSG rah
> Muh Pathfinder platoon

Its like they're any regiment but don't have genuine regimental pride so justify themselves by having special names for things that everyone else has.

>>34909593
> Boss man had GF in 156th
No shit she used to get wet at the thought of beasting paras

>>34909593
I had a para bloke instructing my section in phase 1, literally every second or third sentence was 'you fucking lizards'

>>34909615
> having a chinwag while marching

Hmm, you tell me

>>34909644
Oh, right. That makes sense. I'm surprised marching is still that important.

>>34909615
talking whilst marching is a no no anyway, you wouldnt' do it on parade, so don't do it marching around camp, and if you do, at least do it where no one can see or hear you

But if you do it whilst marching past the guards depot then you are just asking to get anally destroyed big time

>>34909634
>I had a para bloke instructing my section in phase 1,
Same here, he was top guy, part of the old breed.

> About to leave regiment because of all the cunts flocking in
> Gets made redundant
> Joined the marines i shit you not
he probably holds the record for marine to sergeant.

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>>34909593
>get caught
>pic related is you 2 minutes later after doing a billion squat jumps

>>34909649
When you actually get sent to your unit, unless youre guards or something it isnt. But in phase 1 or CIC you march everywhere, drill is a big part of it, even though its bone as fuck.

>>34909669
At Pirbright we had one lad who just couldnt fathom filling up his water bottle before PT. One of the PTIs fucking snapped and had us do burpees for 15 minutes after a horrendous session on Heartbreak Hill. What a tosspot.

>>34909678
>One of the PTIs fucking snapped and had us do burpees for 15 minutes after a horrendous session on Heartbreak Hill. What a tosspot.

Was he a tiny little prick with black hair combed back, looked like he was off only way is essex, irish guards or something

He's a senior PTI at pirbright now from what I hear, little jack russel cunt

> Waiting intently for that stupid arrse walting cunt who pretends he's in 2 para to how up on here and snap at the para hate.

So every regiment in the army hates each other?

Is this the same in navy?

>>34909694
hi alfie

>>34909695
>So every regiment in the army hates each other?

Not at all, just paras and guards, and even then it's mainly just Grenadier guards and paras

I'm ex guards and I always got on with rifles and lancs, I think besides guards, I liked yorks the best, they were always funny blokes

>>34909689
Fuck, sounds bang on, tiny irish twat who was no joke completely bipolar. He'd be giving it the "its alright lads, youll all be fine, we want you to succeed" then the next second "GET UP THAT FUCKING HILL YOU USELESS STREAKS OF PISS, LAST FIVE GO AGAIN!" because someone was fidgeting

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>>34909689
I know who you're on about looks like this bloke?

"Pain is just weakness leaving the body!"
"I'll put you in pain for the rest of your life in a fucking minute"

>>34909695
No certin regiments get on alright, like royal anglians and royal lancers

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>>34909701
fuck me mate he beasted our entire platoon once because we came off exercise straight into PT and he's giving it all the "WHY THE FUCK IS YOUR SHIRT NOT IRONED"

he always picks on tall lads as well, what a bitter manlet nonce

>>34909706
Naa looks a bit more like this just even gayer

>>34909706
My favourite one of his was "IF YOU EVER WALK IN MY GYM ILL MAKE SURE YOU NEVER WALK AGAIN"

>>34909716
>WHY THE FUCK IS YOUR SHIRT NOT IRONED
If you look into it excessive ironing of the shirts removes its fire resistance, anti bacterial and IRR abilities

>>34909716
Yeah he was a right cunt, on tabs he would fucking peg it away up a hill, we would all run after him but get strung out. Id always manage to stay at the front, avoiding the PTIs screaming 'close those fucking gaps, I could park a Challenger in there', but then that little irish prick would have a water break and chew us out for being 'jack cunts making it harder on the lads at the back'. So if you dont keep up youre a lazy cunt, and if you do keep up youre a jack cunt. No winning.

>>34909741
>tfw tallest in the platoon so if I went to the front I'd get called a jack cunt because "you've got long legs you can keep up, get to the fucking back"

And if I stay at the back I'm always getting strikes because apparently it's my fucking fault that the next 10 people in front of me can't fucking tab and create a massive gap

Fucking hated Tabbing because of that

so what regiments we got here?
4MI here.

>>34909752
Yeah the thing that fucks me off is how its always 'weakest to the front, strongest at the back', but then the weak ones at the front slow down and make gaps, so the strong ones yo-yo back up to the front just in time for the next water break and 'weakest front, strongest back'. Over the course of a 6 miler id yo-yo up to the front at least 3-4 times because some cunts cant tab to save their lives

>>34909485
>Pension sucks if you're army.
It's not that bad. Course it's going to be shite if you do your 4 years rather the full fucking 22.

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>>34909766
QRL here.

Theres two other guys who i know of on here. Reg and recceman but i don't think they'll be joining us today.

Reg is observing an exercise and recceman hasn't been on since his mind broke. Reg has the ACSM for what it counts, alright guy for a rupert.

>>34909778
>weakest to the front, strongest at the back
> On exercise
> Got lard lad on point to set pace
> I'm behind him
> bends back branch to pass through tree rather than go around it
> Branch bends back and pigs me straight in the face knocking me to the ground
Thanks matt you fucking cunt.

>>34909783
Old contract pensions were pretty good, fuck knows why people join today. reg did a good greentext on it.

>>34909766
18 Sigs

>>34909292
Hard to fight a war when all their guns and knives have been binned.

>>34909805
>QRL
Fuck, just RL now, my own mind is broken, stupid amalgamation.

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>>34909824
>18 Sigs

>>34909830
And thats supposed to mean..?

>>34909694
It's always 2para aswell, never any other

>>34909805
What's pirbright like you sprog cunt

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>>34909854
>What's pirbright like you sprog cunt
TELIC I here. Did KFOR before that. Trained up on CR2 before we got tanks that are shorter than me. It probably best if you don't ask rank or age.

>>34909845
1 Para is too unbelievable and 3 para is full of people who transfer in, making it too easy to ask someone in battalion to ask.

>>34909805
>Reg has the ACSM for what it counts, alright guy for a rupert
Thats because he was OR as a corperal before he left and rejoined you ketamine addict.

>>34909880
>don't ask rank or age.
Who's older you or reg?

>>34909889
>ketamine addict
I'm older, but i'm younger at heart, hence the ketamine.

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>>34909907

>>34909526
One fewer R leads me to this.
https://www.arse.co.uk/community/

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Good evening Gents!

I'm a cav officer, did you know I went to Eton, and in my gap yar I went to tibet

Anyway, screw the nut! haha.

Infantry? Oooof, how ghastly, my father is an MP you know

>>34909880
>TELIC I here. Did KFOR before that.
I'm sure you did you walting cunt

>>34909965
*cough*hat*cough*

>>34909766
Special para marine regiment

16 Air inbred brigade

lads be honest is it gay to spoon your oppo if you're freezing?

>>34909965
Ou CO is the youngest lt col ever, of all time

>>34909968
>I'm sure you did you walting cunt
here we go...

CAW CAW CAW CAW CAW

>>34909977
What is an alfie?

>>34909990
Hmpfr

>>34910001
Guilty. its only gay if you're in the same bomb, naked or forget to say no homo.

GBfB isn't gay so long as you say no homo and both consent.

>>34910001
Its only gay if you forget to say 'no homo'

>>34910014
>GBfB
Didn't someone on here get agai'd for telling a Younger soldier what it was?

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https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/yvjxxv/army-rumour-service-arrse

>>34910038
fucking vice, what a bunch of faires

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had a dream the JPA terminal wasn't working last night lads

>>34910040
You gotta admit, ARRSE make /k/ look lite

you're all a bunch of thickos who get paid less and treated worse to do the same job as us

leave and join the RAF

t. RAF

>>34910052
how does that differ from real life.

>>34910056
And be gay? No thanks.

>>34910038
>Irony is dead, irony remains dead and we have killed it, and so the British Army has been nominated for the "Corporate Straight Ally" gong at this year's British LGBT awards. Straight ally-ship is in short supply on these message-boards, though, as posters guffaw about the prison rape of transgender women abandoned in all-male jails and exult in the suicide of transgender inmates such as Vicky Thompson.
I wish I'd joined the army.

>>34910056
If i wanted to nosh off posh twats all day id become a jiggalo in Surrey

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>stops working

>>34910078
only if you look at yourself or at a light source.

>>34910078
> RAF after 1600
> stops working

>>34910087

Hah.

>>34910093
Let the butthurt flow through you, lad.

>>34910096

You'll never understand the horrors of guarding the naafi.

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>Air support will be provided by USAF A-10s
>ground support will be provided by ANA vehicles

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>>34910105
>dossing around in camp and the ANA guy next to you suddenly pisses himself

>>34910105
>>34910114
> Patrol on thursday
> ANA with rpg looking you in the eyes

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>>34909841
>Sigs

>>34910123
> ready to jump off on patrol at 0800
> ANA in lead turns up at 0930 still hungover and high as a kite
> and thats just the commander

>>34910134
> not knowing that 18 Sigs has had more deployments than youve had sedexo dinners

>>34910139
> Get rerouted to save an american unit 4 times your size because they're pinned down.

>>34910150
> Being smart enough to not sodexo

My grandson has just got out and has joined a Reserve unit. Loves it. Son No. 2 hated it, joined in the 80s and had five years in Germany with alcoholics.

I thoroughly enjoyed my time in and I would recommend it if you are clever about who and what you join.

>>34910158
What's the British attitude to the American soldiers?

>>34910163
Eesh, and people call reg grandad...

You were in the army back when centurion was a rank and not a tank.

>>34910178
1961 to 1968, then on and off with the TA (as was) in the 1970s and 80s.

>>34910162
> wasting all your money on tescos finest and curry from the Taste of India

>>34910174
Mixed.

Pretty much some points we can agree on
> Training has too much indoctrination and not enough training
> Kind of people who like to talk about shit rather than doing it
> Please don't shoot me in the back.

Very good guys off duty though because of all the support they bring with them.
TVs, Game consoles, Internet, satphones, PX, Pizza hut, subway. We were lucky to have a radio with BBC world service.

>>34910199
> 'Yankee One-One taking heavy contact, requesting support!'
> kids throwing pebbles

So there's loads of armyfags here but no navy?

>>34910236
Nah, theyre all on /lgbt/

>>34910216
> On patrol one day out of musa qala
> Pass American unit
> 3 minutes later all hell breaks loose behind us
> Look through binos
> Literally screaming down the spoon "WERE FUCKING PINNED DOWN AND SURROUNDED! SNIPERS!"
I didn't observe them take a single round, i didn't observe any enemies either.
> We turn up and ask them what they're shooting at
> "THE ENEMYS YOU RETARD!"
> "MOTHERFUCKERS"
> "THERE RIGHT THERE"
They got pinned down by a pile of tyres. Fuck knows how many rounds they wasted.

>>34910236
>>34910240
There's a couple, i always assume there's no innernet at sea.

Is it bad that i know someone who recently transferred to the navy because the army is shit now?

>>34910174
They seemed to be very keen to learn things and were much better at identifying who needed to go where, in terms of career. Anyone capable would get fired up the promotion ladder. This had its downsides, but for the most part it seemed to work well.

Loads of dead wood and people that were, in my view, unsuitable for any sort of armed service.

>>34910251
42 Cdo RM had a similar incident prior to being replaced by a Scottish Infantry battalion on an Iraq tour. I don't recall the exact detail but they had engaged a kebab stand with a GPMG and the only thing inside it was a dog. They had been doing a hand over tour with the incoming Jocks and they really did not impress.

>>34910251
Hey man, tires and goats are very lethal to yanks, considering 40,000 yanks a year die to kitchen appliances

>>34910276
>"tire"
>calls people yanks

i don't think so friend

>>34910276
I read somewhere that more americans due to burning poisonous fuel sourced being burned indoors than all the non natural causes of death in britain.

Turn out Hexi TV is a killer.

My favorite thing to do in afghanistan was eat kendall mintcake and when the little fuckers would ask for some was give them a great big block of hexamine >:)

>>34910292
Where I grew up there were a lot of american families and I grew up watching a lot of american tv. Sue me.

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>>34910293
>My favorite thing to do in afghanistan was eat kendall mintcake and when the little fuckers would ask for some was give them a great big block of hexamine >:)

>>34910293
> >:)
>:) I love you, you Evil bastard >:)

>>34910293
A lad I know whose last name is John was out in afghan and met a few yanks whilst on base. He convinced them that Elton John was his dad and he could get a couple of autographs sent out if they paid a hundred bucks each for his trouble, and theyd be there within a week. The yanks happily paid up and were eager to get their signed autographs.
They werent so happy when they realised my mates unit got sent back to the UK the day after.

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>>34910293
>My favourite thing to do in Afghanistan was eat Kendall mintcake and when the little fuckers would ask for some was give them a great big block of hexamine >:)
> >:)

>>34910323
I don't think that happened, did it?

Eurocucks, English especially shouldn't be allowed on this board.

>>34910337
This thread is a designated ARRSE backup

Fuck of you leftie

>>34910335
I wasnt there so I have no idea. Jonno is a sly fucker though so I wouldnt have put it past him.

>>34910337
Thats no way to speak to your father

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>>34910323
>>34910342
This is exactly what I mean. Faggot made up stories and dipshits who can't fucking spell. Daft cunt, have fun with your bolt action .233, twat.

>>34910371
> being this assmad
Did Nigel fuck your mother up the arse after sending you to your room again?

Also
> .233

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>>34910371
>233

>>34910371
>Faggot
Thats a northern meatball isn't it?

>>34910236
I am ex Navy, did 8 years on submarines but did not interact much with the rest of the services so do not have much to add.

Know a guy who quit the AF last year as he was getting only about an hour of flying a month (jets). UK has no money.

>>34910461
>Know a guy who quit the AF last year as he was getting only about an hour of flying a month (jets). UK has no money.
Thats against regs, you have to fly a minimum of 300 hours annually to retain flight status. And you can't just up and quit

So i'm calling BS

>>34910461

Confirmed for bullshit.

If you fly less than 300 then you're getting a fucking mountain of paperwork and retraining.

>>34910038
>Jesus Christ what a terrible article
>let's scroll down and see what else they wrote recently
>LET'S GET RID OF MOUNT RUSHMORE
k then

>>34910565
It amazes me that people still fall for clickbait

Are strike """brigades""" a meme?

>>34911605
No.

>>34911645

So you're saying there's nothing wrong with Army 2020?

>>34911691
No.

>>34911691
Maybe he is saying not everything has to be a fucking meme.

>>34909766
14 Sigs

>>34909689
I know of this creature

>>34909766
>>34909990
litchfield, leave for 16 in a couple weeks

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>>34910293

>>34911716
An EW? how much does that kit weigh now?

Their chow sucks. Seriously it's bad. I think I was at Camp Warehouse a few times in Kabul where the Brits were . Cool dudes but their chow.....garbage. Like who the fuck puts corn on their already shit tier pizza...

>>34911822
No brits were based at camp warehouse, all british forces in kabul operated out of the embassy Compound.

Only exception was M&T teams but they were typically only section, platoon strength at most. Not enough to warrant independent logistics and cooks.

>>34911882
Mg bad then. I've been to so many posts I've forgotten most if the names warehouse may have been a French post. Compound sounds familiar but idk... whatever place it was there ead a lounge with a small shop wifh some billiards and stuff. Some usual haji shops outside, etc. Later in my tour the Brits also took over Qarga or Mazaree sharif. One of those two.

>>34912174
We didn't have any major camps, Fobs, Pobs, Mobs or Oops outside of helmand and kandahar after '06 aside from souter and embassy compound

>>34912242
This was 2012

>>34912254
yeah after 06 we had nothing outside helmand with exception to the two sites listed, kandahar strip, and souter/embassy compound.

You couldn't have handed it over to us.

>>34912242
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-28659874
This article was 2014 but I know the Brits had Qarga mid 2013 before I left

>>34912279
See >>34912283

>>34912283
>>34912296
Not Uk command, would have been no more than a platoon or section.

ANA camp ran by ANA but the training courses are ran by us.

So yeah maybe.

Anyone here know anything about being a Geographic Technician? I went in to talk to the recruiter and when I mentioned my interests and degree he got extremely excited about that role, really really wanted me to go for it, something about there not being many people applying for it because "anyone who is qualified doesnt want it because they think its boring."

I'm still weighing up whether I want to go in as an Officer or Enlisted.

>>34909292
>Applied to jon British Army in Novermber 2016
>Passed interview said i'd be sent medical documents
>Recieved them in a couple of weeks, sent them to the GP
>GP took their sweet time with them, took around a month for them to be filled out and sent off after I had to chase them up
>Another month later, letter back, medical deferment on two areas.
>Fuck that, i'm appealing
>Get an appointment with GP for supporting letter to go with my appeal (takes around 4 weeks between then and appointment, overbooked as shite)
>Get letter, send appeal off
>Couple of days later, get a letter saying the medical assessment centre have received it
>Three weeks later, get a response.
>Still deferred, however the thing I wasn't expecting to win an appeal on has been struck from the list of reasons for my deferment.
>Okay, try again.
>Arrange GP appointment (another four weeks)
>Get another letter covering the ground I missed like a tosser
>Send it off
>Wait two weeks, hear nothing
>Chase it up by phoning Army recruitment centre
>"Yeah they've received it, just not sent off a letter yet."
>LolOK
>Wait three weeks like before
>Nothing
>Chase it up again
>"Oh yeah it's been sent on to another place for processing, it'll be another six weeks from when it was sent."
>Expecting a response early september now
>The time it takes doesn't half take the piss, but at least i've gotten further than before.

tl;dr Medical deferment story, it's taking its sweet time.

>>34912327
Thats something really specialised mate, if you live anywhere near London theres a reserve barracks southwest of their so i'd recommend getting in touch with a member of staff there to organise a visit and ask some of the guys.

I knew someone who did it, after 2 years in he got release from duties to go to university.

Most of what he used to do was take rock, water, soil samples, shove long rods into the ground, and use laser measures.

Smart guy, he even had his own container for all the gear and kit he used to have.

I'd recommend reading some threads on arrse as its pretty specialised, if you join you can pose questions (royal engineer or sappers section) or they can probably put someone in touch who was or is in the role

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Geographic+Technician+site%3Awww.arrse.co.uk


>>34912406
A 4 chan user (recceman) nearly lost his eye in combat and had to have laser eye surgery in order to correct it
He nearly got medically discharged for unauthorised medical treatment that they put him on in the first place because they sent him to a private facility.

>>34912406
>applied to join the army in 2015
>multiple CSMs later
>still trying to pass assessment
I've been to ADSC once, failed the run by 30 seconds and have been waiting since. That was in 2016.

Jesus fuck, for some the wait is non-existent, for others it takes literal years.

>>34912421
>Jesus fuck, for some the wait is non-existent, for others it takes literal years.
Depends on corps and role.

>>34912327
sorry >>34912420 direct contact with reserve unit on here http://www.army.mod.uk/royalengineers/units/28926.aspx

>>34912420
>>34912453

Thank you for the information. I was considering joining the royal engineers as an officer and because my degree isnt a typical engineering one that'd be one of the routes I could take.

>>34909561

Julie Andrews- white no sugar
Whoopi Goldberg- no milk no sugar

>>34912593
>White nun
>Black nun
For those that will not get it.

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>>34912565
Welcome just keep your head down, ears open and volunteer at least very other time.

>>34912593
Chaiwalla! Chaiwalla!

Wheres webber when you need him! I need my Biccys!

>>34910433
Is the submariner life as shite as the yanks say theirs is? I'm no really in any great hurry to spend a chunk of my life tinned at the bottom of the ocean, but I'd like to know if our boats are any better or worse.

>>34912957
I have never served on yank boats so cannot comment on them, ours get real fucking boring though working 6 on and 6 off for 3 months at a time, groundhog day exists and it takes a special mind to deal with it.

Don't forget to call Sergeants "Sarge", they love it and will respect you greatly.

Is it bad that I wouldn't want to join the RN if I couldn't get a spot on the new GCS?

>>34913086
We would all like to serve on the newest boats and ships, unfortunately everyone else has the same idea and they will all have seniority on you.

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Has there been any news at all concerning the VIRTUS armour? The last I can find is from early 2016, although I might be looking in the wrong places.
I was under the impression we had already bought them and they were being rolled out, but there's nothing on them after that first wave of info about how the spine was fucked.

>>34913086

Understandable, but hey you could be even more lucky and serve on the new carriers.

>>34913010
I'm not military but I've done 6 on 6 off for stints on merchant ships a few times. It's fucking killer. Four hour watches with a few hours work during the day is ok, but 6 on 6 off is the worst. You just don't sleep properly, no matter how hard you try.

Then again, ours were usually during port time so even the 6 off were filled with various other shit you had to do.

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>>34913036
> once upon a time i was me
> Get back from Musa Qala
> Decide to visit two mates who are now running selection days
> He's working so decide to observe from the rear and help out as good friends do
> Everything is good
> Get to gerry can run
> Sgt. Mate explains it to them
> With L.Cpl behind him
> "Any questions?"
> Young chap Stick his hand up?
> "Excuse me sarge..."
> See him visibly pained by this.
> "...I was told Online that i could drink from the cans to make them lighter is this true?"
> See his face go to are you serious
> Start smirking like a little girl
> "No. Who told you this?"
> "Fill your boots but i double checked on arrse!"
> Me and L.Cpl look at eachother trying not to laugh
> Sgt. who just spend 6 month in musa qala cowboy towns min breaks as he tried his best to not beast this little shit
> Looking at him in pain makes me laugh harder.
> I was to push-ups down position and put grass in my mouth so the potentials couldn't see me sniggering like a little girl.
It got so bad i had to go for a jog around base but it made it worse and had to go to the MO after i fell to my knees from lack of oxygen

>>34913180

The thumbnail makes that look like an Imperial Guardsman.

Do you lot actually say "leftenant" or do you just say it properly these days?

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>Do you lot actually say "leftenant" or do you just say it properly these days?

>>34913230
>Then again, ours were usually during port time so even the 6 off were filled with various other shit you had to do.
Same here, during that 6 off you needed to eat, sleep, shit, shower and study. You were were lucky you might be able to grab one of the two exercise bikes or rowing machines that are shared between the 100+ crew.

>>34913304
At least I had my own cabin that I could use to do nothing (wank) in. I don't regret finally packing in the ship thing at all. It was a good experience and I think it's made me a better person, but fuck doing that for the rest of my life.

I didn't even get any shore leave.

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>>34913180
its fully issued to royal mercian, Anglian, PWRR, paras and according to an RAF loadmaster i'm in touch with the RAF regiment.

People say the helmet is good, but the vest is crap, the emergency release is pulled once as a prank and it will never be the same again. The spine seems to be only good for Route marches and is useless for combat as it will prevent you from getting back up from prone without rolling onto your back first.

I've seen people use them as car jacks for landies though.

>>34913257
thats because they are, i never knew what a digganob was until i was seconded to Whitehall.

>>34913268
Thats because they attended to the left flank.

>>34913347
I preferred to sleep in the bomb shop as a junior rate since I had more space, the downside is the lights are always on and you are fucked if people are working there. Life as a senior rate is a massive step up thugh, a bed of your own is a blessing.

>>34913363
>thats because they are, i never knew what a digganob was until i was seconded to Whitehall.

Wot

>>34913386
Sounds miserable. I'm an antisocial cunt so I spent as much time away from people as possible, which isn't so hard when you're on a 300m bulker with only 22 people on board. I suppose if you're on a smallish navy ship there's no getting away from them.

>>34913405
They used to use a mixture of figurines for war games. Digganobz were unconventional enemy.

i wish i could say it was bullshit, but it wasn't, those were budget times back then, i had to share a computer with someone for the time i was there.

>>34913496

The fact that they do use 40k explains a lot about a certain character I know.

>>34913287
Why the fuck would we say "Lieutenant"?

We're not fucking frogs you utter melon, the LEFTenant stands on the LEFT of the line ye wankbag

>>34913496
Hm, I didn't think they did operations in Whitehall. I thought that was in Northwood.

I don't know shit though.

>>34913738
So what's the equivalent on the right?

>>34913757
The colour bloke

That's why the Union flag is sewn on to our left arm patches, so that when you look to your right, you can see the flag on your mates arm

>>34909559
>I once saw one give himself concussion by repeatedly headbutting a postbox to "teach it to not get in his way".
Glorious.

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>>34909689
hated that wee shite, completely de-motivational

He's definitely the type of guy to start fights in pubs and brag to birds that he did SAS selection once

>>34909552
>Don't forget to change the pam so that Infanteers can now carry even more weight because doing advance to contact whilst carrying a 50kg bergen and 25kg of CEFO gear just isn't quite hard enough
fuck me, it's beyond insane that the infantrymen are still made to carry so much fucking weight to this day. It's like all the autistic screeching of the orthopedists is falling upon deaf years.

>>34913842
You can thank cold war warriors for this shit.

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>>34913842
It won't even change if we get those gucci gear carrying robots that look like horses

>"Oh you mean this robot can carry 70% of the sections kit? Well guess that mean you lads can carry more link and batteries teehee"

>>34910038
I fucking hope this place burns down with everyone in it, and the same for their data centers.

>>34910158
Y'know that's bullshit, they would've just screamed broken arrow on the radio and have the airforce bomb everything around them.

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Nice to see so many squaddies on /k/ for once

how are the knees lads?

>>34913842
>>34913883
>>34913884
163lbs since i last did a weight check.

Oh my Knees!

>>34913904
Cuck.

>>34913918
>Cuck.

Not him but I think he's talking about VICE, not ARRSE

>>34913934
Oh, if it is the case my sincerest apologies chap.

if not you're a cock juggling thundercunt,

>>34910293
>>:)

>>34913884
You can never have enough link.

>>34913842
When I joined it was lower, with a marching order around 100lb typical in the Infantry. This varied depending on role, obviously, but there simply wasn't as much to carry about. That said, it wasn't as well made as it is now. Footwear especially is of a much higher quality than it was when I was in.

>>34914023
>You can never have enough link.
I keep 200 spare on my webbing at all times.

True, i remember my dad showing me these weird scars from this boots he used to have that had a leather bare leather rims. You were basically fucked if your socks fell low.

>>34910274
Was there an ATF agent attached to this unit?

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>>34913918
>163lbs since i last did a weight check.

t-that's how much I weigh

what's your opinion on bore snakes lads?

Pull-throughs are fucking wank and the Bore snake shaves lots of time off weapon cleaning but apparently they're banned in the army, which is a bit fucking gay since it's a great bit of kit

>>34914090
Worn On person
mk7 - 1.4
osprey-14
Blast nappy 0.7
Molle Belt 0.76
Patrol pack 2.14
belt 0.14
Knee pads 0.5
l85 5
T:8.1KG

On armour
LAW 2.5
PRR 1.5
3 mags 226 0.6
Sig 226 1
Frag x2 1
smoke x 2 1
Marker x 1 0.5

On Molle belt
l3a1 w scabbard 2
PVS14 0.5
200rd minimi belt 2.5
Shelter sheet 1
Mags (loaded) x 8 4
Med Kit 1
Water Bottle 1
Bivi Bag 0.25


In pack
Hydration Pack 3.64
Det Kit 2
binoculars 0.7
Thermal camera 0.6
VIPR 2 weapon sight 1.1
Moskito CITL 1.2
200rd 5.56 2.5
50 rds 9mm 0.6
towels x 2 0.4
Additional water 3
96H rations 9.2
Spray paint 0.5
De mining kit 0.5
Tape 1
Smock 1.2
Socks 2 pair 0.4
T-Shirt 2 0.3
Spare trousers 0.5

74.33 KG or 163 lbs
MY KNEES!

>>34914111
>they're banned in the army
You sure? I've seen people use them? Hell i even know an armourer that uses them, hes the deal though, RCO ex SFSG i shit you not.

>>34914046
I wangled a pair of American jungle boots prior to Borneo from a US Army Sergeant. Eventually the British Army produced a copy, which was virtually identical but had a DMS type sole. The Panama sole on the American ones was much better.

>>34914111
I imagine people are buying counterfeits, or of the incorrect size. You can clean the rifle properly with the cleaning kit.

>>34914231
> Prior to borneo
as in the war or as in jungle course?

> counterfeits cleaning kit
yeah had similar issues with kit before, Why pay £300 for a decent bit of kit when i can buy them for 10% of the price from china?

You can never clean your rifle properly with cleaning kit first time unless you rank the armourer

>>34914231
>I imagine people are buying counterfeits

I bought it from PRI shop in Catterick a while ago on a course

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>>34914137
>carrying all that
>the platoon commander cheerfully says "only 6 more miles to go lads"

>>34914111

Bore snakes are good. The catch is they're not 100% at getting copper fouling, which might be the reason.

>>34914111
M8 I got issued one, its probably along the same lines of 'dont use scotchbright because its not issued' even though everyone and their nan uses it

>>34913914
Like styrofoam

So i'm joining the Navy as a Policeman.

How shit is it going to be?

>>34914739
You can join direct now? When I was in the RN the RN Police only took transfers from other branches, they were hated by all and considered to be failed in their original branch.

>>34914739
On the bright side, you can probably have a rapid go on the ladyboys you find before you hand them over

>>34914765
Yeah you can join directly. It's a fucking ballache though.

Honestly having second thoughts.

>>34914783
Enjoy patrolling the dockyard making sure peoples ID card lanyards have not been blown backwards by the wind, we hate you.

>>34914739
>So i'm joining the Navy as a Policeman.

But why?

>>34914843
Any other choice I put forward, the career officer said that I was too qualified for.

I have a degree in computer science, and wanting to join in an officer role, but I can't. Joining as an officer is based off of UCAS points, which I don't have enough, it's fucking stupid.

>>34909766
GREN GDS

Anyone here Int Corps wanna answer my dumb questions?

>>34914921
I dont suppose you know a Sgt Wilkenson? Blonde northern bloke?

>>34914957
Dave? no not personally