Royal Marines to hire 30,000 wimps

[AtW]

Servicemen receive a pretty damn good pension these days don't they?

Not if they get blown up by IED...

[EternalOptimist]

Royal Marines- aren't they the ones that cry when their iPods get stolen ? seems they may have enough wimps enrolled already

heh heh. Troll wins the coconut, well spotted

[shaunbhoy]

Servicemen receive a pretty damn good pension these days don't they?

Depends. If you complete the full 22 years of service then you receive your pension straight away. How "pretty damn good" it is depends on what rank you attained during your time in service. If you leave before your full service then you do not receive your pension until age 60. As far as I am aware, someone like a sergeant leaving after 22 years service could expect to receive something like £13k a year or thereabouts. Good-ish, but you are hardly going to have the life of Riley. For anyone leaving before their 22 is up (e.g. after 13 years), they will receive 13/22 of the full pension from age 60. So you won't be buying a ferrari with it!!

[Doggy Styles]

my rose bow had a range of about 100m, more than double the rest of the gang with their bamboo cane efforts.

Blimey! That could do some serious at closer ranges. You sound like REME material.

[EternalOptimist]

You sound like REME material.

<cough>

[shaunbhoy]

Blimey! That could do some serious at closer ranges. You sound like REME material.

Rough Engineering Made Easy?

[EternalOptimist]

Rough Engineering Made Easy?

<cough>

[shaunbhoy]

Good form EO.
Scalyback me, and proud of it!!

[daviejones]

Good form EO.
Scalyback me, and proud of it!!

What trade?