Reply to: Anyone been in the army?

[vetran]

So Spuddy might eventually make his transition from the NAAFI to the Catering Corps? Look out Aldershot!

so its between you and someone with a pair of balls, guess who wins soft wad!

[Old Greg]

My brother was talking about this a few years ago when he left the army. ISTR it used to be that when a recruit fails a course he is backsquaded and if that happens 3 times (I think) he was just kicked out because he clearly was not able to do it but the MoD changed that so that if someone failed 3 times on the third time they automatically passed or something weird like that. If a recruit had the balls they could literally do nothing and eventually pass anyway.

It was because the MoD wanted more numbers and were prepared to drop the standards to do it. He decided he was no longer interested in what the army was becoming and left.

So Spuddy might eventually make his transition from the NAAFI to the Catering Corps? Look out Aldershot!

[MyUserName]

My brother was talking about this a few years ago when he left the army. ISTR it used to be that when a recruit fails a course he is backsquaded and if that happens 3 times (I think) he was just kicked out because he clearly was not able to do it but the MoD changed that so that if someone failed 3 times on the third time they automatically passed or something weird like that. If a recruit had the balls they could literally do nothing and eventually pass anyway.

It was because the MoD wanted more numbers and were prepared to drop the standards to do it. He decided he was no longer interested in what the army was becoming and left.

[Big Blue Plymouth]

Whilst my better half would agree with you wrt cricket and football, diss darts within her earshot and she'll be doing a Honey Badger job on you!! You have been warned

"Oooooo Gary Gary. Gary Gary Gary Gary Anderson" Sing along if you know the words

Any relation of Bob Anderson, The Limestone Cowboy?

[TestMangler]

It’s usually nations that have never won anything that find that sport boring.....

How’s the haggis-eating championships?

Think you're forgetting our multiple triumphs in the Elephant Polo World Cup.....

[meridian]

you tell me, you're a sports bore.
i DGAF about any spectator sports, or the morons who watch them.

Neeeeeeeeerrrrrrddddddd!!!!!!!

[Zigenare]

Once we have united the island we could then let them have self government. Perhaps call it Ireland2.....

Just so long as there is separation of church and state.

[Whorty]

WGAF about feckin Cricket??
even more boring than darts, and football FFS

Whilst my better half would agree with you wrt cricket and football, diss darts within her earshot and she'll be doing a Honey Badger job on you!! You have been warned

"Oooooo Gary Gary. Gary Gary Gary Gary Anderson" Sing along if you know the words

[BR14]

It’s usually nations that have never won anything that find that sport boring.....

How’s the haggis-eating championships?

you tell me, you're a sports bore.
i DGAF about any spectator sports, or the morons who watch them.

[meridian]

WGAF about feckin Cricket??
even more boring than darts, and football FFS

It’s usually nations that have never won anything that find that sport boring.....

How’s the haggis-eating championships?

[Mordac]

Bit worrying that frontline combat units are operating as much as 40% below strength:

UK army combat units 40% below strength as recruitment plummets | UK news | The Guardian

Bit puzzled by one paragraph



So what exactly have soldiers always done when there's no wars on? Maybe the forces should be responsible for other tasks like firefighting or policing during peacetime. A sudden shortage of those duties during a major war would be the least of our problems.

Crapita are in charge of recruitment, nice to see they're not just useless at IT...

[Old Greg]

Really! Gosh the things you learn on CUK.

Then stop whining about an abbreviation, you snowflake.

[xoggoth]

rerun of the Civil War would be a giggle

Beheading Charles certainly would be.

[BrilloPad]

Xmas is short for Christmas. HTH

Really! Gosh the things you learn on CUK.

[BR14]

Who’s “we”? The Welsh? You don’t even have your own cricket team....*








*technically you’re part of one, but nobody ever says “England and Wales won the One Day World Cup”....

WGAF about feckin Cricket??
even more boring than darts, and football FFS