Veterans Lapel Badges

[jones20]

For those of you that served in the forces before 31st Dec 1994 do you realise that you can obtain one of theses badges simply by phoning 0800-1693458 or going on line www.veterans.uk.info and clicking on the veterans lapel badge button on the home page just make sure you have your national insurance number to hand.Wear it with pride

[john1]

I couldnt get the link to work, is this the same place?

http://www.veterans-uk.info/vets_badge/vets_badge.htm

[jones20]

after veterans put a full stop instead if you are still having trouble give the free phone a try it only takes about 5 minutes

[jones20]

I have just tried the link you put up and it took me to the home page ok

[led9750]

Thanks for the link , This is just a point off me , often due to my long hair and drees sense people find it hard to believe i was ever in the army , let alone did 17 years. But to me getting a silly little badge for the look at me factor is a waste of time. What i did or didn't do in the army is only concern to myself .
The wearing of badges might suit some people but to me its a load of rubbish , as long as you know what you did or didnt do , thats what matters.
As this badge is available to Clerks / chefs / Co s Drivers etc [ nothing against you guys ] aswell as infantry men in my eyes the badge means nothing , badges and medals ought to be marked Combat or non Combat , then they might mean somthing.
So i for one will not be getting a badge
thats a good moan over with
cheers all
led

[ap1]

You were doing really well there Led............................and then!!!!!!

As this badge is available to Clerks / chefs / Co s Drivers etc [ nothing against you guys ] aswell as infantry men in my eyes the badge means nothing , badges and medals ought to be marked Combat or non Combat ,

Al's Top Tip...........Body Armour On, Helmet On, Rifle cocked........Watch and Shoot

[chow]

hey thanks for the thread.i have been on the freephone number and it does only take 5mins.badge comes 2/4weeks

[Hammy_Junior]

You were doing really well there Led............................and then!!!!!!




Al's Top Tip...........Body Armour On, Helmet On, Rifle cocked........Watch and Shoot

Could not agree with you more Al, to suggest that the Veterans badge means very little unless you are infantry is a very shallow statement to make. What you need to remember is that the majority of Clerks, myself included, did the infantry thing as well Led, and at the end of the day soldier first clerk second was always my motto. So what would constitute combat and non combat then? Northern Ireland 4 tours and a residential tour = ACSM, Bosnia UN and straight after, Bosnia Nato, Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan. At the end of the day on all these tours there were people who wanted me and others dead so I for one, am proud to wear the badge with pride along with all my medals during Remembrance days. Must admit Led i think you will get quite a few with a similar view as me.

Watch and shoot indeed.

[Hammy_Junior]

And as an after thought, having left the Army 2 years ago as a Chief Clerk the veterans badge should of been given out with discharge papers etc then. They trialled it in 2005 and extended it, soldiers had the option of having it or refusing it, non in my last unit were refused. If that didnt happen then maybe the administrators of the Bn at the time need shooting as well.

[led9750]

hi hammy , nothing against you mate as i consider you a mate of mine , and as you know i have done as many tours as you but there is a difference to being behind a desk typing out part ones and being out on the ground , i know evertybody has a job to do ,but the job they did ought to be on the badge or medal , basic fact of combat and non combat , some people shoot , some people dont.
I am sure the guys in A coy who have just come back will tell us all the difference.
We all have jobs to do or the army would never run .But we all remember the band coming over to Northen ireland for 31 days just to get a medal , Is it fair that they get the same medal as the rest of us
This is not a dig at my freinds just an observation
cheers
led