When I joined the army ......

**dutchman** · 26-11-2006, 19:28

oh and one more happy !!! memory came to mind , the e and e excercise where we had to get to the thirty meter range without being spotted by the training team who we later found out were actually looking out for us in the mess , maybe the lagers gave them night sight i dunno

**rob jones 60** · 27-11-2006, 16:33

ar the sugar loaf run still get nose bleeds thinking about it . cpl efin richards 1 RWF he was one of the depots PTIs at the time would race horses up and down that thing .. fit in them days.........

**ap1** · 27-11-2006, 17:06

A little bit of R & R with that nice old man from the RRW who used to wear a green cover on his hat, what was his name......................Frank Watkins!!!!!!!!!!!

"Pick Up The LOG"

richie264 · 27-11-2006, 18:05

I had a PTI Richards, RRW I think, you can imagine how much stick he gave me.

**rob jones 60** · 28-11-2006, 13:34

was frank watkins the depot provo sgt can see him now bringing in a helicopter with two ping pong bats from the Naffi............

**rikoshea** · 29-11-2006, 11:36

yeak Provo sgt FRANK WATKINS the man who wanted to ring the bell on the fire engine sir.

Griff65 · 15-12-2006, 23:41

wetproofs i was in, in 95 what are they al ?

**ap1** · 16-12-2006, 01:45

Originally Posted by Griff65

wetproofs i was in, in 95 what are they al ?

Griff,
Since you asked, they are like Goretex, but not as expensive!!, "Crisp Bag" is another good word. We used to have to buy them off our Training Cpls

In 1977 my Depot Section Comd "Gus Hooker" D&D only charged me £10 for my jacket(my weekly pay was £7)so we paid a pound a week(there was 8 of us doing that :-)..............Bargain.......or so he told me:laugh_xmas:

**dai hood** · 16-12-2006, 14:57

yes Al they would try to flog you anything, did you buy a R.W.F cap badge thing off cpl herbert ?, tacks on a felt background on a piece of plywood he did all the regiments most of the lads in our platoon did. he must have made a bomb ,a fiver a go