RAF Types only - Which way to jump?
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RAF Types only - Which way to jump?
Ok, so we've heard the rumours of "3 into 2". If you had to, which way would you jump? Royal Navy or British Army?
I'll throw my hat in first...ROYAL NAVY...
I'll throw my hat in first...ROYAL NAVY...
Well, the Army are okay as are the RN or wafus. If the Army employed NCOs past age 40 then that would be a good option, so long as you could put up with the REM(E)Fy banter and shocking PT standards
The RN FAA would probably just tip the balance.
But sod that, I'd rather join the Womens Auxillary Balloon Corps than join those two. I joined the RAF, based on what the RAF had achieved, that and it's was 'the family buisness', so I grew up with it.
The RN FAA would probably just tip the balance. But sod that, I'd rather join the Womens Auxillary Balloon Corps than join those two. I joined the RAF, based on what the RAF had achieved, that and it's was 'the family buisness', so I grew up with it.
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Two into three, but where is it written that the RAF will be lost? Perhaps the key to the future Defence of the Realm is to have the RAF absorb the Army and let the Royal Navy provide floating runways for the RAF.
Let's have no more of this Bolshie talk about the RAF being done away with!
Air and Sea Power are the future. If there were fewer boots on the ground we'd have fewer casualties. We could have the Pongos secure airfields and where that's not practical, the air strikes need to be launched from ships.
On further consideration, maybe we don't even need the RAF. Lets just use Trident to wipe out our next "enemy" and finally get some value for money from the Submarines.
Time for my medication,
Evenin' all.
Two into three, but where is it written that the RAF will be lost? Perhaps the key to the future Defence of the Realm is to have the RAF absorb the Army and let the Royal Navy provide floating runways for the RAF.
Let's have no more of this Bolshie talk about the RAF being done away with!
Air and Sea Power are the future. If there were fewer boots on the ground we'd have fewer casualties. We could have the Pongos secure airfields and where that's not practical, the air strikes need to be launched from ships.
On further consideration, maybe we don't even need the RAF. Lets just use Trident to wipe out our next "enemy" and finally get some value for money from the Submarines.
Time for my medication,
Evenin' all.
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Surely the two will be the MOD and the Rest 
As there will no doubt be a major debate on the combined forces name, why not future proof it and call it Star Command to align it with our Parliaments political aspirations and as the mottos such as Per Ardu Astra will be a seen by the Army and Royal Navy as being contentious..... perhaps "To Infinity and Beyond" would be better as being catchy and totally unreachable, which would please the Politicians.
As there will no doubt be a major debate on the combined forces name, why not future proof it and call it Star Command to align it with our Parliaments political aspirations and as the mottos such as Per Ardu Astra will be a seen by the Army and Royal Navy as being contentious..... perhaps "To Infinity and Beyond" would be better as being catchy and totally unreachable, which would please the Politicians.
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If (when) the junior service gets binned, I will laugh my c@ck off. Of course, you'll have to pull the majority of their heads from their arses before they'll be allowed in either the RN or the Army.
And before the self-righteous begin, I'm RAF but with a dislike for the way that some think they're the smartest and bestest kids on the block.
And before the self-righteous begin, I'm RAF but with a dislike for the way that some think they're the smartest and bestest kids on the block.
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Who said it's gonna be Navy and Army, I heard (started) the rumour it will be RAF and Army, and we'll absorb the Navy!
Well, there was an RAF Marine Branch...bring back RAF Mount Batten!
We've even got the Ensign sorted:
Royal Flying Corps (RFC) for me!
"Ah! Tally ho, then! Back to the bar. You should join the Flying Corps, George. That's the way to fight a war. Tasty tuck, soft beds and a uniform so smart it's got a PhD from Cambridge."
"Ah! Tally ho, then! Back to the bar. You should join the Flying Corps, George. That's the way to fight a war. Tasty tuck, soft beds and a uniform so smart it's got a PhD from Cambridge."
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i'd probably say RN - but i might change my mind after the initial entertainment value of the following has worn off: saying: boats instead of ships, kitchen when i mean galley, floor when it's called deck, mess when I know it's the ward room.
any more?
having said that, i ****** hate boats, option 3 for me
any more?
having said that, i ****** hate boats, option 3 for me
And before the self-righteous begin, I'm RAF but with a dislike for the way that some think they're the smartest and bestest kids on the block.
Now get back to zee cooler - 30 days.
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If defence costs are to be cut to the minimum then the MoD must cease overseas operations carried out for international political advantage and return to its primary role - the defence of the nation. The primary requirements of securing our airspace, our coastline and our lines of supply dictate that we require primarily, a Navy and an Air Defence Force. Indeed, those are the two armed forces that kept the British homeland secure in 1940.
As an island nation, an army is only required in the event that the primary roles fail and invaders set foot upon our shores. In which case Winston Churchill's postulate comes into force.
"We shall fight them on the beaches etc., ....... we shall never give in."
The army are primarily a force of last resort and in the last resort everybody is a soldier in Dad's Army. Which is why Britain has never in its entire history officially had a "Standing Army". Its worth remembering that our rifle clubs and Bisley Camp itself are a remnant of the old County Volunteers that morphed into the Territorial Army.
So in answer to the question, even though I ceased to serve in Britain's finest a long time ago, if I'd been obliged to make a choice of Navy, Army or Civvy Street, I didn't join the Royal Air Force by accident and my choice would have been option 3.
If we were ever under threat of invasion, I can still shoot a 'Possible' at 600 yards and I'd march (or at east totter along) with Dad's Army.
As an island nation, an army is only required in the event that the primary roles fail and invaders set foot upon our shores. In which case Winston Churchill's postulate comes into force.
"We shall fight them on the beaches etc., ....... we shall never give in."
The army are primarily a force of last resort and in the last resort everybody is a soldier in Dad's Army. Which is why Britain has never in its entire history officially had a "Standing Army". Its worth remembering that our rifle clubs and Bisley Camp itself are a remnant of the old County Volunteers that morphed into the Territorial Army.
So in answer to the question, even though I ceased to serve in Britain's finest a long time ago, if I'd been obliged to make a choice of Navy, Army or Civvy Street, I didn't join the Royal Air Force by accident and my choice would have been option 3.
If we were ever under threat of invasion, I can still shoot a 'Possible' at 600 yards and I'd march (or at east totter along) with Dad's Army.
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"We shall fight them on the beaches etc., ....... we shall never give in."
"1 round each sir"