Unfortunately for them, the colour matched the colour of the stuff that Jack used to get rid of genital lice, which he called 'Crabfat', hence the nickname!
And at the first sign of danger they scuttle away sideways.
Naval Aviator - 12 Year Initial Commission - BRNC then Flying training then Frontline. If you dont get involved in any fishead activities you can pretty much stay in the cockpit the whole time.
All officers in the Navy are considered for a pensionable commisson (16 years service) unless you specifically tell them not to. If you want to stay on past 16 years you go into competition with all other officers. You can then go down the Professional Aviator route (which is the same as the RAF) whereby you stay in the cockpit or in an aviation related appointment and dont have to do anything outside of aviation.
If you are thinking of joining any of the Services, do it quick before they force you to join the new pension scheme (1 Apr 05 ????) which (IMHO) is not as good as the present one.
Oggin
p.s. Even as a bagman I think Junglies are great too
