I also support 'our boys' 100%, I haven't said otherwise.
I feel you won't comment on my answers to the fake pictures because you also know, if you have served/are serving, that what I say makes sense.
If you say otherwise, you must be one of the few who has been
told;
"If you don't tie your laces in a way that the gurkhas will be able to recognise you, you will be charged."
"You will also be charged if you are found with a webbing pouch undone."
or;
You have never taken a sling off a rifle/SA80.
Never seen a sandbag used as a hood, hence the phrase bagged and tagged! (not hooded and cuffed!)
Never used the string ties at the bottom of your combat trousers when your elastics have gone missing/broken.
Never aquired a floppy hat and worn it when it would make life a bit more comfortable. (Is sunburn still a self inflicted wound!)
Never encountered a badge shortage or been on exercise/ops where you are told to sanatise yourself.
Never taken care of your personal hygene/nails.
Always maintained a squaddie physique of bulging muscles.
I think thats enough to make this point
I say again;
The arguments to substantiate that they are fakes don't stand up, IMHO.
I reckon they are trophy photographs, set up for a good story in the NAAFI back home, and it's all gone horribly wrong.
I believe man has set foot on the moon, however I can also prove that those photos are faked! HOWZAT!!
Guess I'd better repeat his aswell for the hard of reading;
I also support 'our boys' 100%, I haven't said otherwise.