Nick,
My Chinook unit did inter-unit visits for years with our good friends from Down Under...they were a very sedate lot at parties, rarely consumed alcohol, never got rowdy in the Mess, nor would they use harsh language. We did have one go missing after one of our Tea and Crumpets at Phu Loi in the Geronimo Club and Gezebo...he turned up in DaNang in his skivvies....seems he got on the wrong Chinook and got all the way to Danang before anyone could understand what he was saying (I assume it was the accent that threw them off!).
The sight of the Brigadier hanging from the rafters by his legs....and drinking a pint of beer...while his mates were doing a wall side circumnavigation of the club....as a game of Tank was being played at the Billiard table was quite memorable....particularly when our Unit CO took exception with the guy hanging upside down and began to chew his ass....to discover that American Majors do not Australian Generals out rank.
