Originally Posted by
Matt Skrossa
Having worked with the RAF for many years there are just two reasons for joining the RN instead of the RAF.
1. Uniform ...... Why would any youngster want to join the RAF when a) you all look like RAC Patrolmen b) You have to wear brown gloves, very 1940's. Instead of looking like a bag of s*it tied in the middle you could look like Tom Cruise (only a little taller).
2. When two or more servicemen get together and the 'When I Was In' dits start the RAF guys chips in with 'When I was in Scotland, Falklands, Iraq, Germany (no more), Cyprus' (for a VERY lucky few). Where as the the steely-eyed naval aviator chips in with 'When I was in Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, California, Bora Bora, South Africa, Antartica, Tahiti, Chile, India, etc etc etc.
You forgot the third reason:
I got turned down by the RAF, so I 've joined the RN, but I'll spend all my service career claiming this was my first choice, whilst all the while making surreptitious advances to transfer to the light blue at the earliest opportunity....
Bora Bora, me ar$e.