Airpig,
when you enter this forum, please read the small print under the title. At no point does it state
'A forum for embittered and retired types who moan about, and judge those presently serving with a rose tinted glow of nostalgia for a service long faded'.
Many of those plastic sergeants are flying around Iraq and Helmand as you read this, providing a lifeline to those on the ground.
Now bugger off back to the British Legion and bore the locals with stories of how great the service was when you were there.
Your not wanted here. If I had to guess, I'd guess your not really wanted anywhere.
Pr1ck!