SFFP:
Last I heard the three I went through AAITC, Shawbury and 240 OCU with:-
Dave A. was in Oman on Pumas?
John W. was at High Wycombe in Staff position.
Niel E. was at Brize on big, fat things...
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Do I know how they arrived there? No. Am I silly enough to think that I could still be living happily at Odiham or Benson? No.
The
only reason we bought the house was because the market was booming and, because of it's location, even in a bad market, we could sell it in minutes. As it was, and the way things went, we made more selling it after less than 18 months than the RAF paid me annually so it worked out well. Am I a genius? No, my ex-wife was pretty close to it though.
Even then, we rented a house on the same street for the previous year to get a feel for everything.
My point? In the military, you can't trust your "leaders" not to screw you over.