Airborne Aircrew Quote:
Subsequently the 'lightbulb' can be upgraded if individual moves to a qualifying role but the full wings are always retained once awarded.
Such an individual would find it very hard to get respect on II Sqn, anywhere in the Parachute Regiment or any other fighting unit.
Yarp...however, the TSW chap who, in 2001 became one of the first members of the UK Armed Forces to get 'boots wet' whilst parachuting into Afghanistan, alongside a load of blades, in order to set up a FARP to support yank egg beaters - well he gets my thumbs up...
The sooner we loose our infatuation with willy waving (I'm more important than you) the better...morale is low enough as it is without the addition of unchecked ego...
