Slow typing, and apologies to
Biggus ...
Join the RAF and see the World ... possibly. Depends on your career path, I guess, but certainly living near home was never part of my thinking. "RAF Richmond"??
So off to the joys of Lincolnshire (x2), Norfolk (x2), Singapore (x1) ... and an endless list of Uxbridge, West Drayton, MoD and Bentley Priory. If I'd known what life had in store, I would have bought a bicycle and lived at home
Not that I'm complaining. My parents had long since retired to the Old Folks parts of Devon, and I had some very interesting jobs and lived in nice-ish places thanks to the OH, who usually got the MQ wherever she was (Ickenham, Brampton, Northolt, Bracknell).
You join a Service that sends you
anywhere it needs you. Simples. The days of Local Service Airwomen expired in the 70s.