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I am compiling details of true stories of military "beer calls" and Mess parties that escalated into wild events. This has been prompted by story of the NATO Beer Call presented in Bob Prest's book F-4 Phantom Pilot. Another story concerns the O Club at a US base in Thailand which was almost completely destroyed by a Christmas party that got out of hand, following a B-52 bombing campaign in the Vietnam War. I am interested in such events from any air arm, and any period. You can email me direct at [email protected] or post details here. Best wishes
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Good luck Kodakman, but most will have taken their "Amnesia tablets" in the interests of self preservation. Like the three monkeys, "Say nothing, see nothing & hear nothing" should be the motto followed by all. 
Have a look here: http://www.pprune.org/military-aircr...addington.html
Somehow I imagine such things are a rarity these days, with the way contractorisation of messes was going when I left a few years ago...
Somehow I imagine such things are a rarity these days, with the way contractorisation of messes was going when I left a few years ago...
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At a Happy Hour several years ago the bar staff mistakenly provided a pint of beer for my girlfriend instead of the regulation half pint. Oh how we laughed.
All the other stories are classified.
All the other stories are classified.
At TTTE the 
once got hisstuck inthen drank it in one
while thewiped hison the curtains !! We laughed our off!
Once got called Sir in a families club, I was a SAC at the time! We laughed
at that for at least 7 seconds !
once got hisstuck inthen drank it in onewhile the
wiped hison the curtains !! We laughed our off!Once got called Sir in a families club, I was a SAC at the time! We laughed
at that for at least 7 seconds !
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Nice to see that at least one tradition stands the test of time. See all, hear all, and say F*** all once out of the door. I guess the aircrew fraternity is not biting today, lets hope it stays that way.
Now about the NAAFI bop at Aldergrove...............
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Now about the NAAFI bop at Aldergrove...............
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I was going to recount the tale of the Station Commander's chickens and the tub of Vaseline after the senior officers' sherry party but I seem to have forgotten all about it.
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Then there was the mass at Gardemoen, and the on the camping trip from Rygge. All good fun.
at Gardemoen, and the on the camping trip from Rygge. All good fun.
I don't own this space under my name. I should have leased it while I still could
TRSS,
I remember breakfast there.
Then of course at RAF **********n there was the ***d or **e or the ***t. Seemed a very local custom largely died out except in traditional pubs.
And the receptionist at RAF *****m who became the Barnsley Witch at RAF **********y
I remember breakfast there.
Then of course at RAF **********n there was the ***d or **e or the ***t. Seemed a very local custom largely died out except in traditional pubs.
And the receptionist at RAF *****m who became the Barnsley Witch at RAF **********y
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What about the time we all got blootered and had a game of steal the big bucket of sunshine!!
Has the hoo-hah died down enough for me to sell it on ebay??
To the "gentleman" who started this thread, you may have inocent intentions but this really smells, fishy like, of a scummy journo fishing for stories about how the hardest working man and women in the world let their hair down and unwind.........
one word..........................BEADWINDOW.
As we all know, what happens in the bar/on det etc stays there. No ranks in my bar and I even drank with harry staish who did the same once.
Oh and in case of black omegas the story at the top is a work of fiction, for I am Tom Clancy's illiterate cousin
Has the hoo-hah died down enough for me to sell it on ebay??
To the "gentleman" who started this thread, you may have inocent intentions but this really smells, fishy like, of a scummy journo fishing for stories about how the hardest working man and women in the world let their hair down and unwind.........
one word..........................BEADWINDOW.
As we all know, what happens in the bar/on det etc stays there. No ranks in my bar and I even drank with harry staish who did the same once.
Oh and in case of black omegas the story at the top is a work of fiction, for I am Tom Clancy's illiterate cousin
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Then there were the famous beer calls on Guernsey's Own. Well I believe they were famous as we were always f*****g fly and the beer had run out when we got there. Mind you 5 pints never went far.
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In the mess once I had two glasses of orange juice for breakfast when the catering budget only allowed for one.
Does that count?
I think you will find this thread is a case of work hard play hard stay silent.
Does that count?
I think you will find this thread is a case of work hard play hard stay silent.
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Good luck in finding any info. Personally, have attended quite a few of these that have turned into complete epics, but due to the consumption of the regulation (lots) of falling over juice am unable to provide details. Don't even know how I managed to get from one end of the mess to the other!
Just one tip to bear in mind for those that give huge, detailed accounts. If they can recall so much detail and it was an epic, they weren't there!!!
Just one tip to bear in mind for those that give huge, detailed accounts. If they can recall so much detail and it was an epic, they weren't there!!!
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