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Originally Posted by Less
Do you know Dave? I'd agree with all of the above, except, we still have lads and lasses volunteering to join the forces.
Is this because they have some sort of patriotic feeling? No other job available? Like the idea of adventure & what the Hell? We only live once!
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I wanted to learn about electronics - in the early '60s it was a Catch 22 situation at Phillips and Mullards, so I joined the RAF, learnt my electronics but also found that I enjoyed the life, even the Brush Fire situations - enjoyed it so much that I took the Queen's Shilling 3 times. Yes, our equipment was crap even in those days - 1964 and we had Enfield Rifles and Sten Guns when they were supposed to have been replaced. No jungle boots for us unless we bought them - strange that my lad also had to buy gear, before he went to the Falklands.
So both parties are just as bad in providing for the troops and I don't suppose it will ever change.