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Post by **Rhino** » 2006-04-02 12:08

'[R-PUB wrote:Gaz']A Starbucks on the base. He had obviously eaten his McDonalds already...

lol

ghosty · Post by **ghosty** » 2006-04-02 15:04

he he....

TheAnonymous · Post by **TheAnonymous** » 2006-04-02 16:18

Very nice pictures. Thanks for shearing this with us, I really appriciate it!

mrmong · Post by **mrmong** » 2006-04-02 19:21

trogdor1289 wrote:The hardest units that i know of to join are the GSG-9, SAS, SEALS and Delta Force obvoilusly there are others just as hard to join and be in but those are all i can think of me persoanlly was in Royal Marine Commandos for 2 years before switching to SAS. Semi-Retired now though.

i thought it was 3 years until you get to try selection?

trogdor1289 · Post by **trogdor1289** » 2006-04-02 19:42

proably is. For regualr army. However if you are in a special unit such as royal marine commandos it is only two years.

Pence · Post by **Pence** » 2006-04-02 21:58

trogdor1289 wrote:proably is. For regualr army. However if you are in a special unit such as royal marine commandos it is only two years.

Nope its four years before you can attend a UKSF trial.

trogdor1289 · Post by **trogdor1289** » 2006-04-02 22:04

hey pence i say 2.5 years then. lol no i'm pretty sure it's 3 years i made a mistake. I joined after 3.5 years. Said two beacuse i posted that at like two in the morning.

Gran · Post by **Gran** » 2006-04-03 08:09

'[R-PUB wrote:Gaz']A Starbucks on the base. He had obviously eaten his McDonalds already...

I'm still waiting to find Mc Donalds and Starbucks in my MRE's.

mrmong · Post by **mrmong** » 2006-04-03 08:32

hmmmm....

What colour is the boathouse in hereford?

Top_Cat_AxJnAt · Post by **Top_Cat_AxJnAt** » 2006-04-03 09:11

Does the US army really have fast food shops sent to Iraq, in mini trailer thingees.

Gaz · Post by **Gaz** » 2006-04-03 11:17

yes

they pigged out while we had the same menu rat pack for 3 months....

thank god for curry powder.

Gaz · Post by **Gaz** » 2006-04-03 11:19

mrmong wrote:hmmmm....

What colour is the boathouse in hereford?

ROFL

Hmm, I could have sworn my posts were in the same one :s Not two seperate ones.

JellyBelly · Post by **JellyBelly** » 2006-04-03 12:43

Doesn't the US army issue Tobasco sauce aswell or something?

That stuff makes anything taste good.

Gaz · Post by **Gaz** » 2006-04-03 14:24

yeah, in their MREs. Along with skittles etc

JellyBelly · Post by **JellyBelly** » 2006-04-03 14:47

Im joining the wrong coutries armed forces.

ghosty · Post by **ghosty** » 2006-04-04 05:03

I love the milkshakes... very tasty.. the problem with the MRE they have 2500 callories per pack.. So snipers usally eat only 1 if stationary.

Post by **requiem** » 2006-04-04 05:14

Thanks for posting, nice pics

Schiller · Post by **Schiller** » 2006-04-05 16:58

Hmmm. Starbucks Coffee at the last picture...that's not SAS style

Post by **Wraith** » 2006-04-05 17:19

All the way from GI parties in basic to well, I don't call them by name but scrub downs in the pipeline during selection. Cleaning is the first thing you learn to do better than the rest of the world....

Redneckman · Post by **Redneckman** » 2006-04-05 18:50

Neato, cool pics.