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Posted: 2006-04-02 12:08
by Rhino
'[R-PUB wrote:Gaz']A Starbucks on the base. He had obviously eaten his McDonalds already... ;)
lol

Posted: 2006-04-02 15:04
by ghosty
he he....

Posted: 2006-04-02 16:18
by TheAnonymous
Very nice pictures. Thanks for shearing this with us, I really appriciate it!

Posted: 2006-04-02 19:21
by mrmong
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?

Posted: 2006-04-02 19:42
by trogdor1289
proably is. For regualr army. However if you are in a special unit such as royal marine commandos it is only two years.

Posted: 2006-04-02 21:58
by Pence
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.

Posted: 2006-04-02 22:04
by trogdor1289
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.

Posted: 2006-04-03 08:09
by Gran
'[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.

Posted: 2006-04-03 08:32
by mrmong
hmmmm....


What colour is the boathouse in hereford?

Posted: 2006-04-03 09:11
by Top_Cat_AxJnAt
Does the US army really have fast food shops sent to Iraq, in mini trailer thingees.

Posted: 2006-04-03 11:17
by Gaz
yes :( they pigged out while we had the same menu rat pack for 3 months....

thank god for curry powder.

Posted: 2006-04-03 11:19
by Gaz
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.

Posted: 2006-04-03 12:43
by JellyBelly
Doesn't the US army issue Tobasco sauce aswell or something?

That stuff makes anything taste good.

Posted: 2006-04-03 14:24
by Gaz
yeah, in their MREs. Along with skittles etc :D

Posted: 2006-04-03 14:47
by JellyBelly
Im joining the wrong coutries armed forces. :D

Posted: 2006-04-04 05:03
by ghosty
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.

Posted: 2006-04-04 05:14
by requiem
Thanks for posting, nice pics :)

Posted: 2006-04-05 16:58
by Schiller
Hmmm. Starbucks Coffee at the last picture...that's not SAS style ;)

Posted: 2006-04-05 17:19
by Wraith
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....

Posted: 2006-04-05 18:50
by Redneckman
Neato, cool pics.