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  • #1

    Any idea?

    Ok, after reading the charter, I think I should be alright in asking this question.

    I'm living in Newbridge and from time to time you will see the odd PDF member coming in for lunch, picking up things etc.

    But over the last few days I've seen a few lads in DPM with no rank markings, bush hats instead of Berets, longish hair and either beards or stubble ... basically, not how the usual soldier should look (from my understanding).

    Now, there's no way these lads are recruits (so there goes the no rank marking reason).

    Or is the army getting less strict with its members presentation?
    "The artillery was my strongest tool. Often it was my only reserve .... I repeatedly said it was more a matter of the infantry supporting the artillery than the artillery supporting the infantry.... I wish I knew the countless times that positions were taken or held due solely to TOT's ...."

    Major General R. 0. Barton
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  • #2
    Ha, I might have been away from it for a while - but standards haven't dropped that quickly
    "The artillery was my strongest tool. Often it was my only reserve .... I repeatedly said it was more a matter of the infantry supporting the artillery than the artillery supporting the infantry.... I wish I knew the countless times that positions were taken or held due solely to TOT's ...."

    Major General R. 0. Barton

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Sharp_Shooter View Post
      Ok, after reading the charter, I think I should be alright in asking this question.

      I'm living in Newbridge and from time to time you will see the odd PDF member coming in for lunch, picking up things etc.

      But over the last few days I've seen a few lads in DPM with no rank markings, bush hats instead of Berets, longish hair and either beards or stubble ... basically, not how the usual soldier should look (from my understanding).

      Now, there's no way these lads are recruits (so there goes the no rank marking reason).

      Or is the army getting less strict with its members presentation?
      In a word - Rangers
      "Well, stone me! We've had cocaine, bribery and Arsenal scoring two goals at home. But just when you thought there were truly no surprises left in football, Vinnie Jones turns out to be an international player!" (Jimmy Greaves)!"

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      • #4
        Originally posted by Truck Driver View Post
        In a word - Rangers
        sshhhh don't mention the rangers, they have eyes everywhere
        courage, endurance, mateship and sacrifice

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Truck Driver View Post
          In a word - Rangers
          Yes Glasgow Rangers

          or it could be the remaninats of Clancy Barracks Coy

          if its neither of the above

          then NONE of us need to know



          I take it your ex FCA
          Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
          Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
          The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere***
          The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
          The best lack all conviction, while the worst
          Are full of passionate intensity.

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          • #6
            Many in the cav have beards and don't wear berets....

            Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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            • #7
              Were they speaking Russian by any chance?

              "When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive - to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love."

              Marcus Aurelius Roman Emperor (161 to 180 A.D.)

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              • #8
                The cav?

                Nyet.

                Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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                • #9
                  They were most likely recruits, before they pass out and get there berets and rank markings.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by peader111 View Post
                    They were most likely recruits, before they pass out and get there berets and rank markings.
                    With Longish hair

                    beards and stubble

                    I didnt think there was a female recruit platoon in training
                    Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
                    Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
                    The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere***
                    The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
                    The best lack all conviction, while the worst
                    Are full of passionate intensity.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by hedgehog View Post
                      or it could be the remaninats of Clancy Barracks Coy
                      That was just freaking hilarious.
                      Meh.

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                      • #12
                        I am prouder of Post 11
                        Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
                        Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
                        The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere***
                        The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
                        The best lack all conviction, while the worst
                        Are full of passionate intensity.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by hedgehog View Post
                          I am prouder of Post 11
                          And so you should be. But as someone who's been based at Clancy...
                          Last edited by yooklid; 8 August 2007, 06:54.
                          Meh.

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                          • #14
                            Could be the Giasce crowd....
                            Covid 19 is not over ....it's still very real..Hand Hygiene, Social Distancing and Masks.. keep safe

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by kermit
                              Most likely. So how come our recruits can't get uniforms, and these civvies can easily. What happens to the uniforms they get after they're worn them?
                              Handed back as PW kit, never to be seen again......???
                              "Well, stone me! We've had cocaine, bribery and Arsenal scoring two goals at home. But just when you thought there were truly no surprises left in football, Vinnie Jones turns out to be an international player!" (Jimmy Greaves)!"

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