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Still there, big time, but tends to be the REMF types only. Then again, that is a problem in every army.
wanna clarify what you mean by remf???
i personally had the displeasure of being verbally abused by an inf Coy Sgt who was bitch and moan like a child, because he didnt have a knife/fork, which was funny because he didnt have his food yet, and there was 100 ptes/rec, doin there Pl assessments standin behind him.....
last time i ever volunteered to give the Bns a dig out,
But there's no danger
It's a professional career
Though it could be arranged
With just a word in Mr. Churchill's ear
If you're out of luck you're out of work
We could send you to johannesburg.
i personally had the displeasure of being verbally abused by an inf Coy Sgt who was bitch and moan like a child, because he didnt have a knife/fork, which was funny because he didnt have his food yet, and there was 100 ptes/rec, doin there Pl assessments standin behind him.....
last time i ever volunteered to give the Bns a dig out,
Hes what you call a PRICK, there everywhere, just smile and be overly polite back, they hate it.
Don't stand there GAWPING, like you've never seen the hand of God BEFORE!!
Basically the guys who sleep in air conditioned rooms with beds while others freeze in sleeping bags on the ground.
Brits call them REMFs, not sure what the US Army call them - have heard Pogues (People other than Grunts)
i know what a remf is...
i asked what YOU meant by remf,
because i remember a certain ex, where the arty slept in trenches (incl, a comdt) in the freezing cold, whilst the rest of the Bde (inf, mp's, lsb, medics, cav etc etc etc) stayed in billets,
so i'll clarify, and put into context, in relation to the reserves what is a remf????
But there's no danger
It's a professional career
Though it could be arranged
With just a word in Mr. Churchill's ear
If you're out of luck you're out of work
We could send you to johannesburg.
with those who are not cinsdered fit to be allowed indoors
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.
Check out the role of cavalry before throwing them in the REMF pool
More often 'up the front with the grunts' rather in the 'rear with the gear'.
re read my post, i know what the role of the cav is...
i pointed out the even the "grunts" and the the rest of the Bde stayed in nice warm billets...
where as the arty (who inf types consider to be remfs) stayed out in the cold in sleeping bags,
But there's no danger
It's a professional career
Though it could be arranged
With just a word in Mr. Churchill's ear
If you're out of luck you're out of work
We could send you to johannesburg.
iso i'll clarify, and put into context, in relation to the reserves what is a remf????
I'm sick & tired of this BS. "oh We stayed out on the ground so we are superior". Total crap. You can't use anecdotes and one off incidents that noone else knows or cares about. You don't know the circumstances of what happened but you want to pull the usual "Oh We're great" crap that you would expect from a recruit. Same thing with the BTC/Bde/Corp mud throwing - it is all infantile crap.
I could put your crap story into 20 different contexts that would make you look like complete idiots and tossers and another 20 that could make you out to be heroes and hard men.
Leg pulling and inter service rivalry is always good but not this infantile crap.
As for who am I talking about - already answered. You know whom I'm talking about.
because i remember a certain ex, where the arty slept in trenches (incl, a comdt) in the freezing cold, whilst the rest of the Bde (inf, mp's, lsb, medics, cav etc etc etc) stayed in billets,
so i'll clarify, and put into context, in relation to the reserves what is a remf????
Twas a grand weekend, in the nice warm billets, have fond memories of spending one of the nights on radio watch trying not to fall asleep because of the warmth
at least the weather wasn't too bad for it, no rain from what I can remember
I'm sick & tired of this BS. "oh We stayed out on the ground so we are superior". Total crap. You can't use anecdotes and one off incidents that noone else knows or cares about. You don't know the circumstances of what happened but you want to pull the usual "Oh We're great" crap that you would expect from a recruit. Same thing with the BTC/Bde/Corp mud throwing - it is all infantile crap.
I could put your crap story into 20 different contexts that would make you look like complete idiots and tossers and another 20 that could make you out to be heroes and hard men.
Leg pulling and inter service rivalry is always good but not this infantile crap.
As for who am I talking about - already answered. You know whom I'm talking about.
aw somebody has sand in his lady garden,
But there's no danger
It's a professional career
Though it could be arranged
With just a word in Mr. Churchill's ear
If you're out of luck you're out of work
We could send you to johannesburg.
Twas a grand weekend, in the nice warm billets, have fond memories of spending one of the nights on radio watch trying not to fall asleep because of the warmth
at least the weather wasn't too bad for it, no rain from what I can remember
the only rain that weekend was when we did the big who wants to send money to chad parade....
But there's no danger
It's a professional career
Though it could be arranged
With just a word in Mr. Churchill's ear
If you're out of luck you're out of work
We could send you to johannesburg.
In fairness Docman, you're the one who first started making implications about "remf types". If you didn't want people taking offence you shouldn't have said it.
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