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To be fair I've never met a duff schoolie, in fact one in particular I'd rate as one of the best officers I've come across - he was a killick stoker in a former life too, perhaps that laid the foundation to being a good officer.

Close BRNC, send 'em to Sultan instead? SDSR complete.

Originally Posted by Joe_Crow

Originally Posted by Ninja_Stoker

... My guess is it's a credibility issue.

Doubtless someone will illuminate us

That is my understanding. We had one deploy with us purely to qualify as a control room officer (qualified to hold down a helium-filled chart table, it would seem) so that he could teach submariners maths or something. Lovely guy, absolute cracking run ashore.

First name Guy? excellant run ashore

Originally Posted by Topstop

First name Guy? excellant run ashore

I'm so shit at names. Not 'Guy', but can't for the life of me remember at the moment.

Originally Posted by Ninja_Stoker

Originally Posted by wet_blobby

Originally Posted by Ninja_Stoker

Originally Posted by silverfox

- he was a Schoolie, and therefore by definition a Walt.

Which funnily enough leads me into a dit...... :P

As a young thruster in a rifle company we got gifted an RMR occiffer who played at company 2 ic for a while, he was a 1st Lt (and pretty good as it goes). I Next bumped into him whilst grazing in the corps pasture lands of Commando Logistics down at seaton barracks, he was the RN Schoolie occifer. The last time our paths crossed he was a RN Medical Occifer, complete with colourful rank tags. I dont doubt his credentials at all, poor bugger must have gone round the houses a few times to get where he was going.

Yep, Med students sometimes join the RMR, get their beret, then join as an RN MO, Commando trained. They get a bit miffed when you point out that once they finish med school they are more useful fixing casualties than making them.

To this day I've never been entirely convinced why schoolies feel the need to complete the All Arms Course as your average Bootie doesn't really want to be taught maths or correct grammar when he's busy killing baddies & you don't need to be Commando trained to be in a classroom back on a base. My guess is it's a credibility issue.

Doubtless someone will illuminate us

Not at my unit they didn't. More than a few crossed the door and got as far as phase one training. Pesky rubbers eh!!!

Originally Posted by Rumrat

Got to act fast or that fuckin ex-underground train driver might scoop me.

Do you mean me?
Take your time, I'm to Science what Wet Blobby is to teetotalism.
New Zealand Government Departments do seem to have a poor record on checking candidates claims/CVs.
For example last year we had a bint found guilty of fraud for claiming she had a Phd from the LSE when she hadn't actually completed her studies to the required standard. She had held several high ranking Government jobs and had repeated her claims in each application.
Lower down the scale, Local Government employed an Ex Royal Marine in a Library!!
They didn't seem to mind when my reply to the usual "Do you have any questions." interview question was "Where do you keep the crayons for doing that writing stuff?"

Originally Posted by NZ_Bootneck

Lower down the scale, Local Government employed an Ex Royal Marine in a Library!!
They didn't seem to mind when my reply to the usual "Do you have any questions." interview question was "Where do you keep the crayons for doing that writing stuff?"

They Probably thought that 'Hoofing' was a little known German Philosopher which you specialised in.

Originally Posted by JonnoJonno

Originally Posted by NZ_Bootneck

Lower down the scale, Local Government employed an Ex Royal Marine in a Library!!
They didn't seem to mind when my reply to the usual "Do you have any questions." interview question was "Where do you keep the crayons for doing that writing stuff?"

They Probably thought that 'Hoofing' was a little known German Philosopher which you specialised in.

Baron Harry Von TurboHooffing taught Wittgenstein all he knew.
For example twas Harry who said to Ludwig
A Bootneck who is not taking part in Naked Bars is like a boxer who never goes into the ring.
Wittgenstein being a clever barsteward knew this would not go down well at the talking shop that was the Moral Sciences Club and so changed it to,
A philosopher who is not taking part in discussions is like a boxer who never goes into the ring.
Cheeky sod eh?

Originally Posted by brigham600

http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/videomediaplayer.html?vid=4878

He claims to have fought with 2 Para at Goose Green and also claims to have been awarded the Military Cross. He has been sussed by members of SAMA82 and will be sorted in the press I feel.

Interesting to note that he neither wears an MC or SAM and the medals he is wearing are all WWII type.

He does not even wear his beret in true Para style either.

You have been sussed mate.

This is a follow up to one of last year's stories. The link is to the "This Is Hull" website.

Fake vet who posed as war hero returns to poppy duty – with the Legion's support
John McInerley had falsely claimed he fought in the Falklands War, but thanks to his commitment to the Poppy Appeal, he now has the Royal British Legion's backing.

http://www.thisishullandeastriding.c...l/article.html