6 Months ,only 6 months,is that the norm nowadays or was this cut back from the 9 months i did twice ,and not forgetting the 12 months when i did my first windys deployment as a very young innocente JS,and before anyone trys to score ******* brownie points by ripping me to pieces,**** of cos this is a gen question from one who has been out quite a while,![]()
piccy of him here 7/50Scouse, are you talking about the Cdr Alan Aldous (UY and Gunnery Officer) who was Cdr in HMS Newfoundland 1955-6?
They don't get as many "port visits" as you used to get!
It was covered on spotlight or some such news program last night, the result of which spawned an interesting comment made to me today:
Her point basically was that the RN should teach the army how to do things, due to the fact they have just finished yet another 6 month mission with no casualties what so ever. I smiled and said its always a good tour if no one dies.
Obviously I treated it as some attempt at a bite but the young lady did not push it so I did wonder, if it was a real point of view then these PR stories must be painting the senior service a good light!. Better add she is Cornish (before anyone says anything).
Ta very much tentoes for the gen reply,and whilst i am on here does anybody remember the "Biara Patrol" ,3 friggin months steaming up and down the east coast of africa,i did this twice,saved loads of dosh only to blow it all in Singers,
Yes remember it all too well.Ta very much tentoes for the gen reply,and whilst i am on here does anybody remember the "Biara Patrol" ,3 friggin months steaming up and down the east coast of africa,i did this twice,saved loads of dosh only to blow it all in Singers,
Aye it was a case of 'away the noo the seaboats crew'. The crabs did a good job, as I recall we only had one canister of mail that did not land well.
Aye and your mailies dropped from one of these relics, happy days. On returning to Singers I remember our skipper saying that no one would be in the shit on their first night ashore unless you murdered someone or something similar.
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