Bergen said:
Brummielad said:
please no replies of. Well you jump put of a plane in one etc.
Just woundering what made people choose the royal marines over the parachute regiment.
There were always more Royal Marines para qualified in 3 Cdo Brigade than Les Berets Cerise para qualified in Para Reg; which was:-
a. Always good for a wind-up :bball:
b. Meant that you stood more chance of jumping in The Corps than in the Army.
c. On some of the rare occasions when aircraft were being shared for training jumps we could act very nonchalant as we zipped up our wet-suits and exited over water "
Oh really so you don't jump into the sea in the Army?? How strange."
:thumright:
RM
OK, I'll bite
Give me actual confirmed dates (periods from and to) when 3 Cdo had more para qualified blokes that Para Regt. Your honestly saying that the booties had somewhere in the order of 1,500 blokes with their wings up, thats 3 x 500 blokes for the three regular Battalions (allowing for fluctuations in unit strength i.e full strength Battalion was approx 650 men) and thats excluding the TA Battalion(s) as well.
I'd put jump qualified booties at around 10% of 3 Cdo BDE at anyone time. But don't let facts get in the way of a good yarn ^~