Quote: "Try comparing enlisted rates, instead of officer rates."
mix of words, it was your E-1..12 to our Basic A..G payrates.
Both sides aren't exactly poorly paid anymore, I mean I remember distinctly only getting around £250-300/month which is now £600-700/month for new recruits.
I mean it wasn't bad, given everything cept equippment was free.
Had alot of stuff on-base and most guys I know would just save money going on the occassional night out (cept during training weekends off), but then they were still getting used to that life.
Quote: "I will say though, that the British have much better MREs than we do. Back in (or around) '96 we had a major joint excercise with the British at Bragg, in which your Airborne and our Airborne did a MASSIVE airborne assault using all of our drop zones (I believe it was the largest airdrop since WWII). We had the opportunity to exchange conversations, rations (although once the Brits tasted our MREs...they wanted nothing more to do with them ) and uniform items. Great bunch of people."
Not had your MREs, mind ours can be quite bad too. If you're in colder climates on survival exercises ... bleck those protien packs are god awful. Bit like gone off dehydrated soup with some lard in for good measure
Quote: "im not too fussed, its nice to see people talking about the army, i really envy you lot, i would love to have something to look back on and think i had a small part of. sometimes you cant help but think that as a civilian your just a taxpayer farmed to pay for all this, whereas a soldier you might have the very small feeling that you mean something. (not as in 'treated nice', but like a tool rather than a resource, to your country.)
I'd probably wimp out of the lifestyle though, waking up *extra* early has never been my strong point. heh."
Always is Territorial mate, 28days a year + training at full pay.
Most of those guys end up driving trucks and such.
Army is better to go for is you only want short-term, as they have a minimum servce of 4years. As well as the weekend soliders.
Navy and Airforce is 6-12years minimum.
TA or Full-Time you still get full qualifications.
It's actually good fun to see what kinda person the Army Pathfinder thinks you are. Took that earlier today and found out I was a Red Path... which basically ment being behind the sights of anything with ridiculous firepower lol
Specifically recommended Challenger 2 Tank Crewmen.
