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Army Officers - Standards or Institutionalised?

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Old 25th Apr 2007, 18:34
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Standards don'cha know!

Do officer cadets still require a trilby hat (or het) to raise when in civilian clothes and meeting a member of the DS? If so, what do the gels do?? Sigh, them was the days!
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Old 25th Apr 2007, 21:34
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You think that achieving 10.5 on a bleep test and 17 press ups is an acceptable standard of fitness for a member of the armed forces...
Absolutely old chap, just as the Infantry think that 10.5 on an IQ test is an acceptable standard of intelligence for a member of the armed forces...


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Old 25th Apr 2007, 22:10
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And what, pray, do you think you know about the Infantry then?
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Old 25th Apr 2007, 22:41
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Enough to be going on with thank you, so please don't try to 'educate' me. I have spent several years in the purple arena and have the greatest respect for the green and dark blue services, enough so in fact as to be able to enter into this light hearted banter without taking offence. Now cut along, there's a good chap.

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Old 27th Apr 2007, 07:21
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I may be biased but I have the feeling that the Army Officer list has a rather lighter and lacks the vituperative tone of the RAF Officer.

Whilst there are undoubtedly differences in standards I don't believe that there was any resort to fowl language in the former.















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Old 27th Apr 2007, 08:40
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fowl language
What are you clucking on about?
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