FOA any ex squaddies, recognise anyone?

[4GS]

If your a squaddie, stab or UOTC then you must be able to relate to at least 5 of these.

You know you've been Defence institutionalised (Made military) when...You use target indication to point out hot chicks...

You use the term 'chicks'

You insist on dancing like a dick, whilst your civvie mates insist on trying to dance 'properly'.

Your civvie mates don't understand any of the terminology you use such as 'no dramas', 'squared away', 'take a knee' etc....

You can't help saying "Roger", "Say again" and other snappy bits of VP

You use acronyms thinking your civvie mates will understand what you are talking about

You don't have any civvie mates....

You cringe, and mutter under your breath 'haircut', when you see men with long hair.

You walk at a ridiculous pace and are physically incapable of walking at the shopping pace of your girlfriend.

You refer to personal organisation as "admin"

Your girlfriend is stored in your mobile phone address book as 'Zero Alpha'

You use patrol hand signals in a night club if people can't hear you

You always use the 24 hour clock....

Nothing soldiers do shocks you any more....

You can't watch war movies without giving a running commentary.

People in prison have more contact with women than you do....

Whenever you spell something out you use the phonetic alphabet....

You don't trust your mum/wife/girlfriend/any woman to iron your kit because deep down you think that your ironing is better....

[bigmamma]

Hee yes I'm going to show it to my son , hi Dot ;-) xxxxx

[andrea81]

Ahh yes, we all knew the drill. Week exercise, a few days leave and then 6 months tour!!! Don't miss them days! (phone cards and actually writing letters!)

And I bet you had to ask a few times for your wife to send you some 'Imodium' diorreah tabs to some hot foreign country! Happened many times to me!

Oddest thing I had to send out to Iraq was dog biscuits!

[4GS]

I was Medical Corps Andrea so we had Imodium in spades.

Mrs 4GS used to send out shoe boxes full of treats like chocolate drinks, wine gums, flip flops, soft toilet paper., w4nk mags + dvds

[andrea81]

Dont' forget the tobasco sauce! Make any boil in the bag meal a tad more barable! (apparently!)

[4GS]

I was going to mention tabasco earlier.
I carried a bottle in the zip up pockets in in CS95 combat jacket, then coming under 'effective enemy fire' on ex I dove for cover, smashed the bottle and everyone thought I'd been shot!!

I was attached to an Infantry TA unit as the medic Sgt, the CO went ape sh1t wondering who was going to treat me

[cheries]

Ah, comedy. I am stored in my ex's phone as Zero Alpha.
I also recognise at least 90% of these characteristics....particularly the Tabasco sause reference Andrea!

[andrea81]

LOL, sound like a Carry-on film!

[bigmamma]

Lol @ w mags !

[MustangLady]

i have no idea what you are all talkng about, but have had a good laugh reading them, thanks for the entertainment !

[Aprilis]

Great thread John, I've been laughing myself silly!

[crayzee-gal]

I left the RAF a couple of years ago due to injury, and quite a few of these I totally get - I still use phonetic and slang, I still have the evil sense of humour, I hate civvies wearing DPMs, I still refer to File 13 (or B 1 N), and God help ANYONE who even THINKS about touching my iron, etc! So good to know I'm not the only one!