In the Army Now - The joy of the Armed ForcesI've never been a soldier. I was an air cadet once, but that mostly involved sitting in a mouldy hut learning about aeroplane engines with the hint that one day we might go flying.
Yet, anyone who has spent time defending their nation, or at least drinking bromide-laced-tea for their nation, must have stories to tell. Tell them now.
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chthonic, Thu 23 Mar 2006, 18:26)
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12 months of my life completely wasted... if it weren't for the laughs I had. I was a soldier in the German army shortly before the end of the cold war. Usual duty involved moving APCs from one barrack in town to the other - and back the other day. The shortcut we usually used passed a large primary school. We were told never to drive there because you couldn't really see that much when driving, and the school kids would certainly come in 2nd to a 10 ton APC. One day we were in a bit of a hurry and drove right into a speeding trap at that school, with some 40mph. I was the lucky person sitting in the "passenger" seat, so I could explain that the seargent who was the driver wouldn't take orders from a mere soldier like myself and it was all his fault. Paying the speeding ticket was his smallest problem....
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RedWine President of the S.C.U.M., Tue 28 Mar 2006, 21:08,
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