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25-06-2012 9:42am#1
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Almost as funny as a fella supposed to be living in Dublin asking about joining the British Reserve :rolleyes: Their's plenty of reserve battalions in Dubin. So what are you going to do, travel up on a train once or twice a week to do your bit for Queen and country ?Funny.
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Yeah and just 0.001% of the TA get the chance as a PR job !!!!! He'd be more realistic getting a lottery ticket or just booking a weeks holiday to Cyprus. Or in my day, a few weeks at Fort Dunree out side Buncranacruasder777 wrote: »You got a chance to train in Cyprus and Africa then ? NI TA units do.
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Whilst still supporting the main effort in Afghanistan, this year will also see the TA unit involved in Op Olympic later this year, as well as deploying to Africa for a third time to train the Ugandan Peoples Defence Force, who are helping to bring stability to Somalia.
(tell you one thing, don't know about now but back then the girls from North Donegal and Derry were as hot looking as any women you'd see in Cyprus or the Med any day !! ) 0 -
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thecommietommy wrote: »Yeah and just 0.001% of the TA get the chance as a PR job !!!!! He'd be more realistic getting a lottery ticket or just booking a weeks holiday to Cyprus. Or in my day, a few weeks at Fort Dunree out side Buncrana (tell you one thing, don't know about now but back then the girls from North Donegal and Derry were as hot looking as any women you'd see in Cyprus or the Med any day !! )
That's not true, in the future 30% of the regular army will be TA.
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thecommietommy wrote: »Yeah and just 0.001% of the TA get the chance as a PR job !!!!! He'd be more realistic getting a lottery ticket or just booking a weeks holiday to Cyprus. Or in my day, a few weeks at Fort Dunree out side Buncrana (tell you one thing, don't know about now but back then the girls from North Donegal and Derry were as hot looking as any women you'd see in Cyprus or the Med any day !! )
Ah, >10% of the British Armed Forces in Afghanistan are TA, principally in medical posts, but with many in operational infantry and signals units, as well as 'other parts' of the BA.
It took me just over 3/100000 of second to come up with that figure from the MoD.
By today's reckoning that's, uh, just over 1100 TA soldiers. Please make some effort to get your f£ckwit remarks in some sort of coherent order before you press that send button on your mammy's computer.
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Ok so if he's a nurse of a doctor he might get to AfghanistanAh, >10% of the British Armed Forces in Afghanistan are TA, principally in medical posts, but with many in operational infantry and signals units, as well as 'other parts' of the BA.
It took me just over 3/100000 of second to come up with that figure from the MoD.
By today's reckoning that's, uh, just over 1100 TA soldiers. Please make some effort to get your f£ckwit remarks in some sort of coherent order before you press that send button on your mammy's computer.
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Oh so now you want to be an officer in the Brits :eek: Dear me, I only made it to corporal in the auld FCA (Reserve) years ago. Anyway, shouldn't you be checking out the timetables form Dublin to Belfast or wherever as you'll be commuting once or twice a week to serve Queen and country, and also, won't the costs of all that commuting be prohibitive Walter ?I Am an irishman, and If I could take that final step and do service for my country I would. but with the Cadets only taking 21/5000 Applicants and coming up against Phds, Masters Degrees and people who have previously served in Afghanistan with the BA, I dont think my chances are as good as you seem to think.
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Yeah and in future the Irish army reserve will have a greater role - more the reason to join them. Anyway, would you not think it would be a little expensive for yer man who claims to be living in Dublin to commute up and down once or twice a week if not down right unpracticalcruasder777 wrote: »That's not true, in the future 30% of the regular army will be TA.
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" The definition of Irony " - posting advertisements for foreign armies and then claiming to be an IrishmanYou only made it to corporal thats fair enough, but from your moronic posts I can see why you only made it that far. as for being an officer, yes I want to be a Leader. oh and to further add insult to injury..........
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thecommietommy wrote: »Yeah and in future the Irish army reserve will have a greater role - more the reason to join them. Anyway, would you not think it would be a little expensive for yer man who claims to be living in Dublin to commute up and down once or twice a week if not down right unpractical
Personally, I wouldn't want to serve in the British armed forces. But if someone wants to, thats their perogative. Let them make their own decision and don't give them bother because of those decisions.
The badge that you parade on this thread is of the Irish volunteers and subsequently was adopted by the Irish Defence Forces. Both organizations were/and are existant to protect the FREE WILL of the Irish people. Feeney92 is an Irish person. If he wants to join a military other than the Irish Defence Forces then thats his decision.
You as an ex-reservist NCO, who generally brings down the public image of the Irish Defence Forces (I promise they're not like this lad to everyone else who's reading this btw) have no right to flaunt the FF badge and give people hastle for making their own decisions. I'd remind you that as a reservist you served to protect the peoples rights to make their own decisions.
Posting the FF badge here and telling someone what they SHOULD'NT do is like putting an ambulance service badge in someones face and telling them they should take heroin.0 -
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"to protect the FREE WILL of the Irish people. " Yes, but did it not occur to you that by going off to join a foreign army, Walter is doing the exact opposite of this ? But then you don't see HM forces as foreign now do youKickstartHeart wrote: »Personally, I wouldn't want to serve in the British armed forces. But if someone wants to, thats their perogative. Let them make their own decision and don't give them bother because of those decisions.
The badge that you parade on this thread is of the Irish volunteers and subsequently was adopted by the Irish Defence Forces. Both organizations were/and are existant to protect the FREE WILL of the Irish people. Feeney92 is an Irish person. If he wants to join a military other than the Irish Defence Forces then thats his decision.
You as an ex-reservist NCO, who generally brings down the public image of the Irish Defence Forces (I promise they're not like this lad to everyone else who's reading this btw) have no right to flaunt the FF badge and give people hastle for making their own decisions. I'd remind you that as a reservist you served to protect the peoples rights to make their own decisions.
Posting the FF badge here and telling someone what they SHOULD'NT do is like putting an ambulance service badge in someones face and telling them they should take heroin. As for analogy to heroin and an ambulance
( And just remember, the Irish volunteers were formed in response to the formation and threats of the Ulster Volunteers and British army. You couldn't disrespect the Irish volunteers principles more than by saying that for a fella to want and go off and join that same army is somehow fulfilling what they stood for. Gombeenism at it's worst).
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thecommietommy wrote: »"to protect the FREE WILL of the Irish people. " Yes, but did it not occur to you that by going off to join a foreign army, Walter is doing the exact opposite of this ? But then you don't see HM forces as foreign now do you As for analogy to heroin and an ambulance
( And just remember, the Irish volunteers were formed in response to the formation and threats of the Ulster Volunteers and British army. You couldn't disrespect the Irish volunteers principles more than by saying that for a fella to want and go off and join that same army is somehow fulfilling what they stood for. Gombeenism at it's worst).
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Its a moot point, some English regiments fought each other in the English civil war on opposite sides, the British army trains with armies it has fought world wars against and now heavily trains with the French a foe for hundreds of yrs.
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