Police or Armed Forces

[Mr.Bishie]

Far too important stitching people up & slagging the Commanding Officer off to be engaged in stretcher bearing!

 

[Proper Tidy]

Probably doing searches to find something to get all offended at.

Anyway, it's armed forces - we've got a better pension. Non-contributary for a start...

How much of salary does MoD contribute?

 

[dylanredefined]

If I was wounded I'd be right pissed off if my stretcher bearer was blasting out a tune on his trumpet. Just give me the fucking morphine!

No more morphine it's fentanyl lozenges now

 

[Badgers]

Worked as a civilian chef with the army for a while so voted that way. Both organisations are a fairly awful prospect so hard to add much more to that decision.

 

[Mr.Bishie]

No more morphine it's fentanyl lozenges now

A nice little side earner for ya then?

 

[kebabking]

How much of salary does MoD contribute?

My blurb tells me it's 52%.

 

[Idris2002]

The most admirable people are those who have served in both the armed forces and the police. Warriors as well as public servants with true values of discipline and order.

Achtung!

 

[not-bono-ever]

More scope for personal enrichment in the coppery.

 

[A380]

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[A380]

...
Anyway, it's armed forces - we've got a better pension. Non-contributary for a start...

I’m not sure that’s true...

 

[dessiato]

I couldn't join the police. Although I did consider it. I enquired about joining the Met but at the basic are you insane part of the conversation decided against it. Anyway my parents were married so I didn't qualify.

Thinking back I'd have liked the RAF I think. My father was RAF and his biggest regret in life was leaving. I ballsed up my officer selection interview by arriving one day late.

I liked being in the Army. It was fun and I still have fond memories of it, even though my time was very short.

 

[bellaozzydog]

The most admirable people are those who have served in both the armed forces and the police. Warriors as well as public servants with true values of discipline and order.

Titter

 

[Maris Piper]

You don't have to be a soldier to be in the forces. It's probably a better idea for most school leavers than university or a call center
Learn a skill and do excercise for a living.

 

[Proper Tidy]

You don't have to be a soldier to be in the forces. It's probably a better idea for most school leavers than university or a call center
Learn a skill and do excercise for a living.

Perhaps
There are
Some good reasons why young people shouldn't
Do this

 

[Don Troooomp]

If you had to choose one of these two professions, which would you choose and why?

Neither - I'd prefer to be a spy

 

[kebabking]

Neither - I'd prefer to be a spy

I thought you were...

 

[Spymaster]

Perhaps
There are
Some good reasons why young people shouldn't
Do this

Especially if they are lazy, incompetent, or criminally disposed.

The British forces are highly trained, motivated, professional outfits, not dumping grounds for fuckwits and ne’er do wells.

 

[Mr.Bishie]

You don't have to be a soldier to be in the forces.

 

[isvicthere?]

An almost 15 year bump on this thread! Is that a record?!

 

[moomoo]

Especially if they are lazy, incompetent, or criminally disposed.

The British forces are highly trained, motivated, professional outfits, not dumping grounds for fuckwits and ne’er do wells.

You’ve obviously not met my son.

 

[krtek a houby]

An almost 15 year bump on this thread! Is that a record?!

This is a record

 

[ginger_syn]

Especially if they are lazy, incompetent, or criminally disposed.

The British forces are highly trained, motivated, professional outfits, not dumping grounds for fuckwits and ne’er do wells.

Have you not met many sqauddies then

 

[Spymaster]

Have you not met many sqauddies then

Shush.

 

[Proper Tidy]

Especially if they are lazy, incompetent, or criminally disposed.

The British forces are highly trained, motivated, professional outfits, not dumping grounds for fuckwits and ne’er do wells.

I don't dispute the forces being highly trained & professional as an organisation but would dispute the no fuckwits or ne'er do wells stance. Every wrongun I grew up with either ended up in prison or the forces (sometimes both obv)

 

[Maris Piper]

Militaries need loads of food and equipment and planning and infrastructure. I bet way more than half of the soldiers in the British army have never fired a gun in anger

 

[Spymaster]

Militaries need loads of food and equipment and planning and infrastructure. I bet way more than half of the soldiers in the British army have never fired a gun in anger

Perhaps not in anger but that’s true of any army. But whether they are cooks, administrators, medics, whatever, they are all trained soldiers.

 

[Ponyutd]

Just voted armed forces so the vote now is exactly 50-50.

 

[Maris Piper]

Perhaps
There are
Some good reasons why young people shouldn't
Do this

I've always thought that if they sent the army to places like Afghanistan without guns and had them fixing infrastructure instead of trashing the place then the 'war on terror' would be finished by now

 

[Maris Piper]

Sort of like a gap year for poor people

 

[Maris Piper]

Perhaps not in anger but that’s true of any army. But whether they are cooks, administrators, medics, whatever, they are all trained soldiers.

'in anger' is a phrase that means 'at somebody'
I know that they all do training to run and fight, I don't think that is a bad thing, it's not like anyone is safe from violence by not joining the army