Just said my goodbye's .....

[Drew]

..... to a young lad who's leaving us to go in army.

Lucky chap finding a better paid yet much easier job.

 

[*Saffy*]

Who'd want to go in the army ??? I mean .. REALLY ?

 

[N8]

I'd quite fancy it as an officer now actually. Considered it when i was at school but wanted to go clubbing/partying/womanising too much so didn't

 

[Stu Hirst]

Who'd want to go in the army ??? I mean .. REALLY ?

people who want to learn a trade, serve their Queen and country, learn to mature and be disciplined, to work as a team. For comradeship.
I'm from an Army background and it's an excellent career if you progress.

 

[dw151174]

Who'd want to go in the army ??? I mean .. REALLY ?

people who want to learn a trade, serve their Queen and country, learn to mature and be disciplined, to work as a team. For comradeship.
I'm from an Army background and it's an excellent career if you progress.

but you chose to DJ and make good tunes and quality mixes!! i think you made the right choice

bloody squaddies

(sorry my old man was one and he's a *beep* *beep*)

 

[small jinx]

I work at Defence Estates and alot of Army personnel work amongst us Civvies.
I have great respect for the two Lt Colonel's I've worked with.
Its not all about doing the kryton factor in combat geat you know

 

[LagunaBeachCA]

Well said Stu. I was quite often told by companies that an ex-Armed forces background is well looked upon. However, after almost 6 years in the corporate world, I think that there is one factor that the corporate world does not state that works to the advantage of management in a manipulative way. Depending on the rank of the person in the Armed forces that person is more likely to put up with all sorts of crap, and say Yes Sir, Ay Ay Sir.

In my previous company there were quite a few folks who had served as "foot soldiers" in the armed forces. All of these guys were the Yes Sir types. However, there were a few who were officers, and their attitude was quite a bit different, as they would challenge authority wherever it made sense. A couple of them were West Point (Sandhurst equivalent in the US) graduates also. So every time I now hear from the corporate world that it is great to have an Armed forces background, I tend to take it with a grain of salt.

Obviously, you cannot have Primadonnas running around in the armed forces, but then again as Gen. Patton said "If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody is not thinking".