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CafcCrazy
CafcCrazy Posts: 808
edited January 2012 in General Charlton
Seeing as i am joining the Royal Navy on july the 15th i was wondering if any other lifers have been in the armed forces or know anyone who has and wants to share the experience with me ?

And befor it starts i'v herd all the jokes in the book!
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  • Greenie
    Greenie Posts: 9,172
    Are you the Cabin Boy?
  • CafcCrazy
    CafcCrazy Posts: 808
    Are you the Cabin Boy?
    i knew this post was going to be a mistake! lol
  • bc_addick
    bc_addick Posts: 761
    I can see Portsmouth harbour from my house if that helps :-)
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,630
    After 3 days at sea, it's legal
  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    After 3 days at sea, it's legal
    Lol, I am glad the 2 boats that went to Fulham Saturday never got lost :-)
  • nth_london_addick
    nth_london_addick Posts: 35,919
    Just find the golden rivet and you will be fine , yes it is in the barrel with the hole in it ,


    just make sure you get tatooed from all over the world

  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,743
    Are you the Cabin Boy?
    Is your first name Roger?
  • CafcCrazy
    CafcCrazy Posts: 808
    Are you the Cabin Boy?
    Is your first name Roger?
    No, neither is it Seaman Stains or master bates sadly enough...
  • nth_london_addick
    nth_london_addick Posts: 35,919
    seriously look for the rivet you will find it
  • CafcCrazy
    CafcCrazy Posts: 808
    Nla i will try...

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  • cafckev
    cafckev Posts: 2,915
    Seeing as i am joining the Royal Navy on july the 15th i was wondering if any other lifers have been in the armed forces or know anyone who has and wants to share the experience with me ?

    And befor it starts i'v herd all the jokes in the book!
    Do we have any ships left then??
  • CafcCrazy
    CafcCrazy Posts: 808
    4 new type 45 destroyers replaced the ones we scraped and 2 new aircraft carriers for 2014 it isnt all doom and gloom.
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,248
    As Fellatio Nelson said 'I see no ships'.
  • JohnBoyUK
    JohnBoyUK Posts: 9,042
    Hello Sailor
  • Strasburger
    Strasburger Posts: 957
    CafcCrazy

    Best of luck, I did a few postings alongside the Navy and they are a good bunch. Very well organised and have each others back, as well as looking out for me (which was good of them!)
    Do you know what you will be doing/where you will be posted?
  • adamtheaddick
    adamtheaddick Posts: 8,664
    kris kamara was in the navy.... unbelvable.

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  • shine166
    shine166 Posts: 13,933
    edited January 2012
    Good luck. My cousin joined 1-2 yrs ago and got voted best new recruit. Jammy git even got to do the FA cup draw last season !
    If you are any good at sports you will be getting treated like a king.
  • adamtheaddick
    adamtheaddick Posts: 8,664
    edited January 2012
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InBXu-iY7cw
  • CafcCrazy
    CafcCrazy Posts: 808
    CafcCrazy

    Best of luck, I did a few postings alongside the Navy and they are a good bunch. Very well organised and have each others back, as well as looking out for me (which was good of them!)
    Do you know what you will be doing/where you will be posted?
    becomeing a warfare specialist will be doing 10 weeks at hms raleigh, but then will be based at Hms collingwood in portsmouth for the remainder of my time untill i got on tours of duty etc...
  • CafcCrazy
    CafcCrazy Posts: 808
    Good luck. My cousin joined 1-2 yrs ago and got voted best new recruit. Jammy git even got to do the FA cup draw last season !
    If you are any good at sports you will be getting treated like a king.
    im very handy at cricket !! lol

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  • Rizzo
    Rizzo Posts: 6,438
    On a more serious note, thank you for joining up. It's a job that doesn't appeal to me in the slightest and I'm incredibly grateful that there are others out there who are willing and able to do the job. No matter how disgusted we might sometimes be at the reasons our politicians come up with to throw our armed forces into harms way, I hope we never forget that the guys at the sharp end have volunteered to put themselves in danger for the good of others. Support the troops, even if you can't stand the war!
  • Strasburger
    Strasburger Posts: 957

    becomeing a warfare specialist will be doing 10 weeks at hms raleigh, but then will be based at Hms collingwood in portsmouth for the remainder of my time untill i got on tours of duty etc...
    Very good. If you keep in well with your offerers, you will have a lot of opportunities when you leave. My boss is ex Navy and has had some great jobs in his life all through is contacts.
  • jdsd42
    jdsd42 Posts: 1,499

    Family freind was going nowhere -- absolutely no future what so ever ...applied and got into the Navy ....5 years on different person - good career and enjoys his Job --turned his life round

    Good Luck to you ...
  • adamtheaddick
    adamtheaddick Posts: 8,664
    no ied's at sea so good choice mate.
  • CafcCrazy
    CafcCrazy Posts: 808
    no ied's at sea so good choice mate.
    sea-mines ? ;)

    and thanks for all the positive comments!
  • DRF
    DRF Posts: 2,455
    Main advice, join the union. They are cutting RN jobs like there's no tomorrow. Literally.
  • CrayAddick
    CrayAddick Posts: 3,913
    edited January 2012
    I've dropped the soap
  • CafcCrazy
    CafcCrazy Posts: 808
    I've dropped the soap
    they let you on CharltonLife in prision then cray ?
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,630
    CafcCrazy


    Do you know what you will be doing/where you will be posted?
    becomeing a warfare specialist will be doing 10 weeks at hms raleigh, but then will be based at Hms collingwood in portsmouth for the remainder of my time untill i got on tours of duty etc...
    HMS Raleigh? Plenty of Choppers to ride there!
  • BowieAddick
    BowieAddick Posts: 1,192
    My nephew is a Royal Marine and he loves it. When posted in Afghan he was very lucky, the vehicle he was travelling in was hit by a rocket and the driver next to him lost part of his leg he held off the Taliban and administered first aid until help arrived. Very proud auntie!!
    Being in the forces has transformed him into a 21 year old that anyone would be proud of.

    Good luck CafcCrazy, keep safe!

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