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Hoy - I resemble that remark. Better a cruise on the grey funnel line than jumping out of perfectly good airplanes!!
So … British Army registration numbers are sequential? Dutch ones, across all the services, are your birthdate as YYMMDD followed by three digits that I suppose are sequential, but for all I know are actually random. Oh, and reading up on it, I see that these days, it can also be four characters at the end, and letters can also appear now. I guess this is because since 2020, women are also eligible for conscription (even though conscription has been suspended since 1997).
I had 3 during my time in the RN. First was prefixed with a 'L' then it was changed to a 'D' finally settling on a 'D' prefix with a 'N' suffix. Numbers in the middle remained the same.
... Yep, nightmare eh Lee?!!Oh no... another bloody pongo! :tears-of-joy:
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And Jack is easier to spell than matelot!!!! Now pull up a bollard shipmate and I'll tell e' a tale!!!!... Yep, nightmare eh Lee?!!
... (Someone oughta tell Steve,"Airborne 1",that "Jacks",are properly known as Matelots,and "Crabs" are something that he probably caught during his days in Pompey!!:tears-of-joy::tears-of-joy::tears-of-joy
Andy,(An AIR FORCE veteran :thumb2:
..P.S. YES,I do know that "Jack" is from "Jolly Jack Tar"... But that was a couple Centuries ago, even YOU ain't that old mate!
Pull up a bollard, swing the lamp and spin a dit!
Crabs? - not in Pompey I'm pleased to say! Jacks - not 'Matelots' 'cos they're Frogs and 'Jack' is still a term of inter-Service endearment! (Even Lambs Navy Rum produced a book called 'Jackspeak'! - and I've heard a rumour that the... Yep, nightmare eh Lee?!!
... (Someone oughta tell Steve,"Airborne 1",that "Jacks",are properly known as Matelots,and "Crabs" are something that he probably caught during his days in Pompey!!:tears-of-joy::tears-of-joy::tears-of-joy
Andy,(An AIR FORCE veteran :thumb2:
..P.S. YES,I do know that "Jack" is from "Jolly Jack Tar"... But that was a couple Centuries ago, even YOU ain't that old mate!
Yes Jakko - Service numbers are sequential: up until relatively recently the first four numbers indicated Arm of Service (ie Infantry/Cavalry etc or Support Arms) and were a batch indication of the approximate date of enlistment and Arm of Service to an observer 'in the know' Officers had separate sequences as did female personnel. Apparently this muddle was recently rationalised and all serving pers are now allocated purely sequential numbers (I may be mistaken on this latter point)
... I wouldn't be surprised at all Steve... When I went to enlist,the Recruitment centres for the Army and RAF were in the same office,(Plymouth,Armada Way), basically,you walked through the same door,....Army office to the left,RAF to the right... I looked at both:thinking:....
...,nuff said?!
I've told you before - they are not 'perfectly good ,,,' They are loud, nasty, smelly, rattly, noisy beasties with limited toilet and sleeping facilities (no Wi-fi either nowadays so I'm informed!)Hoy - I resemble that remark. Better a cruise on the grey funnel line than jumping out of perfectly good airplanes!!
Tart!... I wouldn't be surprised at all Steve... When I went to enlist,the Recruitment centres for the Army and RAF were in the same office,(Plymouth,Armada Way), basically,you walked through the same door,....Army office to the left,RAF to the right... I looked at both:thinking:....
... Recruitment pics for the B.A.... Guys camo'd up in muddy trenches, working on muddy Tanks:flushed:... Hmmm,...
.....the R.A.F. Pics
....Guys in Tents/Hotel rooms,working on Pristine Fighter Jets!
Hmmm,it was a tricky decision for about a nano second,(that's a REALLY small amount of time for you grunts!!:tears-of-joy
IIRC, Lambs sponsored Rick Jolly who wrote 'Jackspeak', as well as several other good reads. (Doctor for friend and foe & Red and green life machine). He was my aviation medicine instructor - a brilliant bloke.
D= Devonport rating - 'L'?
L = Lee on Solent, FAA rates.
He certainly was!
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