General Discussions  
This is the place to discuss general issues related to the U-boat war or the war at sea in WWII. 
Go to: Forum List•Message List•New Topic•Search•Log In•Print View
RE: RE Your not ex- X-lent then !
Posted by: John Griffiths ()
Date: August 14, 2001 07:05PM

<HTML>Mike,

Ah no, not Ex Ex! Trained Ops Branch - skills as listed:

Dogsbody. Seaman. Boats crew ( later Coxswain ). Painter, decorator, skilled coffee and tea maker, general run ragged rating (GRRR)....

I was offered to re-muster into a more um \'dignified\' Branch - Comms - but decided that as I had started as a sailor, I wanted to stay as a sailor! It suited as I got to do all the interesting jobs like run the sea boat, gangway watch...and so forth!

Yes, okay on the GI and salute. Then, that\'s Army innit! Seriously, all I recall is hefting the old L1A1 7.62mm SLR - yes, I did me time on that venerable old piece of kit ( but trained on the .303 Lee Enfield...! ) and when shouted out - as in \'General Salute, Preeeee- sent - harms!\' - coming smartly to the position before being told ( after the event ) to either shoulder harms or that other position you used for marching with it tucked in - and can I remember what it was called? Usually the Voice belonged to the Chief or, on occasion, to some lowly ranker - but never under PO rate!

Nowadays they do a Dinky drill with that Dinky SA80...ha!

Aye,

John</HTML>

Options: Reply•Quote


Subject Written By Posted
U-166 ROV video footage. Terry Andrews 08/09/2001 07:12PM
RE: U-166 ROV video footage. oliver 08/09/2001 08:52PM
RE: U-166 ROV video footage. Brian Corijn 08/09/2001 10:05PM
RE: U-166 ROV video footage. MCE 08/10/2001 05:22PM
URL- U-166 video footage. Vin 08/10/2001 10:00PM
RE: URL- U-166 video footage. MCE 08/12/2001 01:38PM
RE: U-166 ROV video footage. Oliver 08/10/2001 05:41PM
RE: U-166 ROV video footage. Vin 08/09/2001 09:57PM
RE: U-166 Well Preserved.! Joe Brennan 08/10/2001 06:44AM
RE: U-166 Well Preserved.! walter M 08/10/2001 09:17AM
RE: U-166 Well Preserved.! Brian Corijn 08/10/2001 01:40PM
RE: U-166 -War Grave. Joe Brennan 08/11/2001 05:54AM
RE: U-166 -War Grave. walter M 08/11/2001 08:41AM
My - response. Joe Brennan 08/11/2001 10:27PM
RE: My - response as well John Griffiths 08/12/2001 11:13AM
RE: ...... and in the morning.... MPC 08/12/2001 06:43PM
RE: ...... and in the morning.... walter M 08/12/2001 09:43PM
RE:Point taken! Joe Brennan 08/13/2001 04:55AM
RE:Point taken! walter M 08/13/2001 03:19PM
RE: ...... and in the morning...MPC. John Griffiths 08/14/2001 02:50PM
RE Your not ex- X-lent then ! MPC 08/14/2001 05:44PM
RE: RE Your not ex- X-lent then ! John Griffiths 08/14/2001 07:05PM
deep sea wrecks kurt 08/10/2001 03:36PM


Go to: Forum List•Message List•Search•Log In
Your Name: 
Your Email: 
Subject: 
Spam prevention:
Please, enter the code that you see below in the input field. This is for blocking bots that try to post this form automatically.
 ********    ******   **     **  ********   ******  
 **     **  **    **  ***   ***     **     **    ** 
 **     **  **        **** ****     **     **       
 ********   **        ** *** **     **     **       
 **         **        **     **     **     **       
 **         **    **  **     **     **     **    ** 
 **          ******   **     **     **      ******