Hello. I start basic soon and am hopefully off to the Coldstream Guards.
When I was a boy and my grandpa was alive he'd tell me all of his wartime stories and I grew up on a diet of nostalgia and WW2 documentaries which shaped me in the years to come. I am eager to join today's Army but am wondering, I'd really like to see and experience some echoes of the Army my grandpa joined seventy years ago- will I find any?
Thanks!
2007-11-28 05:20:36 · 6 answers · asked by DaveyMcB 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Don't worry about your "diet of nostalgia and WW2 documentaries which shaped me in the years to come" all that stuff and nonsense will be knocked out of you in recruit training and your eyes will be opened to a wonderful new world of pain and suffering, you will be continually amazed at what your body can do even when all your nerve endings are telling you you are nearly dead, and after that it will start over again the next day and so on and so forth until you complete your training.
Then and only then will you understand and value the traditions of the British Army.
2007-11-28 07:32:20 · answer #1 · answered by conranger1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wars are still wars, so you'll still get the chance to kill the enemy...whichever one the politicians tell us are the baddies! I guess its the technology that changed...but you'd like to experience the "echoes"....do you really mean you like to serve in the Trenches? Have you ever checked out how totally awful that was. Serving in either Iraq or Afghanistan is a brave thing to do...but being killed will never be old fashioned! Good luck to you...but remember when people get nostalgic they remember the good times and sometimes forget to mention the bad times. You have to join with the view that you will die for your country...and mean it.
2007-11-28 05:57:48 · answer #2 · answered by cheekybear 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes every regiment is steeped in it`s own regimental history,culture and pride,you will be subjected to all and many more traditions,,,The 5 foot regiments of the Household Division are probably the most rigid in thier historical traditions going back several hundred years,,,,you will be standing on the shoulders of giants,,,
2007-11-28 05:24:22 · answer #3 · answered by McCanns are guilty 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's still the best, most disciplined and has the most rigorous and toughest training course.
2007-11-28 05:26:02 · answer #4 · answered by BrilliantPomegranate 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Big, fuzzy hats...
2007-11-28 05:22:59 · answer #5 · answered by u_bin_called 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They probably still have nasty teeth.
2007-11-28 05:23:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋