I wanted to fly mud shifters when I was about 16-17, but the RAF recruiter was a twat and put me off even applying. They only wanted to recruit for fast jet pilots back then, and from what he said the bomber and transport pilots were just fighter pilot rejects. (Not sure how true that was/is)
Then I wanted to join the Navy as a submariner, (Nice and safe... not) then I tried to join the Army as a Territorial Army Infantry Officer, (The role with the highest casualty rate when the shooting starts) then I *finally* joined the TA in the Royal Signals, at which point everything fell apart as I figured out the reason I kept wanting to do stupidly dangerous military stuff. :-)
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I wanted to fly mud shifters when I was about 16-17, but the RAF recruiter was a twat and put me off even applying. They only wanted to recruit for fast jet pilots back then, and from what he said the bomber and transport pilots were just fighter pilot rejects. (Not sure how true that was/is)
Then I wanted to join the Navy as a submariner, (Nice and safe... not) then I tried to join the Army as a Territorial Army Infantry Officer, (The role with the highest casualty rate when the shooting starts) then I *finally* joined the TA in the Royal Signals, at which point everything fell apart as I figured out the reason I kept wanting to do stupidly dangerous military stuff. :-)