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Was in a Para Bn myself and when I first joined wondered what the 'support arms and services' were all about. In Lancashire Fusiliers at no connection with them. Found out early on that they were tight knit groups who were very professional 33Rd artillery, 9 Sqn, 63 Coy, 23 PFA etc, all a mystery to me. Soon found out how reliable and good they were in the first shit hole we were sent to,, 9 Sqn could and REME could sort out our base very quickly, the caterers had scoff on the go whenever it was needed, could hear their field cookers kicking off and 4am while we still had a couple of hours in the sack, a month up the cuds and RASC would be there when we came down with a 4 tonner to get us back, 9 Sqn would blow things up that wanted blowing up (including the odd safe I think) 33Rd were often not needed on small jobs but they would become good infantrymen at the drop of a hat, and of course the medics were always there very quickly if anyone got caught by one. Underneath all of that, we could look at them and know that they had 'done P Coy and 'done' basic para, so respect and lie us they were following an airborne tradition from WW2 that they would not betray. Its why I get a bit pissed off if I come across a walter.
Was in a Para Bn myself and when I first joined wondered what the 'support arms and services' were all about. In Lancashire Fusiliers at no connection with them. Found out early on that they were tight knit groups who were very professional 33Rd artillery, 9 Sqn, 63 Coy, 23 PFA etc, all a mystery to me. Soon found out how reliable and good they were in the first shit hole we were sent to,, 9 Sqn could and REME could sort out our base very quickly, the caterers had scoff on the go whenever it was needed, could hear their field cookers kicking off and 4am while we still had a couple of hours in the sack, a month up the cuds and RASC would be there when we came down with a 4 tonner to get us back, 9 Sqn would blow things up that wanted blowing up (including the odd safe I think) 33Rd were often not needed on small jobs but they would become good infantrymen at the drop of a hat, and of course the medics were always there very quickly if anyone got caught by one. Underneath all of that, we could look at them and know that they had 'done P Coy and 'done' basic para, so respect and lie us they were following an airborne tradition from WW2 that they would not betray. Its why I get a bit pissed off if I come across a walter.
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