Enlistment

Herr-Berbunch · 11-15-10, 11:23 AM

OK, I'm a Brit, I've worked alongside various other forces and I'd say that the way to go, in terms of comfort and prospects would be the air force. Especially if you can get pilot - multi engine, not fast jet.

Just days after Sept. 11 Thumrait in Oman was transformed into a huge (by our standards...!) deployed base with airconned tents all round, reasonable food, but the downside was a strict two-can rule in the bar! At least there was a bar.

A (Brit) sub came in to Salalah port (very hot) a week or so later and the guys last saw their surrounding environment around Baffin Bay (very cold). Not the best life - see the world, sure, but only in snippets here and there...! I can't imagine the USN being much more keen on sunbathing on the surface either.

Army! Always too much bull. Why walk when you can sail, why sail when you can fly

11-15-10, 11:23 AM	#12
Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	OK, I'm a Brit, I've worked alongside various other forces and I'd say that the way to go, in terms of comfort and prospects would be the air force. Especially if you can get pilot - multi engine, not fast jet. Just days after Sept. 11 Thumrait in Oman was transformed into a huge (by our standards...!) deployed base with airconned tents all round, reasonable food, but the downside was a strict two-can rule in the bar! At least there was a bar. A (Brit) sub came in to Salalah port (very hot) a week or so later and the guys last saw their surrounding environment around Baffin Bay (very cold). Not the best life - see the world, sure, but only in snippets here and there...! I can't imagine the USN being much more keen on sunbathing on the surface either. Army! Always too much bull. Why walk when you can sail, why sail when you can fly __________________