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| mikeyd_26 |
Posted - 08/08/2010 : 20:00:01
Totally off topic from any kind of rep but...........
are the paratroopers part of the raf or the army its been an on goin debate for the last hour!!! by the way i say RAF not army!! |
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| mikeyd_26 |
Posted - 10/08/2010 : 12:04:59
cheers guys :)
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| Mouse |
Posted - 10/08/2010 : 10:21:33
Agreed, I've met quite a few! Loose? the ones I've met have lost theirs!
Agreed. Plus you may end up drafted!
The ones I met have 2 mindsets. you're safe (=I won't shoot you), you're not safe (= you're screwed!)
Yup!
My eldest sister was married to a special forces police...I would say man, but battering ram would be a better description. He was first through the door on huge drug busts etc (usually with lots of guns) and he never spoke, rarely smiled, and always looked at everything like he was assessing it for potential danger. Their wedding was amusing though, as he and all his mates (more of the battering ram types) lined up on each side of the door to welcome people in, it was rather daunting!!
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Originally posted by mikerichards
The Army Paras are nutters, basically, they have several screws loose!! They do what it says on the tin, they drop into hot zones and do lots of shooting and blowing stuff up, thats their thing.
I highly recommend not challenging a Para to drinking games, you wont win, and it will hurt!!!!
Out of all of them, the paras are scary, just because they dont seem to care!
Realistically, the Special Forces guys are the scariest, because they are so calm about everything!
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| mikerichards |
Posted - 09/08/2010 : 19:33:11
The RAF regiment do do paratrooper training, but they are not paras like the paras are, the RAF regiment are predominantly ground based, they are specialists in close quarters combat, securing and maintaining security on ground based assets.
The Army Paras are nutters, basically, they have several screws loose!! They do what it says on the tin, they drop into hot zones and do lots of shooting and blowing stuff up, thats their thing.
I highly recommend not challenging a Para to drinking games, you wont win, and it will hurt!!!!
Incidentally, i have worked alongside Paras, RAF Regiment, SAS and Delta force.
Out of all of them, the paras are scary, just because they dont seem to care!
Realistically, the Special Forces guys are the scariest, because they are so calm about everything!
One particular SAS guy i chatted to in Iraq was wearing jeans, t-shirt and trainers, on top of that, he had a full battle rig, grenades, extra rounds, and a gun strapped to any spare places possible, both legs, shoulder rig, smg over the shoulder and a shotgun over the shoulder!!
He was a also a top bloke, really nice guy! |
| hillzi |
Posted - 09/08/2010 : 11:23:58
I think paratroopers are the American version? Just to confuse things even more! |
| n/a |
Posted - 09/08/2010 : 10:19:08
my mate upstairs was a paratrooper. but he was in the army and not the RAF. he does recruitment sometimes now. i can find out from him later whats what. |
| mikeyd_26 |
Posted - 08/08/2010 : 23:45:23
i meant post not thread sorry!! (how do u edit? or is that down to the mods?) |
| mikeyd_26 |
Posted - 08/08/2010 : 23:43:05
josh there be no lost argument here! lee kindly posted a thread proving us both rite and wrong! Accept or accept defeat!
i wont back down on this 1 LOL - this the best u gettin! |
| n/a |
Posted - 08/08/2010 : 23:11:23
you just cant accept you lost the argument can you michael |
| mikeyd_26 |
Posted - 08/08/2010 : 23:02:31
lee again i think u be rite! |
| mikeyd_26 |
Posted - 08/08/2010 : 22:56:59
ahh eeji the argument was (although not explained) the parachute regiment = army the RAF = paratroopers and not the same thing |
| lee2308 |
Posted - 08/08/2010 : 22:53:43
so your both right
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| lee2308 |
Posted - 08/08/2010 : 22:52:08
Both the british army and the raf have paratrooper,heres a list of paratrooper forces in this country alone...
British Army
1st Airborne Division
6th Airborne Division
Parachute Regiment
7th Parachute Regiment Royal Horse Artillery
Royal Air Force
2 Squadron RAF Regiment |
| mikeyd_26 |
Posted - 08/08/2010 : 22:51:01
that would make sense lee we been googling and 118 ing like mad!! and it came up with answers for both a agree 2 disagree subject lol
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| eeji |
Posted - 08/08/2010 : 22:50:10
The Parachute Regiment: http://www.army.mod.uk/infantry/regiments/3471.aspx
part of the Army - you lose! :D |
| lee2308 |
Posted - 08/08/2010 : 22:44:23
i think you will find that paratroopers are not exclusive to the raf and are part of many armed forces from many countries,a paratrooper is just a soldier that has been train to take part in combat through arriving by parachute. |
| hillzi |
Posted - 08/08/2010 : 21:42:30
R.A.F, go into the Para's you can get into the S.A.S if you survive selection, S.A.S standing for "Special Air Services" |
| n/a |
Posted - 08/08/2010 : 21:26:50
its cuz they know they are wrong hahaa :) x |
| mikeyd_26 |
Posted - 08/08/2010 : 21:23:17
Thank-you they still not avin it tho!!! |
| n/a |
Posted - 08/08/2010 : 20:46:55
RAF :) x |
| CSN |
Posted - 08/08/2010 : 20:21:47
RAF - one of my bosses at my place used to be a para for RAF - he went to ireland when IRA was bad |
