mervil

iTrader: (5)

The difference beween Civvy and Military mates..

CIVVY FRIENDS: Get upset if you're too busy to talk to them for a week
MILITARY FRIENDS: Are glad to see you after years, and will happily carry on the same conversation you were having last time you
met...

CIVVY FRIENDS: Never ask for food
MILITARY FRIENDS: Are the reason you have no food.

CIVVY FRIENDS: Call your parents Mr. And Mrs.
MILITARY FRIENDS: Call your parents mum and dad.

CIVVY FRIENDS: Bail you out of jail and tell you what you did was wrong.
MILITARY FRIENDS: Would be sitting next to you saying, Damn...we screwed Up...but that **** was fun!'

CIVVY FRIENDS: Have never seen you cry.
MILITARY FRIENDS: Cry with you.

CIVVY FRIENDS: Borrow your stuff for a few days then give it back.
MILITARY FRIENDS: Keep your stuff so long they forget it's yours.

CIVVY FRIENDS: know a few things about you.
MILITARY FRIENDS: Could write a book with direct quotes from You.

CIVVY FRIENDS: Will leave you behind if that's what the crowd is doing.
MILITARY FRIENDS: Will kick the whole crowds *** that left you.

CIVVY FRIENDS: Would knock on your door.
MILITARY FRIENDS: Walk right in and say, 'I'm home!'

CIVVY FRIENDS: Are for a while.
MILITARY FRIENDS: Are for life.

CIVVY FRIENDS: Will take your drink away when they think you've had enoug h.
MILITARY FRIENDS: Will look at you stumbling all over the place and say, 'Bitch, you better drink the rest
of that, you know we don't waste.. That's alcohol Abuse!!'

CIVVY FRIENDS: Will talk **** to the person who talks **** about you.
MILITARY FRIENDS: Will knock them the hell out!!

CIVVY FRIENDS: Will ignore this.
MILITARY FRIENDS: Will forward this

Merv

Simon C

I never signed up through medical reasons, but some mates did. Have to say some of that is very apt!

rallying1

Yeah I will go with that one, I am off to a re union for us old farts that did the Falklands bit on 12th June and will meet up with the other old and bold from III Para and I can honestly say I havent seen some of them for 20 yrs but it will be like I only saw them yesterday, apart from the reason I am meeting them, it will be great!

In fact my closest Civvie mate after knocking about with him for a few months told me he was ex 4 Field Artillery, just cant get away from the buggers

DCI Gene Hunt

That could also just be the difference between 'friends' and 'acquaintances' rather than 'civvy' and 'military'......

rallying1

hhhhhhhmmmmmmmm thats a fair point, when your in the forces you basicly live as a family and therefore your ties with people tend to be much stronger than when you have civvie mates as you only see them weekends and stuff.

Dont get me wrong I have some good civvie friends but if ever I was in the ****e seriously it would be my Mil mates who would bail me out every time!

SiPie

My thoughts exactly

Pedro_79

So true

Bacame a civvy again ages ago, and I still can't remember who I lent my waterproofs and compression sack to

hectic

Damn Right!



Carry on ...

The Trooper 1815

iTrader: (31)

Merv you forgot a few.

CIVVIE: Never speak to you if you s**ged his girl.
MILITARY: Offered two's up.

CIVVIE: Never pots the brown!
MILITARY: Always a target.

CIVVIE: Boots hurt their feet.
MILITARY: made for tabbing.

CIVVIE: Never snorted vodka
MILITARY: Bring it on.

CIVVIE: Never met a royal up close.
MILITARY: Told the little git to clean his boots properly.

CIVVIE: Defended their country
MILITARY: Our job

Leslie

Military reunions are the best you can hope to go to. It is amazing what you get reminded about doing that you had deliberately tried to forget!

Les

mervil

iTrader: (5)

Nice one Ian! Was hoping a few more would be added

rallying1

CIVVY FRIENDS: Cant be bothered to go
MILITARY FRIENDS: What time are we leaving?

CIVVY FRIENDS: "Flash trainers, you show off"
MILITARY FRIENDS:"what size are they ? can I borrow them?"

CIVVY FRIENDS: " It was him officer"
MILITARY FRIENDS: " It was me Sir"

CIVVY FRIENDS: " I want the blonde"
MILITARY FRIENDS: "which one do you want or shall we swap after an hour?"

CIVVY FRIENDS: " How did you get home last night?"
MILITARY FRIENDS: " Where the F**k are we , and how the F**K do we get back to Aldershot?"

Jerome

Good stuff here. Certainly rang a few bells for me.

CHRIS_D

Still serving and i'd agree with most if not all.

I could bump into someone i've not seen for years (mil) and would quite happily drop everything to go on the pi55 with them and remeniss (sp?) the old times

Point already raised - most are acquaintences not friends. I have less than 10 true friends but hundreds of acquaintences (both civ and mil).