Was doing 2 tours of 12 weeks but now just volunteered to stand in for a mate whos little baby will be 4 weeks old when its his turn!!

Wifes not happy !!!

Stay safe mate & well done for helping your mate out.

What tyres for afghanners 😉

Hopefully Karma will look down on you and smile.
Good on ya!

I bet she’s not. Stay safe.

Stay safe.

Rachel

everyone a volunteer 😉

think of all the overtime 🙂

is it 3X6 or 3X12 weeks ?

Good luck!

Didn’t realise you could stand in for mates – will keep that in mind.

Sounds more like RAF to me.

I dont like being away from family but looking forward to next tour.
always get a sense of achievement.

Keep your head down fella and kudos for helping out a mate.

If its the RAF he’ll be back at weekends 😉

Nice one fella, hats off. Stay safe and make sure you get back in one piece for the missus 🙂

Good luck and stay safe.

…..actually this being STW, I cant believe no one has volunteered to pop round and cheer up mrs renton. 😳

Once volunteered for the shitty Christmas shifts, so the married with kids guys could have time with their families.

They then accepted coming in to to work to make the numbers up, double bubble, and their day back.

Never volunteered for anything since.

Give it up,get on Welfare and become a HB tenant.You don’t even need to pay your greedy landlord,if you don,t like his attitude.

…..actually this being STW, I cant believe no one has volunteered to pop round and cheer up mrs renton.

Leroy will sort her out!

Cheers for the replies people.

It’s 1 tour of 12 weeks and then 2 tours of 10 weeks one of which will cover Xmas and the new year!

It is extra money but I couldnt let me mate do his espically as his first born will only be 4 weeks old.

Got my Afghanistan medal yesterday for last yeara stint out there.

Cheers
Steve

Stay Safe vibes going your way.

I’m on my way back from there now. Currently eating some spicy crisps in minad

Big respect for standing in.

My mate is on his way back for his 2 week mid-tour break – I took a week off work 🙂

Why be so proud your on the side of murderous imperialists.Your earning blood money.

You’re

Why be so proud your on the side of murderous imperialists.Your earning blood money

Because people like Renton choose to do this, you don’t have to.

Renton just chose to earn big money.I doubt he put any moral/political thought into the matter.We have murdered millions of people in the middle-east because of our addiction to oil.

monkeycmonkeydo.. I think you should stop relying on the media to feed your statements.

You dont go to these place’s to shoot the local population, but to give the local population stability to turn there lives around.
But yes shooting do happen but only to protect life that being threaten.

monkeycmonkeydo, I make no apology for saying that you are an idiot. “Murdered millions”? Eh? What a lod of utter tripe. Big money? Really? They’re not doing it for the money, and even if they were, it’s hardly “big”. In fact, it’s nowhere near big enough, IMHO. Again, you’re an idiot.

Renton, stay safe, and thank you. *raises virtual pint* (Well, it’s an actual pint that you can’t see. Well I say pint, but I mean 500ml as I am in Euroland, but you get the idea!)

That must explain why we are currently in Zimbabwe and Syria then.

monkeycmonkeydo = tedious windbag

well if you think about it we are in 80/90% of the world counties. dont mean we are shooting everyone for some oil.

Monkeycmonkeysitincornercryinglikeababy

I don’t agree with the war in principal but I DO hope all the troops come back safe and sound.

It’s a bloody awful situation, but at the end of they day, they are choosing to lay their lives on the line. So hats off to them all.

Renton: Good luck, safe return

monkeycmonkeydo. Don’t take it out on him, it’s our dickhead politicians and the ***ts who run oil companies you should have issue with.

*raises aforementioned pint to eyerideit as well*

Actually I reckon the monkey has got some good points but obviously he’s having a good old troll as well.

Deary me flashy, you really are a sycophant aren’t you? It makes my toes curl with embarrassment when I read your misty eyed, simpering eulogies to people in the forces on here. Did they teach you to blow smoke up people’s bottoms at Eton?

eyerideit.could not have said it better myself

Misty eyed? Eh?
Simpering? Erm?
Eton? ETON? Oh do *** off would you? 😉

I think you should stop relying on the media to feed your statements.
You dont go to these place’s to shoot the local population, but to give the local population stability to turn there lives around.

I wish the op nothing but good.

However, whoever posted the above perhaps needs to take their own advice.

Oh yes sorry I forgot you are actually a pretend toff aren’t you? 😆

Well, I didn’t go to a Slough Comp, if that’s what you mean! 🙂

spin. i dont need to been there myself i know the score

spin. i dont need to been there myself i know the score

Maybe that’s why you went and its an honourable sentiment.

It wasn’t why you were sent.