My uncle ended up in Malaysia during his national service with the Royal Army Medial Corp. Apart from getting malaria and a dodgy local tattoo (using a pin, ink and a cork), he enjoyed it on the whole. When he'd served, the training actually got him a job as an operating theatre technical in his local NHS hospital.
I did my National Service 1957/1959 , I did my “square bashing “ at Wilmslow in Cheshire . After “ trade training I was posted to Wildenrath 2nd TAF. Where I met some great friends & still are to this day ( the ones that are still alive ) Looking back the best part of my service was actually square bashing , you were kept on the hop and busy . Permanent camp was I’m afraid was a complete drag , apart from the football .
My late father - WWII Royal Navy and before (born in 1908 and joined as a boy at 15) was in the first instance a 'regular' and then recalled for war service. He passed away in November 1976 at the age of 68 - I was 19 at the time - but I can still recall how, until almost his dying day, he insisted on keeping himself clean and clean-shaven! He served when discipline WAS Discipline! It made of him a man and he was the kind of man that is so rare these days! RIP DAD - wish we'd had more time together...
Before I did my National service I could not understand why most of the people I knew that had done it came out overweight, drinking excessively, and with a complete lack of ambition. I went in, and, after basic training and Field engineer training was as fit as a fiddle. After the last year of working for a complete idiot,doing stupid and pointless tasks I came out overweight, drinking excessively, and with complete lack of ambition.
The best social leveling process ever. I served in Germany in the sixties and National Service was still in place. In our Battery we had two national servicemen who were constant companians. In civilianl life one was a University graduate the other a Bookies Bodyguard. Without National Service they would probably never had met
Not every national servicemen hated their two years of military service. I have met a handful of national service veterans, and it seems to be all most a 50/50 split between those who enjoyed themselves and those who hated it.
Love to see a bunch of todays young guys having to do as they are told! Looking back my square bashing was a case of we are all in the same boat. I do wonder what would happen in todays world if National Service was reintroduced.
Drill on its own instils zilch. Drill was done in buckets as they had nothing else worthwhile to do due to poor programming and that zombie attention to barrack stomping. I did 24 years in the RM and we were highly disciplined not by being shouted at (no way would I have stayed in an organisation with loud mouth chumps.) It was self discipline through professional respect at all levels achieved by arduous training which was appropriate for ones task. I found drill the easiest part of my recruit training nearly 50 years ago (although the initial parade inspection was a nightmare.) Our training team would only say they are not happy with this or that and we would tremble in our boots as we knew something painful and correctional would happen or hours of endless work until 2 am or later. The team would speak deliberately and with a sharpness, no screaming skulls or loud mouth swearing. No unnecessary BS either. I was most surprised that we had our drill boots painted with a glossy coat of paint rather than hours wasted spit and polishing. Those hours were used for constructive training. If you reintroduced conscription now you would find a lot of our nation are traitors with no affiliation to us.
I was too young to do National Service, but I was in the school cadet detachment (all volunteers) and thoroughly enjoyed it. We wore the same battledress and webbing as National Servicemen, the No. 4 rifle. I was once part of a squad drilled by a regular RSM from the Coldstream Guards at Parkgate Barracks, Oswetry (said to have the biggest parade square in Britain), sure he had a loud voice would have been disappointed if he hadn't. He was inspirational and we felt 10 feet tall when we he marched us off. The cadets taught me to take a pride in my appearance and self respect, no bad thing. I guess anyone could get something out of National Service if they were minded to.
National Service, not Military National Service. Give the UK two years and your country will give you two years of, say, University education or a wage whilst doing an apprenticeship, the list is long.
Well I'm glad that I'm 64 and Disabled so I won't have to go into the Armand forces and let Me pose a Question to all those Men and Women who thinks it's a good idea about bringing National Service back if there Son or Daughter gets called up and gets killed or Seriously injured by an incompetent Government or a Armed forces officer Would the Government of the day Pay Compensation to the family's of he or she who has got killed?
Youngsters today are just too soft and selfish it all about Anarchy and communism and don't realise just how big China is getting and a threat to the world they should go and live in a communist country and just see what it's like when you don't have any freedom and life is cheap .all thay do is shoot there mouth off but expect other people to keep them safe. National services is about working as a team and having respect for your country and other people and learning the skills to appreciate your potential just look at the people who attacked the Bristol police station and the girl who pissed in front of the police they don't represent intelligent young people
My uncle ended up in Malaysia during his national service with the Royal Army Medial Corp. Apart from getting malaria and a dodgy local tattoo (using a pin, ink and a cork), he enjoyed it on the whole. When he'd served, the training actually got him a job as an operating theatre technical in his local NHS hospital.
I did my National Service 1957/1959 , I did my “square bashing “ at Wilmslow in Cheshire . After “ trade training I was posted to Wildenrath 2nd TAF. Where I met some great friends & still are to this day ( the ones that are still alive ) Looking back the best part of my service was actually square bashing , you were kept on the hop and busy . Permanent camp was I’m afraid was a complete drag , apart from the football .
My late father - WWII Royal Navy and before (born in 1908 and joined as a boy at 15) was in the first instance a 'regular' and then recalled for war service.
He passed away in November 1976 at the age of 68 - I was 19 at the time - but I can still recall how, until almost his dying day, he insisted on keeping himself clean and clean-shaven! He served when discipline WAS Discipline! It made of him a man and he was the kind of man that is so rare these days! RIP DAD - wish we'd had more time together...
Before I did my National service I could not understand why most of the people I knew that had done it came out overweight, drinking excessively, and with a complete lack of ambition.
I went in, and, after basic training and Field engineer training was as fit as a fiddle. After the last year of working for a complete idiot,doing stupid and pointless tasks I came out overweight, drinking excessively, and with complete lack of ambition.
The best social leveling process ever. I served in Germany in the sixties and National Service was still in place. In our Battery we had two national servicemen who were constant companians. In civilianl life one was a University graduate the other a Bookies Bodyguard. Without National Service they would probably never had met
Not every national servicemen hated their two years of military service.
I have met a handful of national service veterans, and it seems to be all most a 50/50 split between those who enjoyed themselves and those who hated it.
Love to see a bunch of todays young guys having to do as they are told! Looking back my square bashing was a case of we are all in the same boat. I do wonder what would happen in todays world if National Service was reintroduced.
Probably massed desertion?
Nothings really pointless is it? It taught you dicipline for one, which is what the youth of today could do with.
"You 'orrible Little Man - Sit To Attention"
Drill on its own instils zilch. Drill was done in buckets as they had nothing else worthwhile to do due to poor programming and that zombie attention to barrack stomping. I did 24 years in the RM and we were highly disciplined not by being shouted at (no way would I have stayed in an organisation with loud mouth chumps.) It was self discipline through professional respect at all levels achieved by arduous training which was appropriate for ones task. I found drill the easiest part of my recruit training nearly 50 years ago (although the initial parade inspection was a nightmare.) Our training team would only say they are not happy with this or that and we would tremble in our boots as we knew something painful and correctional would happen or hours of endless work until 2 am or later. The team would speak deliberately and with a sharpness, no screaming skulls or loud mouth swearing. No unnecessary BS either. I was most surprised that we had our drill boots painted with a glossy coat of paint rather than hours wasted spit and polishing. Those hours were used for constructive training. If you reintroduced conscription now you would find a lot of our nation are traitors with no affiliation to us.
So many trouble spots after ww2
Regular army too small after demob
So conscription reintroduced
I was too young to do National Service, but I was in the school cadet detachment (all volunteers) and thoroughly enjoyed it. We wore the same battledress and webbing as National Servicemen, the No. 4 rifle. I was once part of a squad drilled by a regular RSM from the Coldstream Guards at Parkgate Barracks, Oswetry (said to have the biggest parade square in Britain), sure he had a loud voice would have been disappointed if he hadn't. He was inspirational and we felt 10 feet tall when we he marched us off. The cadets taught me to take a pride in my appearance and self respect, no bad thing. I guess anyone could get something out of National Service if they were minded to.
Not parkgate but parkhall
National Service did me a favour. Would bot have missed it for the World. I served in Cyprus and the Middle East.
National Service, not Military National Service. Give the UK two years and your country will give you two years of, say, University education or a wage whilst doing an apprenticeship, the list is long.
Well I'm glad that I'm 64 and Disabled so I won't have to go into the Armand forces and let Me pose a Question to all those Men and Women who thinks it's a good idea about bringing National Service back if there Son or Daughter gets called up and gets killed or Seriously injured by an incompetent Government or a Armed forces officer Would the Government of the day Pay Compensation to the family's of he or she who has got killed?
Look up the word 'service...'
Youngsters today are just too soft and selfish it all about Anarchy and communism and don't realise just how big China is getting and a threat to the world they should go and live in a communist country and just see what it's like when you don't have any freedom and life is cheap .all thay do is shoot there mouth off but expect other people to keep them safe. National services is about working as a team and having respect for your country and other people and learning the skills to appreciate your potential just look at the people who attacked the Bristol police station and the girl who pissed in front of the police they don't represent intelligent young people
Yes,almost 400 National service men were killed in the Korean War 1950 to 1953.
RSM BULLY
actually not pointless.
its all about teamwork
Tried and proven since tge days of Sparta
Nonsense.