Stand to
Having instant mates wherever you went.
That first cigarette after a five mile of death.
Gammon steaks in the cookhouse with a pineapple ring fused on the top.
Taking risks on my own without a bloody assessment first.
That rifle with wood or plastic furniture.
The sound of the Land Rover driving on Tarmac.
Brunch in the cookhouse on a Sunday.
Series 3 Land Rovers. Able to be fixed with a hammer and some black nasty.
Lying on the louvres of a 432 on Hohne ranges or Soltau looking up at a star filled sky. Then waking up and breathing in the clean fresh air.
Jager schnitzels.
The Reeperbahn.
My old mates who have passed away. I miss them most of all.
Asbach and coke for next to nothing.
Zipping up your doss bag after a long night of shenanigans in some far-flung place.
Being aged 18-19 years old and living in Germany during the 70s and 80's. I don't think there was a better time or place to be at that age.
Being able to drink for an entire weekend solid without being branded as having 'a problem'.
Deciding which colour clipboard to use, to skive around camp with, making it look as though I was busy doing something.
The ability to hold fantastic piss-ups and BBQs at short notice and early knock offs on the flimsiest of justifications.
The tins of condensed milk included in the guard box to go in the tea.
I miss the piss taking banter and a type of humour that doesn't take prisoners, even if I was often at the receiving end of it.
I often missed the Figure 11 and Figure 12, due to my hands shaking after a night on the piss.
Queuing up in the rain at the field kitchen for a Full Compo breakfast, bacon grill, compo sausage, fried bread and a black mug of sweet tea.
One f**kin sausage.
Drawing all my credits in £1 notes and feeling loaded on leave!
Sounds of the lads laughing and whinging in equal amounts.
The taste of the first brew of the day.
Putting the last tick in my days to do chart on Op Banner.
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