ONLY 100 DAYS TO GO UNTIL ARMED FORCES DAY 2013
Today (Friday) marks exactly 100 days until Armed Forces Day 2013, taking place on Saturday 29 June! We are fast approaching this major milestone, the day to come together to Show your Support and say thank you to our Armed Forces.
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ONLY 100 DAYS TO GO UNTIL ARMED FORCES DAY 2013
Today (Friday) marks exactly 100 days until Armed Forces Day 2013, taking place on Saturday 29 June! We are fast approaching this major milestone, the day to come together to Show your Support and say thank you to our Armed Forces.
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What an absolute brilliant day and Mrs Star will by then have sent out over 100 boxes to various soldiers serving out in Afghan.
Sex God
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What an absolute brilliant day and Mrs Star will by then have sent out over 100 boxes to various soldiers serving out in Afghan.
Maybe you could remember the Airman and sailors too
Sex God
I believe I have already mentioned sailors? The Royal Marines are a branch of the Royal Navy, not a separate service.
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What an absolute brilliant day and Mrs Star will by then have sent out over 100 boxes to various soldiers serving out in Afghan.
Maybe you could remember the Airman and sailors too
Of course Trev, it is called Armed Forces day for a reason......yes?
I merely pointed out that those poor soldiers serving in atrocious conditions in Afghanistan, get a nice box of goodies supplied by many thousands of people doing what Mrs Star does, and there is a damn good reason why she does as well. :thumbup:
All of the Armed Forces are made of steel and are worth their day for sure.
Sex God
And in turn Star I am merely pointing out that there are poor airman and sailors serving in the same atrocious conditions in Afghanistan.
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And in turn Star I am merely pointing out that there are poor airman and sailors serving in the same atrocious conditions in Afghanistan.
Of which I am sure just as many people send them boxes as well Trev. :thumbup:
Mrs Star knows people on a personnel level serving in Afghan at the moment in the Army, so that is why she does it.
Sex God
:thumbup: For Mrs Star.
To me Armed Forces day represents
The Army
The Navy
The Airforce
The Merchant Navy
The territorial Army
Doctors and Nurses of the military wing of the Birmingham hospital whose name I forget
The Royal Marines
The Killed in Action
The Wounded in Action
The people of Britain who support our forces
The people of Afghanistan and Iraq who support our troops
Those who serve and those that who have served
Those that have died and those that will die
and many more
As for parcels, I have been one lucky enough to recieve a parcel, many years ago, I can tell you, to a soldier (read as all forces personnel) on the frontline, it is not just a parcel, it is knowing that some people are thinking of you at times when you can think your forgotton, it is a piece of home, it is a gift to be remembered all your life.
The Army
The Navy
The Airforce
The Merchant Navy
The territorial Army
Doctors and Nurses of the military wing of the Birmingham hospital whose name I forget
The Royal Marines
The Killed in Action
The Wounded in Action
The people of Britain who support our forces
The people of Afghanistan and Iraq who support our troops
Those who serve and those that who have served
Those that have died and those that will die
and many more
As for parcels, I have been one lucky enough to recieve a parcel, many years ago, I can tell you, to a soldier (read as all forces personnel) on the frontline, it is not just a parcel, it is knowing that some people are thinking of you at times when you can think your forgotton, it is a piece of home, it is a gift to be remembered all your life.
Sex God
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Cheers Trev :cheers:
It's a bit early for me, but I'll have a beer later ;)
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As for parcels, I have been one lucky enough to recieve a parcel, many years ago, I can tell you, to a soldier (read as all forces personnel) on the frontline, it is not just a parcel, it is knowing that some people are thinking of you at times when you can think your forgotton, it is a piece of home, it is a gift to be remembered all your life.
Exactly Mids. You know we have even had 5 or 6 of those young soldiers come to our house to personally thank us, even though I had nothing to do with it really. There was a very nice sergeant who Mrs Star took a bit of a shine too........you know the sort Mids, all tanned and worked out body kinda thing, a bit rough around the edges ( a bit like one of the members on here I would guess at ) well the rough around the edges bit anyways.
, but Mrs Star I am sure would have liked him to thank HER personally for her contribution but he only had an hour before he went back so alas nothing happened......well at least I don't think it did as I went outside to help a neighbour for about half an hour. :lol: Sex God
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Cheers Trev :cheers:
It's a bit early for me, but I'll have a beer later ;)
Ah, I see it is later. :cheers:
Sex God
On a related theme, can I introduce people to . They are a relatively small charity who help military personnel that find themselves injured and being hospitalised. When they first arrive either in a field hospital or that one in Birmingham they use a lot, they may have nothing but their shot-up clothing.
The help is in the simple form of a Grab Bag of personal items. These include T-shirt and shorts, washing and shaving kit, towel, face flannel, tooth paste, tooth brush, shower mules, socks, underwear, pen and paper. Female requirements are also provided.
I understand it also includes a small teddy bear which is sometimes found tucked away under the soldier's pillow.
These are deeply appreciated by the lads and lasses as personal hygiene and self-respect are so central to everyone's sense of self but more so in the military.
The help is in the simple form of a Grab Bag of personal items. These include T-shirt and shorts, washing and shaving kit, towel, face flannel, tooth paste, tooth brush, shower mules, socks, underwear, pen and paper. Female requirements are also provided.
I understand it also includes a small teddy bear which is sometimes found tucked away under the soldier's pillow.
These are deeply appreciated by the lads and lasses as personal hygiene and self-respect are so central to everyone's sense of self but more so in the military.
Sex God
Troop aid are a small charity and therefore do a small amount to support our troops. Please don't get me wrong, I am not knocking what they do, or why they do it..
However the only troops that arrive in the UK 'with nothing but their shot-up clothing' are those that were at the furthest reaches of our pioneering surgery. Perhaps 20 in the last ten years.
Troops arriving back to the UK from Cyprus or the Falkland Islands are more than likely to be in civilian clothes, and those coming home from Afghanistan wear uniform too. Many units that go to Afghanistan ensure that their troops have a 'going home' uniform and that is the one they wear, sometimes only parts of it, when the guys return.
As I said, troop aid does a good niche job to assist the guys and girls out there; But their role is very small and generally only meets the needs on non frontline troops that have sustained an injury through sports, booze or physical activity rather than warfighting. Where their true value comes to its own is when an airman, sailor or soldier arrives back in the UK and they bridge the gap between the man's unit looking after him and his family.
However the only troops that arrive in the UK 'with nothing but their shot-up clothing' are those that were at the furthest reaches of our pioneering surgery. Perhaps 20 in the last ten years.
Troops arriving back to the UK from Cyprus or the Falkland Islands are more than likely to be in civilian clothes, and those coming home from Afghanistan wear uniform too. Many units that go to Afghanistan ensure that their troops have a 'going home' uniform and that is the one they wear, sometimes only parts of it, when the guys return.
As I said, troop aid does a good niche job to assist the guys and girls out there; But their role is very small and generally only meets the needs on non frontline troops that have sustained an injury through sports, booze or physical activity rather than warfighting. Where their true value comes to its own is when an airman, sailor or soldier arrives back in the UK and they bridge the gap between the man's unit looking after him and his family.
Sex God
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Troop aid are a small charity and therefore do a small amount to support our troops. Please don't get me wrong, I am not knocking what they do, or why they do it..
However the only troops that arrive in the UK 'with nothing but their shot-up clothing' are those that were at the furthest reaches of our pioneering surgery. Perhaps 20 in the last ten years.
Troops arriving back to the UK from Cyprus or the Falkland Islands are more than likely to be in civilian clothes, and those coming home from Afghanistan wear uniform too. Many units that go to Afghanistan ensure that their troops have a 'going home' uniform and that is the one they wear, sometimes only parts of it, when the guys return.
As I said, troop aid does a good niche job to assist the guys and girls out there; But their role is very small and generally only meets the needs on non frontline troops that have sustained an injury through sports, booze or physical activity rather than warfighting. Where their true value comes to its own is when an airman, sailor or soldier arrives back in the UK and they bridge the gap between the man's unit looking after him and his family.
I'm not sure what your key point is. Are you suggesting people should not donate to TroopAid cos it is small and only helps a small proportion of the military population?
Sex God
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I'm not sure what your key point is. Are you suggesting people should not donate to TroopAid cos it is small and only helps a small proportion of the military population?
Of course I am not. I even said I was not knocking what they do.
The impression that they give to people is that every serviceman that gets injured in Afghanistan gets one of their grab bags, but the reality is that it tends to be troops with non battle injuries from other areas of the world.
I support fully and one of the few charities that you see putting your support to good use. Embarrassingly doing what our country should without question but cant afford these days.
I never got a box in my time as the good ones are nabbed by the admin types at the rear but did love the pics in some letters to a soldier though.. those always picked me up until one of the lads stole it ahem ahem
Great to read there is lots of support for our troops still though. While we still have any armed forces left that is.
J
I never got a box in my time as the good ones are nabbed by the admin types at the rear but did love the pics in some letters to a soldier though.. those always picked me up until one of the lads stole it ahem ahem
Great to read there is lots of support for our troops still though. While we still have any armed forces left that is.
J
