Author Topic: Brits.. (Read 1570 times)

Udie · « **Reply #15 on:** March 26, 2003, 01:00:46 PM »

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Originally posted by Swoop
Just a return .

I heard on the Beeb just the other day that we have US platoons under the command of British Officers and British platoons under US command. I think that fact alone shows just how well integrated our combined forces are.

I couldn't believe my ears when I heard that! I think you Brits are the only ones we would order our troops to take orders from. I'm fully comfortable with the idea.

>S< guys! The best friends we've ever had.

john9001 · « **Reply #16 on:** March 26, 2003, 01:05:54 PM »

Brits can be my wingman anytime.

Saurdaukar · « **Reply #17 on:** March 26, 2003, 02:17:27 PM »

UK'landers.

One of the greatest men I know is a Royal Marine.

Wlfgng · « **Reply #18 on:** March 26, 2003, 03:15:07 PM »

glad to see this thread.. was gonna' start one

~~to the brits!~~

Dowding · « **Reply #19 on:** March 26, 2003, 03:16:27 PM »

Strange what difference a couple of centuries makes...

Wlfgng · « **Reply #20 on:** March 26, 2003, 04:17:29 PM »

lol

no doubt.. you guys used to wear RED

Dowding · « **Reply #21 on:** March 26, 2003, 04:19:33 PM »

That was to give Jonny Foreigner a sporting chance.

Only fair, old boy!

Cobra · « **Reply #22 on:** March 26, 2003, 05:15:10 PM »

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Originally posted by Saurdaukar
UK'landers.

One of the greatest men I know is a Royal Marine.

Too much info Saur!

~~U.K.~~

Wlfgng · « **Reply #23 on:** March 26, 2003, 05:17:47 PM »

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That was to give Jonny Foreigner a sporting chance.

lol.. I, for one, am glad you guys are now in camo !!!

Replicant · « **Reply #24 on:** March 26, 2003, 06:43:48 PM »

Good words Laz

~~Glad to see that the British can put a lot of their anti-terrorist (urban) skills to good use in Iraq. Years of practice in Northern Ireland have paid off.~~

Raubvogel · « **Reply #25 on:** March 26, 2003, 07:00:20 PM »

I always enjoyed working with the Brits and they are top notch soldiers. As long as I don't have to eat their rations....blech!

Arlo · « **Reply #26 on:** March 26, 2003, 07:09:35 PM »

Royal Air Force Squadron Leader Jim Provost heads to a bunker in Kuwait on Friday as air raid sirens sound.

Members of the British Household Cavalry, aboard Scimitar tanks, check their equipment as they approach oil wells burning in southern Iraq on Thursday.

A British Royal Marine from 42 Commando fires a Milan wire-guided missile at an Iraqi position on the Al Faw peninsula in southern Iraq on Friday.

A British soldier with the 1st Armoured Division and an Iraqi share smiles during a search outside of Basra on March 24.

Members of the British 16th Air Assault Brigade, 3rd Army Air Corps, patrol the desert around the oil fields of North Rameila during a March 25 sandstorm.

gatso · « **Reply #27 on:** March 26, 2003, 07:10:57 PM »

The food may be crap but Tea brewed by the common British soldier is the best in the world.

Gatso

[edit] and the last pic that Arlo posted is very very cool. [/edit]

Replicant · « **Reply #28 on:** March 26, 2003, 07:23:56 PM »

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Originally posted by Arlo

Royal Air Force Squadron Leader Jim Provost heads to a bunker in Kuwait on Friday as air raid sirens sound.

Ah, didn't know Jim Provost was back operational, he used to fly for the Red Arrows (Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team).

N1kPaz · « **Reply #29 on:** March 26, 2003, 08:00:23 PM »

to the Brits.

showing the world how to kick bellybutton just like always!

WTG!