Comments on: Men in uniform http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2007/06/21/men-in-uniform/ The Revd Gareth J M Saunders' weblog Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:45:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: GV http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2007/06/21/men-in-uniform/#comment-45350 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:55:22 +0000 http://blog.garethjmsaunders.co.uk/archives/2007/06/21/men-in-uniform/#comment-45350 Aahh, the ATC! I too was a member (1138 Ardrossan Squadron), before growing my hair long and weirding out. I got flying several times, doing aerobatics in a Chipmunk. I also went to camp, enjoyed underage drinking with the older cadets and thought that girls might find the uniform attractive (SOME CHANCE!). I also seem to remember a whole lot of bullying went on - make some people NCO's and it goes right to their heads. I left shortly after they made me one, mostly because I got rebellious, then became a Christian, and that sucked up all my time. In the early nineties, I got to be chaplain to a local Sea Cadet Corps unit, which brought back some happy memories. I'd lost the inclination to play at war in the woods by then! Aahh, the ATC! I too was a member (1138 Ardrossan Squadron), before growing my hair long and weirding out. I got flying several times, doing aerobatics in a Chipmunk. I also went to camp, enjoyed underage drinking with the older cadets and thought that girls might find the uniform attractive (SOME CHANCE!). I also seem to remember a whole lot of bullying went on - make some people NCO’s and it goes right to their heads. I left shortly after they made me one, mostly because I got rebellious, then became a Christian, and that sucked up all my time.

In the early nineties, I got to be chaplain to a local Sea Cadet Corps unit, which brought back some happy memories. I’d lost the inclination to play at war in the woods by then!

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