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    First time in Married Quarters

    I hope you helpful lot can point me in the right direction or provide guidance. Failing that feel free to rip me to shreds! My wife and I are having to re-locate from Lossie to 'down south', primarily for family reasons. Currently we own our own house but will most likely rent it whilst we...
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    Quickest way to get promoted.

    These days we appear to be very much in a 3 year promotion cycle, certainly from SAC > Cpl and Cpl > Sgt. Personally I think it is a positive thing from what I have have seen of those picked up. BUT What are they (or their RO) doing to make it happen? Are they the cream of the crop, lucky with...
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    How long will they be eating Pizza for?

    Just for fun.. How long will the Typhoon display team be showing off in the skies over the southern med? On a much broader note, just why is the coalition sending in a massive show of (air-to-air) force when the threat has effectively been neutralised by destroying the airfields/air defence?
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    How much does a quarter cost the RAF?

    I'm sure someone out there must know how much a quarter must cost the RAF to 'run'? Would be very interested to see that vs how much the average recipient receives in HTD. Can you see where I'm going with this?....
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    Age vs Rank vs Experience.

    Ideally they should all match, rising in a nice linear manner as your RAF career progresses. So what happens when it doesn't? When you have an SAC/JT who is the most competent junior rank in the section. When you have SNCO who couldn't manage a dog on a lead. When you're baby officer is...
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    Compulsory PT

    Do you have it at your section and are you happy to attend? Personally I can't stand it as it it disrupts my training and is used to stroke the ego of the WO and Sqn Ldr. On the other hand it does at least encourage the less active members to become that little bit fitter.
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    LSAP and re-mortgaging

    I'm due to re-mortgage in December after our fixed term ends, is it possible to use LSAP as a 'deposit' for the re-mortgage? I've asked in PSF and they thought so but weren't entirely sure. "Read the JSP!" I've read the JSP and whilst it does hint at being able to to do doesn't spell it out...
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    Promotion System

    Is the current system as fair as it can be and if not, what alternative would you suggest?
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    HGV licence expiry and payment question for non-MT.

    Sorry for long winded title! At my previous unit I was lucky enough to be put through my HGV course along with a nice little ADR cert. My question is; as I am 99% certain not to utilise my licence at my current unit should I expect my ADR renewal to be paid for? My photo card is also due for...
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    How do you put a medal on your uniform?

    Argh! I've been dicked for a parade in Lahndon town next month and as such will need my medal fluttering in the breeze. How does one go about attaching it to the jacket? I've got the little stubby bit already, is there a further process which the tailor has to carry out or can I do it myself...
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    Army mother buying kit for her son.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/question_time/8563542.stm Army mother is here shown saying that she has to buy essential kit for her 18yr old son going out to Afghan. Now is this a case of the young lad wanting something 'shiny and new' when the kit is actually up to scratch or is...
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    Oi...MT! Why is it..

    ..that even although I arrived from my previous unit with a full quota of HGV and Land Rover (all varients) and it is showing on my current 600, which your civvie TT&L issued to me, that I have to do a Land Rover fam and UK driving matrix in order to drive in the Falklands? Does the fact that I...
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    Has there ever been a worse time to be in?

    Being a noughties RAF child I obviously have no experience of the Cold war drawdown or the last SDR. Has there ever been a worse time to be in the RAF? Thankfully I signed on to 12 years not so long ago but it really doesn't look like there will much of a career beyond that.
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    Shiney trade training

    I promoise this is not a trolling thread but a genuine, interested question. What is covered in Pers Admin trade training? Of all the trades it is the one that I have the least understanding of what their training may actually consist of. A techie course is fairly obvious, lots of theory on...
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    Higher payband = more professionalism?

    For all those trades that have recently joined the high payband have any of you noticed an increase in the quality and professionalism of their work? Or does it appear that they are quite happy to accept the money but not the extra weight of expectation? This question can equally apply to those...
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