SAXAVORDIAN
Sergeant
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I still remember the medical letter we used to send to the family before return to Merry England. When arriving you automatically an FNG mulling and looking lost and befuddled when your handover welcomes you at the MPA ARRIVALS lounge. Always curious about that until you become the FOG, then you too eagerly with bags in hands and the duty free rush wait with a wry smile for the new bloke to arrive. Before you left we use to send our last letters a week before leaving Falklands and as a precaution to love ones we sent a Medical letter outline the conditions of the mental state of the would be returnee. Each section was covered from driving habits, sleeping habits carrying your own personal toilet paper, nosh rods, and constant urge to explain very loudly with hand signals amount of fuel or go go juice needed.
Do these still ring a bell or have this been lost in the sands of time with modern airman equipment of communication. Not forgetting the MPA cold concrete accommodation block for all squaddies pongos one end airmen and women the other. The entrance with the telephone card booths soaking wet with floods of tear driven callers and discarded colourful phone cards of denomination of value 5 10, and 15 for officers.
Regards from JOHN fng
Do these still ring a bell or have this been lost in the sands of time with modern airman equipment of communication. Not forgetting the MPA cold concrete accommodation block for all squaddies pongos one end airmen and women the other. The entrance with the telephone card booths soaking wet with floods of tear driven callers and discarded colourful phone cards of denomination of value 5 10, and 15 for officers.
Regards from JOHN fng