Ex-military guys, come hither!

[quickbuck]

MM Thanks.

As for Ambo qual, well the whole alignment of military to Civil quals is in progress.
Went to a brief on it today, and it sounds like they are getting things sorted.

So, yep, it will happen.

Another thing I forgot to mention was that Ohakea is likely to become a Super-base in the future, so that will be interesting....

Oh, and as you are from the Mother land, you will feel at home.
We are being almost overrun by RAF recruits at the moment

Look forward to meeting you.
Well, I could in any case, as you only live 13 minutes from me.

[quickbuck]

I'm just curious, why does someone in the Air Force get paid to race motorbikes? I don't really see a connection.

Well our sporting codes get funding.
When you go off on a national tour the club sponsors you a little bit to do it.

Also, as we are paid to do a job 24 hours per day, 7 days per week all the time you are riding your bike, you are still getting paid.
See?

[quickbuck]

Whats your trade? We were toled that we would be hung and quartered if we were found to have any peircings other than earings (girls only)

Mind you, that was the army and we did more physical stuff than you lot

(baits in the water)

I am an aircraft technician.

I don't have any bits of metal stuck into me...
Well, apart from the pin in my leg!

The whole piercing thing has gone a bit hay wire to be honest...
So long as it doesn't affect your job in anyway it is fine.
Also our next Base WO, You'd call him RSM... he has earrings!

As for doing more physical stuff than me???
Well, I'd like to see it!

But as a job I am desk bound at the moment.

[Sniper]

I am an aircraft technician.

I don't have any bits of metal stuck into me...
Well, apart from the pin in my leg!

The whole piercing thing has gone a bit hay wire to be honest...
So long as it doesn't affect your job in anyway it is fine.
Also our next Base WO, You'd call him RSM... he has earrings!

As for doing more physical stuff than me???
Well, I'd like to see it!

But as a job I am desk bound at the moment.

No where near as big a bite as I was hoping for

What base are you stationed on? Mum used to be a civvie Nurse in Woodbourne a few years back when Peter Neilson was base WO and I remember heaps of recruits getting hammered for having earings, mind you, things are changing in the world

[quickbuck]

Sniper,
You are slipping.

As I live in Marton, and am 13 minutes from Feilding, that would put me in Ohakea.
Unless I have a 5 hour commute to Whenuapai, or 2 hours to Freyberg...

Oh, and we call them Bases (well Freyberg is a building).

[Storm]

Good to hear you've made the decision mate Thats the hard bit done
Best of luck to you, and dont be a stranger !

[doc]

No where near as big a bite as I was hoping for

What base are you stationed on? Mum used to be a civvie Nurse in Woodbourne a few years back when Peter Neilson was base WO and I remember heaps of recruits getting hammered for having earings, mind you, things are changing in the world

Sniper you missed the fact that he rides a Honda and if you ride a Honda you would have to choose the Air Force as a branch of service. Christ man it goes without saying. Consider yourself disiplined..wot is the world comming too

[Sniper]

Sniper you missed the fact that he rides a Honda and if you ride a Honda you would have to choose the Air Force as a branch of service. Christ man it goes without saying. Consider yourself disiplined..wot is the world comming too

Shit, I never realised. I used to ride a honda when mum was working in woodbourne. The moment we moved away, the urge to own anything but a Honda was massive....

[doc]

Shit, I never realised. I used to ride a honda when mum was working in woodbourne. The moment we moved away, the urge to own anything but a Honda was massive....

Tut tut tut....your a worry

[Terminated]

Did my time 1968-83, joined before my 16th birthday [entry back then for Junior Recruits was 15 1/2 to 16 1/2 yrs old]. 204 in the intake and spent 12mths in training at Fremantle WA - Junior Recruit Training Establishment - HMAS LEEUWIN. So we had the usual 'boot camp routine' albeit for 12mths and each 3mths another intake would arrive as one intake passed out.

From my intake 4 of gained officer commissions: one became a weapons electronics officer, an other a seaman officer, the third officer retires this year he was a commanding officer of a destroyer, and also in the submarine arm became a commanding officer of one of the newer submarines and then went on to be the submarine squadron commander. I passed out of LEEUWIN in 1969, joined HMAS SYDNEY [previously a Royal Navy aircraft carrier] we transported troops and equipment to Vietnam. In 1971 I commissioned as a midshipman and did two years training junior officer training. In the mid 70's specialised in the administrative computer field and installed online supply systems around Australia. I pulled the plug after 15 yrs and came directly to NZ, and ironically worked for the Australian government here through the 1990's.

You have identified the medical branch and irrespective of the service arm, army, navy or air force, you will have excellent opportunities to cultivate a wealth of experience through out your service time and beyond. My physiotherapist is ex Royal Navy CPOSBA - Chief Petty Officer Sick Berth Attendant with his own practice for the last 30 plus years, you could not find a guy that enjoys his work as much as him each and every day.

How ever best you can, talk to the recruiting people and try and make in roads to meet and talk to service personnel within the medical branch - look at the different areas of professional interest that may present along the career path. Be open minded to cross service from one to the other eg Air Force to Navy or vice versa or Army, and explore the current policy of overseas exchange opportunities and or training. Indeed plan out your initial engagement with a view to then going to back to the UK and transferring to the services there for a short service engagement. You may have/get the opportunity to consolidate your professional skills further overseas. Then you can identify a good springboard to civvy street, in the UK or back here.

Flick a coin into the pond and watch the ripples, there are many and they go far and wide, so it is with a career in the armed forces. Jump in make a splash and enjoy yourself.

Heads Up and Enjoy
Now Off Topic - What about a 'military ride next daylight saving' for serving and ex-serving defence members........

[quickbuck]

Good reply there Buckbuckno1.

MM, are you marching around in squares yet?

I remember when I joined (17 years ago next month) there was a matter of 2 weeks between deciding the air force was for me, and having short hear walking around on a frozen parade ground!

It really was that fast!

No regrets at all though.

[jaffaonajappa]

Motorcycling in the RNZAF:
Nothing better!
If you race, you get paid to do it!
If you ride, there is a huge group of people you can ride with. Rides are easy to organise due to great communication systems (called computers).

Sorry to drag up an ancient thread....but.

Are you telling me my fucking Taxes are paying for air force people to race motorbikes?

[quickbuck]

Sorry to drag up an ancient thread....but.

Are you telling me my fucking Taxes are paying for air force people to race motorbikes?

Not really.....
We get paid 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.... Called a Salary. Can be on call at any time.
On our recreation time (that most people call weekends) we are allowed to go out and race our bikes.... Providing work doesn't get in the way (it almost did this weekend!)

As for pulling the Tax Card, I pay more tax than most people in the country. This is due to being on above average wage, but not so high I can afford an accountant to get me out of paying tax.

And a good dredge too. 4 Years!
Done 21 years now.

[jaffaonajappa]

Not really.....
We get paid 24 hours per day, 7 days per week.... Called a Salary. Can be on call at any time.
On our recreation time (that most people call weekends) we are allowed to go out and race our bikes.... Providing work doesn't get in the way (it almost did this weekend!)

ahhhh ok. So. Your in the same bracket as anyone else thats on a Salary then.....if you want to mash stuff up I guess its ok to claim your employer is sponsoring your racing....but really...its a play on words.

But shesh - it sounds like a marketing trick. Ahhh wait. 'Walk over to that nice man there, sign your name on all ten pages, and then we can all go for some nice syncronised walking in our big clear carpark'.

And dont get suckered into thinking you get payed more than the average. Theres so many bloody 'averages' out there its not funny - and your guys TRF is balls now with the Super changes.

But 21 is good going, well done.

[quickbuck]

ahhhh ok. So. Your in the same bracket as anyone else thats on a Salary then.....if you want to mash stuff up I guess its ok to claim your employer is sponsoring your racing....but really...its a play on words.

But shesh - it sounds like a marketing trick. Ahhh wait. 'Walk over to that nice man there, sign your name on all ten pages, and then we can all go for some nice syncronised walking in our big clear carpark'.

And dont get suckered into thinking you get payed more than the average. Theres so many bloody 'averages' out there its not funny - and your guys TRF is balls now with the Super changes.

But 21 is good going, well done.

Umm,
The average wage in NZ is 64k right??

I WAS on the Government Super Fund. Got paid out last year (and a sweet one it was too), so into Kiwi Saver now.

As for the Sponsorship, Well lets just say, the paint job didn't cost a lot of money either....