Time to dust off the Union Jack.

[tracy123 5,093]

Ok it’s armed forces day on the 26th, time to show we all support the real hero’s of Britain, rather than the ones that pretend to do their best, let’s support the Men and Woman that put their lives on the line for us, and do their best day in and day out without the fan fare to make this country great

 

Armed Forces Day | Honouring Britain's Armed Forces - Past, Present and Future.

 

 

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[sheryl12 193]

hi jeff, just had a call off my son,hes just had his dates to be deployed to afgan for his second tour hes going 11 october!!! knew it was coming but still a bit shell shocked now he has his dates!!! so i certanly will be supporting our troops!!! ( oh and i hope you dont get any stupid replies to try and stir up trouble because this is a topic close to a few of us PIOs heart)!!!!

 

love shez x

[Guest guest37336]

hi jeff, just had a call off my son,hes just had his dates to be deployed to afgan for his second tour hes going 11 october!!! knew it was coming but still a bit shell shocked now he has his dates!!! so i certanly will be supporting our troops!!! ( oh and i hope you dont get any stupid replies to try and stir up trouble because this is a topic close to a few of us PIOs heart)!!!!

 

love shez x

 

Hi Shez.

 

I doubt any silly replies will come in. And like Geoff says the 'real' heroes are all our fighting forces.

 

Cheers Tony

[tracy123 5,093]

hi jeff, just had a call off my son,hes just had his dates to be deployed to afgan for his second tour hes going 11 october!!! knew it was coming but still a bit shell shocked now he has his dates!!! so i certanly will be supporting our troops!!! ( oh and i hope you dont get any stupid replies to try and stir up trouble because this is a topic close to a few of us PIOs heart)!!!!

 

love shez x

 

I hope your son comes home safe and well, my full respect goes out to him and all that are in his shoes :notworthy: I'm sure as a mother you must be full of emotions at this news. :wubclub:

 

I take it he will be away for Christmas?

[Quoll 6,354]

Add me to the list of supporters. I proudly wear my Help for Heroes band here in Aus and people look at me a bit askance. I wont be taking it off for some time yet. Just wish Australia had a similar day.

[tracy123 5,093]

Add me to the list of supporters. I proudly wear my Help for Heroes band here in Aus and people look at me a bit askance. I wont be taking it off for some time yet. Just wish Australia had a similar day.

 

Without turning this into Australia vs UK (and I know you are not doing that either) because this is not what this thread is about.

 

I think ANZAC day plays a special roll in Australians remembering our service men and woman, I've googled when we have our Armed forces day and if I've read it right, it lists ANZAC day as Australia's Armed Forces Day.

 

Armed Forces Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

Well worth opening the link for a look. :wubclub:

[Guest guest36187]

I married ex-army! I`m right there with ya Geoff x

 

Excellent thread x

[Quoll 6,354]

Without turning this into Australia vs UK (and I know you are not doing that either) because this is not what this thread is about.

 

I think ANZAC day plays a special roll in Australians remembering our service men and woman, I've googled when we have our Armed forces day and if I've read it right, it lists ANZAC day as Australia's Armed Forces Day.

 

Armed Forces Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

Well worth opening the link for a look. :wubclub:

 

That's true in a way, I guess I equate Anzac with Remembrance Day rather more than Armed Forces Day which is more of a "current" recognition of support. But I'm not quibbling here, and for personal reasons I wont go into it, but the Armed Forces of whichever allied nation has my total support.

[sheryl12 193]

I hope your son comes home safe and well, my full respect goes out to him and all that are in his shoes :notworthy: I'm sure as a mother you must be full of emotions at this news. :wubclub:

 

I take it he will be away for Christmas?

 

 

hi ,only just seen your reply,have been to sunny devon for a week!! thanks for that, it is such a worrying time for us mothers,but if you speak to the majority of lads who have to go over there (my son included) they say that while they are over there fighting to keep our country safe they are keeping the terrorists off our streets!! its going to be much harder this time for him tho as he has a newborn, so he will miss her first christmas,my 40th birthday celebrations,his birthday and POSSIBLY his daughters first birthday,so i think it might be a more emotional seperation this time, we just have to keep him happy with lots of pictures and parcels and pray that he keeps safe as he is out in the field a lot of the time searching for IDU's, he recently passed his para course and passed his sniper course the day before his 21st birthday!! so you can imagin from a mothers point of view i have visions of him jumping out of a plane shooting at some other sniper lol (oh the joy of a overactive mind), thanks for caring geoff.

 

shez x x

[Guest kimmie]

hi jeff, just had a call off my son,hes just had his dates to be deployed to afgan for his second tour hes going 11 october!!! knew it was coming but still a bit shell shocked now he has his dates!!! so i certanly will be supporting our troops!!! ( oh and i hope you dont get any stupid replies to try and stir up trouble because this is a topic close to a few of us PIOs heart)!!!!

 

love shez x

 

 

Here, here Sheryl, My husband served 22 yrs (British Army), I did a relatively short period of service, 5 yrs (Royal Airforce) my daughter is currently serving in the NZ Navy 5 yrs so far(yes they do have one, her first tour was the Persian Gulf for 8 mths) and now my son 18 yrs old is in the Aussie army, 18 mths now, and he's very proud... so good on ya for bringing this one to the forum, we as a family have been nicknamed in the past 'true Anzacs', it is and always will be a subject 'close to our hearts' and always in our minds!!!!

[sheryl12 193]

Here, here Sheryl, My husband served 22 yrs (British Army), I did a relatively short period of service, 5 yrs (Royal Airforce) my daughter is currently serving in the NZ Navy 5 yrs so far(yes they do have one, her first tour was the Persian Gulf for 8 mths) and now my son 18 yrs old is in the Aussie army, 18 mths now, and he's very proud... so good on ya for bringing this one to the forum, we as a family have been nicknamed in the past 'true Anzacs', it is and always will be a subject 'close to our hearts' and always in our minds!!!!

 

 

hi kimmie, gosh 2 children in the forces!!! what a worry!! one of my daughters was thinking about going in the police when she finished her a levels but she changed her mind,i think i would have been as worried about her patroling the streets of england as much as nath in afganistan!!!! i bet like me you are so so proud of them and what they achive looks like it runs in the family tho lol !!

 

love shez x x