AC Laura Skinner RAF RTS Diary 16

[@donallen1384]

Thank you for your service Laura, my NCO wasn’t so nice, but nice memories.….. I served 1968- 1977. Proud to have served😀 Merry Christmas Laura.🎅🏼☃️❄️

[@jimwalsh8520]

Oh purlease, none of that yankee nonsense, "thank you for your service" it is so corny. Served 14 years and if anyone said that to me, I would vomit. Also, I am an ex serviceman and not a Tony Blair veteran

[@lennonwhite2815]

@@jimwalsh8520 shut up

[@nun1637]

@@jimwalsh8520 who asked

[@dellx3048]

Nice, nice, theyre not there to be nice.

[@Thomasha22]

​@@jimwalsh8520 Actually shut up nobody asked. Let them be respectful. Maybe you should take a leaf out of their book.

[@michaelkemp6857]

Certainly changed a lot since I served at RAF Halton in 1971!

[@Ronin7726]

Also can't believe nothing went flying 😳 nicest sgt ever lol

[@al1356]

@onebillionfoodparcels212lol it didn’t. But they certainly haven’t done in the last 15 years or so

[@bushmasterflash]

What a jolly nice sergeant this is. There would have been much more shouting and later collecting of things from the grass outside if this had been my old discip. RAF Swinderby in my time, RAF Halton was for trade training.

[@Digital_Arachnid]

it is a corporal

[@itslgl]

B@@Digital_Arachnid It's a sergeant 3 chevrons.

[@paulboulter7823]

My Cpl was a hard bastard but I respected him and thanked him after my POP.I met him at Wattisham as a FS 13 years later.

[@Janus-fn2uz]

Language sonny or you'll be on charge.

[@paulboulter7823]

@@Janus-fn2uz F252 ??🤣

[@paulboulter7823]

He’s no Cpl Marsh at RAF Skelton!🤣🤣🤣

[@ktmboycw]

Recognise the barrack room from my time are RAF Halton, my lockers were nothing like those, lol.

[@tylerw2190]

This is cool! I want to be in the R.A.F when I’m older :D

[@cambs0181]

Halton accommodation has improved a bit since I was there. You could open your locker and talk to the guy nextdoor through the gaping hole there. Also they didn't just put your kit back, chucked all over the floor. And as for the food......

[@alang9891]

Chances are he’s only so nice because he’s on camera

[@saxav88]

@@alang9891 Raf Swinderby 1975. If your kit inspection wasn't up to scratch. All of your kit plus your bedding and mattress would be thrown out of the window. Not much fun if you were on the second floor !!

[@bxbbey5050]

Mine wasnt like that when i went with the holes in the lockers but the kit was just shot all over

[@K_EEUU]

Can’t wait to join, joining as a pt hopefully

[@Jamiesbird]

Good luck 🤞

[@WizardOfCheese]

5:43 oh aye?

[@jamieb1830]

I bet he's only like this because he's on camera lol

[@Northman.56]

I remember when i was a junior soldier at the Guards depot,That was another ball game.My kit was threw out of the window so many times.Bullshit baffels brains.

[@evanderholyfield8167]

Nah they are actually like this tbh

[@blackghost6796]

That was the nicest sergeant ever

[@josephngbe]

Can’t wait to join the RAF. Need this discipline in my life 😎

[@amie2949]

Reaper One are you serious...

[@mintybadger1238]

Reaper One but their not civvies...

[@TheLifeOfDan1]

Reaper One Hardly Civvies are we

[@melbeasley9762]

You think this is discipline? LOL

[@averagejoe8358]

​@@melbeasley9762Obviously they don't show the beastings, why would they? My brothers intake had to leopard crawl uphill for 20 minutes because somebody left their rifle on the coach

[@captaindasilva8291]

This must be the nicest damn Sarge in HM Forces. Fair play 😎

[@paulboulter7823]

Still can’t get used to the airmen now being allowed to have beards!😳

[@1000wly]

he was wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too nice

[@markanthony4655]

That must be the nicest Sergeant in the RAF, must be for the camera I would like to think. I would hate to think it was possibly "can't offend " PC b0ll0x. Don't remember them being so nice at Swinderby. Those shirts (blouses) would have been thrown all over the place and the rest of the locker emptied all over the floor just for good measure, with words, every second word a profanity from the inspecting NCO or SNCO. Also since when do Male DI's inspect Female kit or go in Female Barracks. It appears lots has changed over the years.

[@lauriestlyon8773]

Was thinking the same thing! I truly hope it was for the camera. If you have not got the hang of ironing your kit at 21days...! Jeeeezus!!! My trading staff would thrown ME the length of the room simply by volume!! 😀 Ah, Swinderby! I am sure the pain diminishes over time! 😋 Most useful skill Iearnt was how to deck a full pint of bitter in under 30 seconds when the tannoy shouted for "Duty flight to the guardroom!" 😁😎

[@darrjeff9500]

Dont belive he would have put the shirts back in the Locker. A bit cleaned up for the Camera. I remember by Basic Training at Swinderby .

[@amie2949]

Reaper One they’re* 🥴

[@saxav88]

At Swinderby '75. If I failed a kit inspection, my bed pack. kit and mattress would have been launched through the window.

[@BM-gk6fb]

Oh no, treating someone with basic respect. what a terrible improvement of quality to life.

[@siancresswell161]

Did anyone hear where she said that her trade training / medic training is?

[@royalairforce]

Hi You can see full info on the role page on the RAF Recruitment website: www.raf.mod.uk/recruitment/roles/roles-finder/medical-and-medical-support/raf-medic RAF Recruitment

[@lahtal1]

My what lovely eye's you have Sargent and shiny shoes😍 #GoingToSiginUpForLife

[@Ronin7726]

Is this girl still in the raf ?my daughter looking at joining next year and wants to go in as a medic she will love this video

[@Janus-fn2uz]

Of course not pet They cry a lot when they can't do the fitness test and moan about the blokes who can. Women in traffic laughable. Get her a job in Tesco's

[@alvindurochermtl]

Is a male NCO supposed to inspect female quarters

[@erica8950]

Ik thats what I was thinking!

[@amie2949]

Angelina S yes they’re allowed.

[@cambs0181]

Under supervision.

[@bxbbey5050]

Dunno if youll see this but male and females are in the same block just different rooms they also haft to have another nco with them to beable to do this as things can be said

[@alvindurochermtl]

@@bxbbey5050 If that is the case why not simply ensure the course have enough female NCO instructors for this sort of thing. I don't imagine any first world armed forces will lack female NCOs or even Officers for that matter these days.

[@johnmatthews3990]

This is way to casual from what I remember. I did 12 years as an MTD.

[@paulboulter7823]

I can’t believe how casual that inspection Is,chatting away like he’s her best friend!!😮

[@paulboulter7823]

RAF needs Gny Sgt Hartman from Full Metal Jacket inspecting her!🤣🤣

[@Itsfxckingsammy]

Do you have to share a room?

[@royalairforce]

Booker In your initial training you will, yes. You're in a block with many others, with your own bed space and locker etc. As is shown on these videos. However, when you move onto your posting once you've finished training you'll have your own room if you decide to live in the mess/block accommodation on station. RAF Recruitment

[@joelwhitaker6013]

yes but it is Open University.

[@camalan5695]

Came through Halton last year. can tell you now that this is a very inaccurate representation of basic training

[@josephclark77]

Whats it like? Thinking of joining up

[@baileyh4116]

@@josephclark77 piss easy i know that cos im waiting for start date for paras aha

[@josephclark77]

@@baileyh4116 fairs

[@evanderholyfield8167]

I came tho right 8 months ago and it’s the same as this, you must of been on a shit intake

[@evanderholyfield8167]

Joseph Clark it’s as easy as you make it

[@anthonywelch9516]

Easy life compared to Swinderby in 90 :)

[@averagejoe8358]

​@onebillionfoodparcels212 10*

[@rosalealvaran4188]

are all military personnel meticulously and particularly clean when it comes to the uniform? needed a wrinkle free uniforms? both men and women?

[@nathanleblancq4217]

Rosale Alvaran They all should be, and I do not see how gender should be any factor in that?

[@rossjewett2430]

Room checks i hated that in the raf

[@LaHayeSaint]

It would be more appropriate for a female inspection NCO to be carrying out inspections of females and their personal kit. This really is the better way.

[@malcolmcave1613]

Instructors are not allowed to go through your personal kit. You do however have to keep your personal locker clean and tidy and they are allowed to have you open the door so they can check visual that it's squared away.

[@LaHayeSaint]

@@malcolmcave1613 Malcolm, thank you for that. But it still is out of order for a male to carry out an inspection of a female in the absence of another female.

[@malcolmcave1613]

Not really because he isn't touching her it is a visual inspection. You can't always be PC in a war zone. The military what happens in the army nowadays with females being in the infantry were there is a heavy majority of males having to share battlespace. The reality doesn't always meet people's expectations or standards if they don't fully understand the military lifestyle.

[@LaHayeSaint]

@@malcolmcave1613 Malcolm, for such situations to be squeaky clean, it is best for the male to have a female NCO accompany him during inspection. Taking precautions is never a bad thing.

[@malcolmcave1613]

Well serving nearly 12 years in the military I can tell you that isn't always feasible. Women in the military just want to be treated like the men, treated equally. The men don't get male supervisors if a female nco or officer is inspecting them.

[@MSavageEsq]

The Sergeants have gone soft! I got harder inspections as an air cadet. Those blouses would have flown for being creased.

[@froycrons]

Innit just having ur brazzard lookded at my staff means having to re stich it that night

[@gerardburton1081]

Maybe he fancied her.

[@richardroberts5977]

Sorry I meant to say sergeant. The ones I came across said the F and C word in nearly every sentence.

[@jonathanpipe8249]

He's nice because he's on camera ! No camera everything would have been out the window

[@nicholasdavies6264]

A Sergeant with his 1250 hanging off his bloody shoulder.... ffs !

[@alanparr2555]

Why hasn't that awful bed pack gone flying out the window?

[@ИванИванов-в9о9л]

In my opinion, there is something humiliating in such a search of personal belongings. What was he looking for in the toothpaste? Did he think there were C4 explosives in there?

[@simoneywymney]

Thats an inspection ???? no stuff out of the window, no stuff thrown on the floor, the Sgt not once said the words"fucking shit" or "what the fuck is this" and he hung her clothes back up instead of dropping on the floor. And he didnt shout once !!!!!. LOL

[@thatmancunian281]

what millitary was you in hahaha, sounds rough haha

[@s41nt_tv10]

Must be marines

[@bctv4546]

hes been watching too many movies

[@dudz5825]

simoneywymney depends how shit your inspection was, I’ve had sergeants scream

[@lauriestlyon8773]

My thought exactly. RAF Swinderby 1983. Bedpack missiles regularly. Boots the length of the room. I am sure it was the Cpls voice a half inch from my left lug'ole is the reasonI am now going deaf! Different times! "The past is a foreign land that we cannot visit!" Per Ardua!

[@paulboulter7823]

Don't NCOs shout anymore.Seems a bit soft touch.Wot no bed packs out the window like Swinderby days!!

[@petermitchell6348]

Hmm, I was at Swinderby in 1973 but don't recall any bed packs being thrown out of the window.

[@johnradburn84]

1985 we had a wastebin thrown out,beds tipped up but we are alright now!!!

[@aislingmichaelaoneill1028]

At Bridgnorth 1960, Cpls didn't go quite as hard on regulars with educational quals as on those who didn't, presumably because the next time you met you might be a Rodney, Wobbly or Snec and he might not. National Servicemen had the worst time with their kit constantly thrown in the coke bin at inspections. Still, as was pointed out to us, it was only while we were at 7S of RT. Many DIs then were in the rôle permanently and hoped to become SWOs. Most had to be satisfied with being a universally loathed Sgt in the SWO's office. A different and better breed of DI now IMO with experience of the real RAF to which they would return.

[@aislingmichaelaoneill1028]

*will return

[@dudz5825]

Paul Boulter I’m the next I take to graduate Halton, this is only like this because he’s on camera, out sergeant is nice until you start taking the piss with inspections, then he starts making ou feel like shit, screaming and all

[@ScruffyBoyBlue]

She needs to be more like Yes Sgt or I have my trade Training here Sgt. She needs to address the Sgt inspecting her more while answering his questions.

[@amie2949]

Party Animals she’s in basic training for a reason, you learn these things...

[@ScruffyBoyBlue]

ʝamie I know.

[@gtan431]

....it's like a holiday camp ffs

[@nightrain663]

Why's he not throwing stuff & shouting?

[@kirad2234]

What a mistake. U should never say u are joining to get professional experience for a preferred career in civie street 🙄

[@jord7011]

not really, it’s litterally what the forces advertises

[@richardroberts5977]

Not much to do with aircraft just polishing and tidying up and cleaning toilets, ironing.

[@simonh6371]

It's recruit basic trg, if you can't keep a toilet clean, or keep your uniform in good order, then you shouldn't be trusted to take care of equipment which costs millions of pounds of taxpayers' money.

[@pathoftheone4910]

It teaches you how to maintain your kit in a clean and safe environment, if they cannot do that can you imagine how bad there standards would be in a deployment to a war zone?

[@richardroberts5977]

How can the recruits stand such boring, repetitive and menial work?

[@cambs0181]

Because they usually come from civvy street where they endured boring menial work, only for less pay and pension and social life and overseas travel.

[@johnmorgan933]

@@cambs0181 exactly

[@JenniferDARNELL-h5q]

My they have less clothing a student.

[@alastairwest5200]

The General Duties Sergeant would NEVER make a RAF Reg Gunner - period.

[@ManjihPCTV]

a RAF gunner would NEVER make a real soldier - period.

[@alastairwest5200]

@@ManjihPCTV He ain't QCS...

[@donaldjohn36]

@@ManjihPCTV and whats the diffrence when they walk on the streets. they got tattoos on thier foreheads reading RAF gunner and Real soldier. Listen to yourself

[@scopex2749]

Wow so they dont get shouted at anymore at Halton OMG whats happened to basic training :o Where is his pace stick for poking people? OMG wheres the discipline gone BRING BACK THE BEASTINGS! Double around the airfield with rifle over your head - THATS the spirit!! Coooo I wish life was this easy in the 70's! The SWO was Flight Sergeant Wellbourne -Davis .........apparently he could be heard in Aylesbury on parade! DO NOT cross that man aaaargh

[@streaky689]

bed pack sucks

[@dokbob5795]

Is he searching for drugs?

[@robw3027]

Yikes. This must be for the camera. Is recruit training not suppose to be tough, likely the toughest time of the recruit's life? This AC does not know how to drill properly- one pace forward march, last I did it was one 15 inch pace forward left foot just clearing the ground and the right leg straightened in double quick time. Upper body held still. Train tough- fight easy. Train easy- fight tough. There may be a day that the enemy makes it back to the medical tent.

[@lucasbooth1832]

You take KZbin comments too serious mate

[@richardroberts5977]

What an interesting and useful job that intellectual corporal has got. Well worth all of the taxpayer's money.

[@TheLifeOfDan1]

Richard Roberts First off he’s a Sergeant. Second of all it’s an inspection which are a requirement for basic training to ensure recruits are up to standard. Third of all, he’s out of trade for a couple years, if that, to do instructional duties. He’d have gone back to his normal job afterwards.