James phones his mum

[Rhubarb]

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Yea I would never let any future daughters of mine date any servicemen period. They are largely garbage when it comes to quite a few things. Ones that pass through month to month are ok because they don't stick around long enough to ruin anything I imagine. I can this all this with the utmost authority.

Hmm.. that used to be the case, not any more. To be married to a soldier is something now.

To join up now you need a minimum qualification of 2x A levels and to be an officer a Degree. There is so much high tech in war fare now they don't need 'bozos'.
The 'Pioneers' where soldiers the Army didn't know what to do with, they emptied bins, dug ditches, polished things. Either civilians do it or its done by a machine or computer. They all got made redundant.

If Mark tried to join now he may have got in on the catering experience he had already achieved, but otherwise it no thanks. He wanted to be a Tankie, has driven tanks too, but chose to tranfer out, when he found he was likely to be moved to London and sit on a horse outside Horse Guards Parade- nightmare with all the tourists!