You never made it to Brunei then, John ... used to get woken up to a mug of tea in the Mess at Seria ... and Paludrine tablets in a bowl on the table at breakfast (swing that lamp)!
I always preferred to be serving overseas ... as I remember it, soldiering in the UK was second rate in comparison (especially if we include Northern Ireland in that).
I hear that it is even worse now, with so much contracted out to civilian companies.
