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Bathynomus Giganteus wrote:Anothing thing, is pledging allegence to the Queen. Are you a monarchist?
Bathynomus Giganteus wrote:I guess if the matelots do it, then the RAF will to.
Weaver wrote:Sounds like the RAF has pretty much the same system as the US Military - you can opt to "swear" or "affirm", the only difference in our oath is that you select which word to say in the beginning, and state or omit "so help me god" at the end.
Once, when I re-enlisted, the officer doing it apparently forgot about not coaching me to say the last bit, in spite of arrangements beforehand. So he said "so help me god" and I replied "Yeah, whatever."
Weaver wrote:No, I was a Sergeant, he was a Lieutenant - and he was much too busy learning from me to try to hassle me with Basic Training bullshit. Besides, if he'd just paid attention when I trained him in his task, I wouldn't have had to say anything.
chairman bill wrote:You need to ask to be affirmed rather than attested. When I joined RM way back in the early 80's I was affirmed. Not a problem & you'll not get any shit over it, assuming Crab Air have become civilised now
chairman bill wrote:You need to ask to be affirmed rather than attested. When I joined RM way back in the early 80's I was affirmed. Not a problem & you'll not get any shit over it, assuming Crab Air have become civilised now
Weaver wrote:Sounds like the RAF has pretty much the same system as the US Military - you can opt to "swear" or "affirm", the only difference in our oath is that you select which word to say in the beginning, and state or omit "so help me god" at the end.
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