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664DaveS

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Enjoy your day, you should be proud! I still remember my pass out from RAF Swinderby in 71!

Hope your nephew enjoys his time in the RAF!

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Oh Marilyn what a lovely post you must all be so proud.
I remember my daughters when she joined the RN just her and 50 lads your heart just burst with pride!
Mucker,those medal ceremonies take it to a whole other level don't they,
when my daughter returned from Afghanistan she was told that Prince Charles had requested to present their medals as she was serving with his old squadron.
we spent a whole day in the gardens at Clarence House,very informal, he and Camilla chatted with all of the families.
I started blubbing the minute I heard the Marines band (daughter thought it was hilarious).
Your Mum will have an amazing and emotional day,hope the weather is good,I will be thinking about them.

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Brilliant congratulations.

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How proud you must be xxx

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Ex - RAF here - I had my pass out parade at RAF Swinderby in 1987. Loved the experience. We had a Jet Provost for a fly past lol

I had a copy of my video put onto dvd and I watched it with great pride. 21years served and still work for the military but in a civi capacity

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I've been to see mum tonight and she is absolutely knackered but says she has had the two best days of her life. My niece and her husband were sooo caring and just couldn't do enough for her, shared a room at Premier in with her ex daughter in law (the family are still good friends) and then THE day dawned and the excitement just went up & up. It started to rain during the parade and it was very cold but the base had provided blankets and then the fly past - she says it was out of this world. Lunch was chicken curry (she likes neither chicken nor curry) which was just beautiful and served by such a lovely young man. As she says, no matter how much time she has left, it was a day she will never forget. They left home at 14.30 Monday and arrived back at 22.00 Tuesday, tired but happy. I took my laptop round to her tonight to show her all of your beautiful comments and she shed a few tears to think that all of these strangers could be so kind.
THANK YOU ONE AND ALL FOR MAKING HER SO HAPPY.

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Marilyn I'm so pleased your mum had such a wonderful day,I knew she would.
This post has just made me cry,and thats not something I do easily,my mum is the same age and I can remember her face when my daughter passed out,such happy memories,thanks for your lovely posts.

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Glad your mam had a really great experience.

When I mentioned on my post that I too had a pass out parade It got me thinking more after I hit the 'post reply' button.

I had the pleasure of watching my partner's son at his pass out in Pirbright last year. I thought 'WOW - this is brill - I am getting to watch something that years ago I had done myself' and it brings it all back.

I might have to dig the dvd out and watch it again - gosh I feel quite emotional lol

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Glad your mum enjoyed it!

On subject of flypast-Lancaster bomber flew over Cosford museum this morning-awesome sound!!!

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Glad you had a fantastic day

It brought back memories of my own passing out parade at
RAF Swinderby on a very cold a wet day in March 1978.
We ended up having the parade in one of the hangars, no fly past due to the weather. All of us were still soaked
marching to a from the hangar !
I then went to RAF Halton to do my medical training, Had a wonderful six years serving in the Medical Branch.

I only left the RAF to follow my calling into ministry, Iam
still working with the forces looking after our guys a gals and families as a civilian Chaplain with the Army
here in Germany

Thanks everyone for this lovely thread which has brought back many great memories

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Glad everything went to plan and your mum enjoyed the day.
I remember my parents pride when I passed out from Swinderby in 1980. We were fortunate and passed out in September and had 4 (very) noisy Phantoms for our flypast. I seem to remember them setting off the car alarms they were that low

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Quote: Originally posted by Marilyn51 on 12/5/2013
I've posted on here before about my 90 year old mum but I must share the latest with you. On Monday my niece (mums eldest grand-daughter) and her hubby are taking mum to RAF Halten to watch my great nephew (mums great grandson) pass out of basic training for the RAF. The parade is on Tuesday and mum is so excited as Adam will have three generations there to see him. We have always been a military family from mum and dad both being in the army during the war and we still follow all parades etc for dads old lot, The Royal Tank Regiment.
Thanks for reading, I'm one very proud great aunt.

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A proud day for any family indeed, and with a heap of luck, hard work and determination may the young man climb the ranks of the RAF and enjoy an outstanding and highly rewarding career, and so nice for your Mum to be able to attend.

My step brother and his son are both ex-Sandhurst graduates, Step brother climbed the ranks to Brigadier with an OBE in the Royal Signals, his son became an Officer before working in the Private Security sector, a very proud achievement for all the families indeed.

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Only just seen this thread, but congratulations on joining one of the biggest families in the world!

However, since quite a lot of RAF have posted on this thread, and as I am an ex Squaddie (don't anyone say Pongo), can I just add the following observation:

"The Royal Navy navigate by the stars, the Army sleep under the stars, and the RAF choose their hotel rooms by the stars......."

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My step brother and his son are both ex-Sandhurst graduates, Step brother climbed the ranks to Brigadier with an OBE in the Royal Signals, Julia

I am ex Royal Signals too - the best Corps in the Army! I wonder if I know him?

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As I started this thread 2 years ago I thought I'd give an update as it has now been resurrected. Adam, my great nephew, has just finished his first posting in Cyprus and now is back in UK continuing training. Mum is still as proud as ever and Adam makes a point of coming to see her every time he comes home, even if it's only for a couple of days.
Adam is the first member of the family to join any of the services since my father (Adam's great grandfather who died when Adam was only 3) was a tank commander in the Royal Tank Regiment and landed on Gold beach on D day + 1. Adam still carries a photo of his great grandfather in his breast pocket at all times.

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