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Originally Posted by richard s
Horrid hours... What happens if your friend wants 14 nights holiday overseas.
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He would take annual leave, like everyone else...
Not trying to do an Arthur here, but when I was damaging my liver/defending my country against the Soviet War Machine, our shifts were :-
Day 1 - 16:00-23:00
Day 2 - 08:00-16:00, 23:00-08:00 (Day 3)
Day 3 (after getting home after finishing shift at 08:00) Day off
Day 4 - 1600-23:00
Day 5 - 08:00-16:00, 23:00-08:00
Day 6 (after getting home after finishing shift at 08:00) Day off
Day 7 - Day off
Day 8 - Day off
Repeat until physiological and psychological exhaustion kicks in....
In addition to this, every 3 months you would pull Guard Duty between one of the Day 2 or Day 5 shift patterns, meaning you worked a 24 hour shift, and every 6 months, you would have to give up one of your Day 7 or 8 days off for Ground Defence Training (and we had it easy compared to some of the combat units).
Get some in!!!
