Ex RAF. wrote:
1. You know the driver, so was the "family emergency" Terrie posted about bullshit?
2. Was the "shredded feet" Terrie posted about bullshit?
3. One article said he was in the Royal Anglian Regiment from age 19 to 40, seems to be true, what do you know about his time with RAR?
4. Daily Star Sunday Published 9th April 2017 says "Dave, who was discharged from service last December, will also be raising funds for the Royal Air Force Association.", I'm guessing this is referring to his RAF Reserve service, what do you know about his RAF Reserve service?, what did he do?
5. Can you elaborate on the "dodgy dealings with a car company"?
1 Mrs Joe wanted him home. For obvious reasons. An "emergency", along with the shredded feet, gave DR the excuse to call it all off.
2 Clearly he hadn't trained either sufficiently, or as much as he was saying that he had, as his feet wouldn't have got shredded inside two days. Whether they were as shredded as made out, I know not, but I doubt it. His personal admin must have been shit to end up like that so soon from the start, if they were. PPPPPP, as we know.... :)
3 Don't know. Others have said he said he was in the RGJs, not RAR. I heard he was a vehicle mechanic, which with his subsequent civvy car company involvements, seems plausible, although it's REME who usually do that (or did in my day). Either way, I doubt much time was spent in hand-to-hand combat with the Taleban. There is absolutely no way he was ever 22. I have friends who were: they are in a whole different league and no one's heard of him. I'll be charitable and say that he applied. But he would never have passed Selection, the first Fan Dance alone would have done for him.
4 Army regs to RAFR seems a strange move to make. Not impossible, but unusual. With all the SF chatter that was emanating from him, I presumed he was bigging himself up as a Rock Ape and claiming SF by association (as Rocks are wont to do!), before the RAR service came out.
5 I can't, beyond what I've already posted, sorry. But it's in keeping with what appears to have happened with LeJog.