It’s annoying. It’s just an unfunny meme page these days.
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I hate that page, it saddens me.
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Sounds like he needed a one-way debrief behind the hangar - sorry, Spooner hut.
Sometimes leaving them in their own little worlds is the best thing to do
I can always ask them ‘How’s it going’ next time I see them locally and when they tell me I can always throw in the ‘So what happened to …’
[I do know what they are doing but don’t want to give too many clues etc but dream and reality are a little different]
It’s is just the lowest common denominator page for Cadets
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That’s a good description of Facebook really
I do however remember a guy who came out of phase 3 training and was immediately selected for Lance Corporal.
Which resulted in about 20 resignations. He didn’t last long in the regiment and it was suggested he should ask for a transfer.
I think a lot of cadets get away with this as I’ve heard a lot of long tails in the mess from staff.
The funniest was one member of staff who boasted he had been on SAS missions in Iraq as an observer and how he got a medal for it.
Do we (or have we) advertise on facebook? I’ve seen SCC and ACF but never anything about RAFAC.
We seem to pump our Media budget into dross
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I daren’t join that group, there would be a swathe of VERY direct comments. 
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We need to fix our internal comms before we start trying to communicate externally!
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What do you mean? External Facebook comms is what we do best!
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#whatwedo best you mean? 
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I mean if they go RMP they’ll become a LCpl on completion of their training (I think) but not quite the same or related to their cadet promotion 
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Same for RAFP - it used to be acting cpl (unpaid) - basically to give authority with rank against (non-ranked) airmen.
Used to be a nightmare at RAF Newton - all the baby coppers who would stop you to ask (politely) for your ID. One day, Operation Roundup was called - basically stay in your building, check all personnel IDs if in transit. I was approached by a very keen acting cpl Snowdrop - “Excuse me Sir, Op Roundup is in force, please may I check your ID.”
My ID was produced. “Now then cpl, please may I check your ID.”
Fumble, fumble… ah, no ID.
Off to the guardroom we went! 
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There are just as funny ones for airport security.
The guy in Chicago waving the hand-held metal detector over my (bare!) feet - placed on the marks on the ground - BLEEP!
He explained, that’s the re-bar in the floor!! 
I asked for the supervisor - he wasn’t impressed - “it always does that sir. We ignore it.”
I asked for the airport duty security manager - took a while - demonstrated to him. He said “Oh %#}*!”
Major security breach - I asked him to check other screening areas. He reported back a week later - more than 12!!!
RAFP + dog = brain on a chain! 
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