Hi Escapee
I'm sorry you feel this way about Ex Army people but please don't tar us all with the same brush.
There are a lot of ******s in the Army but this is the same in all walks of life.
Ex Army guys don't know more about every subject than everyone else but you "might" find they have a wider knowledge than someone for example that has been living in the same town doing the same job all their life. (Extreme example)
Ex Army guys do tend to have the "been there, done that, seen that, got the T - Shirt" mentality because generally they have. This goes for all forces people. I hate it when I'm in conversation with someone else and I say, "Oh I've been there" or "I've done that". I certainly don't mean to be big headed but I'm not lying either. But it does make me think that they might be thinking..."Oh is there anything he hasn't done".
I'm in no way sticking up for these guys if they think they know everything about every subject when clearly they don't. Nobody does.
I've also never been to the Glass House and never got charged once in 8 years regular and 3 years TA service. I did leave with "an exemplary soldier" (their words, not mine) written in my discharge book by my Officer Commanding.
I had one job before I joinded the Army and have been in the same job since I left, so please don't generalise about Ex Army people.
Just my two pence
