Armed forces day in edinburgh

**beloitpiper** · 30th June 09, 11:46 AM

Great photos! Were there any military pipe bands?

**cessna152towser** · 30th June 09, 12:00 PM

Excellent pics, Alan.
Looks like an interesting day out and I see our Prime Minister made it into your first pic!

**caig** · 30th June 09, 12:14 PM

Therewere just two bands and one was mostly brass. I do not know which fregiments they as their drums bore no names or badges. I have to say I was quite disappointed at the whole event as it was not the usual polished performance.

**McClef** · 30th June 09, 02:03 PM

Originally Posted by cessna152towser

I see our Prime Minister made it into your first pic!

First Minister rather than Prime Minister.

**SFCRick** · 30th June 09, 01:31 PM

grand pics

**Wolfhawk** · 30th June 09, 01:51 PM

Great Pictures.

**Darkislander** · 30th June 09, 03:05 PM

Glad you posted the pics for us though.

**ChubRock** · 30th June 09, 06:24 PM

I can hear the pipes and smell the fish frying. Thanks for sharing such a wonderful experience!

**Highlander31** · 30th June 09, 08:02 PM

Thanks for posting the photos. While it may not have been up to the standards of previous years, I am glad to hear they still honour the men and women of your Armed Forces.

**mbhandy** · 30th June 09, 08:03 PM

Originally Posted by acaig

The parade was of a generally poor standard with many troops obviously not well prepared, and the RAF Regiment, in particular, were hopelessly out of step.

Now to expect the RAF to be instep is like wishing the USAF can march in step. The only time we marched was in Boot Camp. The rest of the time we all had jobs not drill.
I was stationed at RAF Lakenheath and the only time we did formation was a once a year Inspection and we got picked by our barracks duty NCO.
It was posted on the board two weeks in advance. I was in the photo lab and never got picked but I did have to shoot the review for the Base Paper, two years in a row.

MrBill