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Who is the most popular bloke in the army?

There are a few candidates in my book.

The bloke who drops you're mail off in the middle of nowhere is quite cool.

The Company Quarter Master who always makes sure that there's cold cans of pop and plenty of choccies when he turns up on a replenishment run is a strong candidate.

Then there's the bloke who doesn't mind crashing the fags even when he's down to his last few and you know you won't be getting anymore for a while.

But in my book the most popular bloke in the army is the man who can turn up in the miles from anywhere on the Canadian prairie, put his tent up and half an hour later have piping hot showers running.

After two weeks in the same lots of clothes and having reached the stage where sat in the back of a Warrior you can even smell yourself, a hot shower is like nothing on earth.

There's only one major drawback. The mosquitos love clean meat and you'll suffer for a day or two until you stink again.

But oh is it worth it.