After a 6-month tour of duty in Northern Ireland, everyone in the King's Fusiliers Infantry Regiment is pleased to return to their headquarters in the Midlands.''''Company Commander, Major Tom Cadman, has to have a tough talk with one of his officers.''''Corporal Tony Wilton is especially anxious to get home, his wife is about to give birth to their first child and he wants to be there for her in the delivery room.moreless
Lt Pasco mentions that the widow of the man who was shot, had no objection to him coming to the funeral "as long as he wore mufti". "Mufti" in this context means "civilian clothes" as opposed to a uniform.
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The abbreviations 'CSM' and 'RSM' used in the credits are not ranks but rather more like a job title.
The jobs are 'Company Sergeant Major' and 'Regimental Sergeant Major' respectively.
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CSM Henwood: Company! (the men in formation stand straight) Stand Easy! (the men in formation relax) Not that bloody easy, Garvey!
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Lt/Col Fortune: Well, as soon as we get ourselves sorted out, we'll have to get down to that training programme, right Padre?
Padre Armstrong: Absolutely colonel, nothing I like better than getting down to the training programme.
Lt/Col Fortune: Now we've got over the gulf, they'll be looking for more regiments to merge. We'll have to keep our standards high, if we don't want to be one of them, and we don't, not while I'm CO.
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