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* BayonetYa: Simon order Mac and Rocket to fix bayonets and follow him after Bluestone 42 is ambushed at night. Mac later mentions that he stabbed a terrorist in the eye during that action.
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** Simon is the proverbial [[NiceGuy boy you can bring home to Mother.]] He also carries a very large gun and has shot (and presumably killed) several enemy soldiers.

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** Simon is the proverbial [[NiceGuy boy you can bring home to Mother.]] He also carries a very large gun and has shot (and presumably killed) several enemy soldiers.won't hesitate to fix bayonets and close with the enemy.
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* ActionDad: Tower Block, who mentions he has a one-year-old child back home.

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* ActionDad: Tower Block, who mentions he has a one-year-old child daughter back home.

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** Mac and Rocket will mouth off, play pranks, and undermine what little authority Simon has over them, but when the bullets start flying they shut up and follow his orders.

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** Mac and Rocket will mouth off, play pranks, and undermine what little authority Simon has over them, but when the bullets start flying they shut up and follow his orders. Mostly...
--->In the middle of an assault on the firebase
--->'''Mac''': Don't blame yourself, Skip! We'll do that for ya later!
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** Bird and Ellen even more so.
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* ActionGirl: Bird, Ellen, and Jasmine.


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** Bird and Ellen even more so.

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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Bird and Mary, respectively.

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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: TomboyAndGirlyGirl:
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Bird and Mary, respectively.respectively.
** Taken up a notch with Bird and Ellen in series three.
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* MisplacedKindergartenTeacher: The new ATO, Ellen Best, generally comports herself like an overly preppy schoolteacher and even uses expression like "top of the class".

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* ArmedFarces: It's essentially a comedy about a military unit that's managed more like [[TheOffice Whernham Hogg]] than an army unit, with pranks Tim would have been proud of being played on a regular basis, and a CO who's basically a female David Brent.



* MilitaryFarces: It's essentially a comedy about a military unit that's managed more like [[TheOffice Whernham Hogg]] than an army unit, with pranks Tim would have been proud of being played on a regular basis, and a CO who's basically a female David Brent.
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* MilitaryFarces: It's essentially a comedy about a military unit that's managed more like [[TheOffice Whernham Hogg]] than an army unit, with pranks Tim would have been proud of being played on a regular basis, and a CO who's basically a female David Brent.
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*** Tower Block has the makings of a good ATO.
*** Mac could make join the special forces if he applied himself.

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*** Tower Block has the makings of a good ATO.
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*** Mac could make join the special forces if he applied himself.
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** Ellen, while complaining about how Bluestone 42 is being uncooperative, reveals that the unit has been recognized for its potential:
*** Tower Block has the makings of a good ATO.
*** Mac could make join the special forces if he applied himself.
*** Rocket could be one of the army's top 100 soldiers.
*** Averted by Simon. Despite his ambitions to be an officer, he's only considered to be an exceptionally tidy soldier.
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* DrillSergeantNasty: Tower Block recruits Jasmine to help him train because she is the loudest meanest soldier on the base.
-->'''Jasmine''': Pick it up and fucking RUN YOU TAPEWORM! Pick it up. Run. Fucking run! Run, you fuckwit!

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* CombatMedic: Jasmine, introduced in Series 3, charges through enemy fire to save soldiers in areas that have yet to be cleared of [=IEDs=]. She copes with her job by[[ClusterFBomb loudly cursing]].

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* CombatMedic: Jasmine, introduced in Series 3, charges through enemy fire to save soldiers in areas that have yet to be cleared of [=IEDs=]. She copes with her job by[[ClusterFBomb by [[ClusterFBomb loudly cursing]].


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* SpiritualSuccessor: This show has drawn many comparisons to ''Series/{{MASH}}''
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* ClusterFBomb: The characters curse so often that "Fuck" loses its shock value and only serves as an emphasis to whatever point someone is trying to make.


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* CombatMedic: Jasmine, introduced in Series 3, charges through enemy fire to save soldiers in areas that have yet to be cleared of [=IEDs=]. She copes with her job by[[ClusterFBomb loudly cursing]].


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* LudicrousGibs: The base's rats are eliminated in a hail of gunfire and the viewers get to see the pests blowing up into little splatters of blood and gore. Rocket is appalled at this practice.
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* NumberTwo: Millsy in Series 1 and Tower Block from the Series 1 Christmas Special onwards.
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** This becomes the case literally in the second episode of Season 3, as the new ATO, Capt. Ellen Best, is a woman.
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* BackstoryOfTheDay / CompressedVice: Mary, [[spoiler: having been persuaded into a card came, turns out to be not just a CardSharp but a former [[TheGamblingAddict Gambling Addict]] to boot]].

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* BackstoryOfTheDay / CompressedVice: Mary, [[spoiler: having been persuaded into a card came, game, turns out to be not just a CardSharp but a former [[TheGamblingAddict Gambling Addict]] to boot]].
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* NonIndicativeName: Captain Softly, leader of the recon platoon, is an aggressive and foul-mouthed individual. He starts the speech he gives with a hearty "hello [[CountryMatters cunts!"]]

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* NonIndicativeName: Captain Softly, leader of the recon recce platoon, is an aggressive and foul-mouthed individual. He starts the speech he gives with a hearty "hello [[CountryMatters cunts!"]]

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* PutOnABus: Mary Greenstock left after the Series 2 finale. Her departure is explained by saying that she felt she couldn't work in Nick's vicinity any more after they had sex. This devastates Nick because he thought that he could develop a genuine relationship with her.

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Mary Greenstock left after the Series 2 finale. Her departure is explained by saying that she felt she couldn't work in Nick's vicinity any more after they had sex. This devastates Nick because he thought that he could develop a genuine relationship with her.her.
** Nick leaves the series after losing his leg in an IED explosion in Series 3, Episode 2.
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* NonIndicativeName: Captain Softly, leader of the recon platoon, is an aggressive and foul-mouthed individual.

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* NonIndicativeName: Captain Softly, leader of the recon platoon, is an aggressive and foul-mouthed individual. He starts the speech he gives with a hearty "hello [[CountryMatters cunts!"]]
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* ProperLady: Mary, which is part of the reason why [[TheLadette Bird]] doesn't have much time for her.
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* CommunicationsOfficer: Bird, who is the ECM (Electronic Counter Measures) operator. One of her duties is to communicate with base when the team are fired upon by Taliban.
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* PutOnABus: Mary Greenstock left after the Series 2 finale. Her departure is explained by saying that she felt she couldn't work in Nick's vicinity any more after they had sex. This devastates Nick because he thought that he could develop a genuine relationship with her.
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* InherentlyFunnyWords: Rocket clearly thinks this about the term "WISWO", [[DumbassHasAPoint not unreasonably.]]
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Nick. (Although he has his quirks, and does make some mistakes.)
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* BadBadActing: Bluestone 42 gets the [[BlatantLies coveted]] job of putting on the Nativity play. The results are predictably dire. [[SmallNameBigEgo Simon's directing]] doesn't help.
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* TheFool: Rocket, who wasn't sure if Nick was short for Nicholas or not. [[Adorkable Bless.]]

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* TheFool: Rocket, who wasn't sure if Nick was short for Nicholas or not. [[Adorkable [[{{Adorkable}} Bless.]]
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* TheFool: Rocket, who wasn't sure if Nick was short for Nicholas or not. [[Adorkable Bless.]]

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A second season began airing on 27th February 2014, and a third has been confirmed.

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A second season began airing on 27th February 2014, and a third has been confirmed.
started airing on 9th March 2015.

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