I have known quite a few Gurkhas,some good,some really good and a couple downright scummy fuckers,this isn't as soldiers by the way,this is as people.Theres one reason they want to fight in the british army,for the majority of them anyway,and that's to escape the grinding absolute poverty in Nepal,i have been there a few times,its really dire,also they are a mercenary force,but as said I have met a couple of really nice blokes.