No they are not involved.

You do sit-ups, press ups and the "bleep test" now.

Charlie.

Hello Westy,

I passed the rcb briefing and had my POI in Nov if my memory serves me correctly. There was a POC the week after i did my POI but I was going to france so couldnt make it. I have my main board the week after my POC in March so i think ill be pretty exhausted at the end of it all.

I'm ...

Has anyone done their POC?? I have mine in 6 weeks(ish)

Regarding the fitness tests and requirements. sit-ups (80), press-ups (70) etc. The info i received it says "as many as you can do in 2 minutes". Now do they want 70 pressups blasted out in one go in the 2 mins or can u do 35, thenrest a few ...

This may sound like a completely ridiculous question but i just received my info from the Para POC and have been trying to get through to them on the phone all morning. It states I need some "rubber soled boots with a heel block". Would the sort of thing that I'm looking for be available from an ...

I found this on the army site. Its quite interesting if you want some backround info on the brigade.

It states that at any time, 2 Parachute battalions will be part of 16AAB. Does anyone know what division/brigade the other battalion (1Para at the moment) is part of?

The file is about 10mb.
http ...

Or if flying is your thing you could look at the army air corp. Get qualified for free.

With regards to your question "How many have done it"
During my RCB there was a South African, a guy from New Zealand and a Canadian. That was out of about 60 people.

Charles.

I hadn't a clue what this was but for anyone else wondering..here you go.

http://www.bodybuildingpro.com/bodytypeinformation.html

I'm definately an Mesomorph myself. Just call me Adonis!

Charles.

All the best.

Good luck.

Charles.

I am speaking from applying for a commission at the moment and not for university sponsorship but I hope this helps.

You need to get onto the your careers adviser to arrange a meeting with the Paras. You will then go on a one day POI (interview) and if they like you they will invite you back for a ...

I have the answer....

http://www.rawmeatybones.com/ChalkWhite.html

"Natural dog poo is mostly white powdered bone about one third the volume of the artificial stuff. The foul excrement on the soles of our shoes is indigestible cereal and bacteria, the end product of unnatural feeding"

The end of ...

I used to see white dog poo around when i was a kid in the 80's and was just discussing this with some people. i ahvnt seen ti for years. just wondering if anyone else is as sad as me and has noticed and could shed any light on this mystery?

So far as I have seen there has been no mention of the pathfinder platoon. Does anyone have a clue if they will be affected?

Also..if they are re-structuring 1 Para...but creating a tri service battallion, how could they keep the full manpower of 1Para and still bring new troops from other ...

It will be interesting to see when these new defence changes that affect the Parachute regiment come into play. I dont much fancy being called a Ranger after wanting to be called a Para most of my life. There is a lot of rumours flying around about a new cap badge and beret also. if thats the case ...

So far as I have seen there has been no mention of the pathfinder platoon. Does anyone have a clue if they will be affected?

Actually this site is English and u can order from it so this is probably better. They have WW2 Paras too for your grandads!

http://www.modellersloft.co.uk/itemlist ... oup_ID=125