Tonyjones1980 wrote:yeah i was told that mate so was well impressed , so where you up to now r u enlisted or waiting for a date or what mate

Starting basic tomorrow!

OK folks, I'm nearly there now!

Any last minute recommendations of the "gob shut", "ears open" etc. variety would be most appreciated!

p.s. shall I take my own ironing board?

Well done mate, storming result!

when i did it all of us bar one got recommended at risk, the other got not recommended; we were told full recommendation doesn't happen often

How did you get on tonyjones?

When I first considered the military 10 or so months ago, I could do about 4 press-ups :oops:



I can do about 60 or 70 in 2 minutes now, all I did was crack out as many press-ups as I could every time I had a piss (best off just doing it at home, you'll look stupid doing it at the pub), slowly ...

the only occassion I timed it I got 9.12 at an army fitness assessment at an army base in Chepstow, hope to get sub 9minutes at RSC

Ammo tech leads to EOD (bomb disposal), I can think of a lot more boring jobs!

Apparently ammo tech is good for quick promotion, you're a lance corporal straight out of phase 2 training for one.

Sounds like someone's got a bit of fluff at home and is asking on her behalf

flynn101 wrote:Dont you salute someone with a VC? Though the chances of meeting one are well 1 in a whole army

I've read that everyone of any rank salutes a VC, yet read elsewhere that's not true, anyone care to enlighten me?

How you gettin on Gaz? Keep us posted mate!

suicidal_tendencies77 wrote:well, all those touch screen pub Quiz machines i spend time on when bored have served me well, i managed a BARB test score of 79..

Bloody hell, well done!

I did it today and got 75, that's the highest score of knew of on any of the military forums I read, til I saw yours

I suspect that's the last we'll ever see of WJC

Still, fun(ny) while it lasted

I read the Independent myself, though it's not a broadsheet any more, and probably too left wing for your average soldier's tastes, I like to have an alternate view point from the BBC

james (future Para) wrote:Who cares, as long as the soldier can fire his weapon straight and kill someone. At the end of the day, thats all that needs to be done.

James

Oh good lord, I hope that isn't the attitude of Army recruiters etc.