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just come home from sunny lymstone, after the first 4 weeks of training. Im loving every minute of it, well apart from the time spent in front support place! :o . If anyone wnats to know anything about the first few weeks, feel free.
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i thought the first 3 weeks were all admin? and what is the support place?
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iareglenn, good to here your enjoying down there, not long now til i get a crack at it.
Mephis, i think i'm right in saying front support is the press up position, could be wrong thou...
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Richie6899 wrote:iareglenn, good to here your enjoying down there, not long now til i get a crack at it.
Mephis, i think i'm right in saying front support is the press up position, could be wrong thou...
no, you're right and you'll become very friendly with those 3 words.
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Well 3-6 weeks and ill be getting my intro to Front support place
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ah it is good to be home,I'm in week 21 when i go back,just done dorset leap and my hands are a mess :D
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Fleeter wrote:ah it is good to be home,I'm in week 21 when i go back,just done dorset leap and my hands are a mess :D
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troop attack up a hill trying to crawl through gorse with an LSW,wasn't much fun :D
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Do you get to choose if you have the LSW or the L85?
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you have two LSW gunners per section and it just changes every exercise,the GPMG is the one you want to avoid,it's a bitch to yomp with :x
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the GPMG is the one you want to avoid,it's a bitch to yomp with
No mate the Gun is a definite favourite believe me!!

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i was just wondering what life is like in the first 2 or 3 weeks before families day.

is it screaming in your face? what happens? :)
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[quote="Foxtricks"][quote]the GPMG is the one you want to avoid,it's a bitch to yomp with [/quote]

No mate the Gun is a definite favourite believe me!!

Foxy..[/quote]
not when your 5'4,the bloody weapon is bigger than me!! :D
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No its not all screaming, if you do what the corporals say, when they say it at 100mph then they will be happy. Saying that there is always one who lets the troop down, which results in the troop being punished.
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iareglenn wrote:No its not all screaming, if you do what the corporals say, when they say it at 100mph then they will be happy. Saying that there is always one who lets the troop down, which results in the troop being punished.
lol we had a lad in my troop that was late all the time memories of press ups on your knuckles outside B block :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: especially when you had just spent 2-3 hours buffing your drill boots
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