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lo guys
Posted: Sun 28 Sep, 2003 10:33 pm
by solidarity brother
Hows it going? Ive been reading these forums for a while ever since i decided to try for the Royal Marines. I succeeded and passed but left after 10 weeks of basic training. Im planning on joining the reserves though next year (figure id make a better part-timer than a reg) so alls not lost. Will see you around, cheers Greg
Posted: Sun 28 Sep, 2003 10:43 pm
by Sticky Blue
10 weeks... why did you leave?
Posted: Sun 28 Sep, 2003 10:48 pm
by Jason The Argonaut
Welcome solidarity brother
But as Sticky said, why did you leave on week 10, I can only guess that getting to week 10 must have been very hard work. So why??
Posted: Sun 28 Sep, 2003 10:53 pm
by spitfire
Welcome, but as sticky says why ?
Sticky Blue wrote:10 weeks... why did you leave?
Posted: Mon 29 Sep, 2003 9:28 am
by lew
God dammit it Jason... beat me again...
Welcome to the forum mate...
It seems to be the burning question doesn’t it. Why???
lew
Posted: Mon 29 Sep, 2003 2:50 pm
by harry hackedoff
Did you leave, or were you pushed? Do tell.
Makes no difference to me either way. Welcome aboard Solidarity
leaving after 10
Posted: Tue 30 Sep, 2003 1:17 am
by solidarity brother
Correction: it was more like 8 weeks looking back so maybe im an even bigger wuss than i thought
As for reasons why, well i could make all sorts of excuses here but basicly i got p*ssed off with the whole routine and lost faith in the training. I developed a negative attitude towards the training staff and the military way of doing things and lost sight of the fact i was training to be part of an elite unit. The hard part wasnt the physical, yeah its knackering but you put your head down and crack on, the hardest part was constantly taking orders and following a neverending routine. Always doing what your told and never having any leeway to think for yourself. I realise that life in the corp once through basic training isnt always like that but at the time i was suspecting it would be. I guess i felt a little bit too much like a 'kept man', property of the mod.
On the plus side i made some good mates, some of whom who have now passed out, and had a fair few good laughs. The humour and the spirit was terrific in retrospect. Some of the room inspections were like something out of monty pythons' life o brian' with the corporals dishing out particularly virulent observations on the unclean habits of some poor recruit while the rest of us bit our tongues with tears streaming down our faces.
Anyway cheers for saying hello, thats my sob story over with. Good luck to anyone here thinking of joining. you probably dont want to take advice from someone who left after a whole 2 months but for what its worth: no matter how shit it gets keep your sense of humour!