It takes a particular breed of person to want to join the RM and muck about with big rubber things for a living... :p

Well if it isnt Tab from SP! :D

I was wondering if it was you lol :D Good to 'see' you!
Hope you're doing well mate :drinking:

I'm all nerves right now... bracing myself for some hard graft up in catterick, not to mention the odd bollocking, plus living independently for the first time etc

I ...

Excuse me while i pick up the fragments of my confidence...


12 miles? argh! The most I've done was 9, and that was jogging not running.

*looks around*
so I am!

cheers for the clarification

*skulks off to the Para section*

pardon my ignorance, but I'm not familiar with the term 'CTC'. Are you talking about how to dress for an interview or how to dress for arrival at the Phase 1 training centre (catterick in my case).

Cheers

C7..ahhh beauty! Got to handle (sadly not fire) one of those whilst on a visit to Warminster last winter. They had one in the small arms museum.

If you're a bit of a weapons-buff, that place is a must-see. Small arms heaven

C7..ahhh beauty! Got to handle (sadly not fire) one of those whilst on a visit to Warminster last winter. They had one in the small arms museum.

If you're a bit of a weapons-buff, that place is a must-see. Small arms heaven

Have you read "Fighting Fit" by Adrian Weale? That's a brilliant book for anyone training for the forces. It's got the fitness requirments for the PARA's, RM, SAS, . And some navigation and survival tips. I was told if you don't know already learn the alphabet code thing (alpha, leema etc.)
Yup ...

cheers for the honest advice twentyone :)
I think I gave the wrong impression...I'm 'lazy' when I can afford to be i.e. playing the waiting game for as long as I've been (which was pretty dispiriting at times). When it was necessary, I've always done what was required of me or more (most recent eg ...

that OCI-whateveritscalled is one badass rifle. Except its not really a rife, more a grenade launcher that occaisionally shoots the odd 5.56

The SA80 isnt all that bad, its remarkeably difficult to miss anything with it up to about 300m. If it fires, that is

jk!

that OCI-whateveritscalled is one badass rifle. Except its not really a rife, more a grenade launcher that occaisionally shoots the odd 5.56

The SA80 isnt all that bad, its remarkeably difficult to miss anything with it up to about 300m. If it fires, that is

jk!

They probably can, but it depends on what their superiors say/availablilty of places/whether you're needed elsewhere. But yes, you can.

If you want to be a Commando officer, might as well join the marines (be advised, its tough). But then again, who wants to join the marines anyway ;) ?

If you ...

They probably can, but it depends on what their superiors say/availablilty of places/whether you're needed elsewhere. But yes, you can.

If you want to be a Commando officer, might as well join the marines (be advised, its tough). But then again, who wants to join the marines anyway ;) ?

If you ...

I was lucky enough to meet an ex military fitness trainer, who was working at my local gym. I dont know about you, but me being a lazy b*stard, I need someone to push me and to keep me company on boring long runs ;) :D

basically the training was something like this:

Monday:0530 ->boxing circuit ...

praps do a sniper course never know :snipersmile:

lew

Sorry to disappoint, mate, but Officers don't see action as snipers. You might get qualified, but you'll be posted to run a sniper school or something far up the line like that. Not even SNCOs go on ops.
At the end of the day, officers are ...