i think its different for the army because when you join, you are joining as a mechanic, whereas in the marines everyone becomes (and is) a marine first and then they specialise

SQs and TQs are Specialist and Technical Qualifications. NAMET is Naval Maths and English Test. If you have A-C in Maths and English GCSE you already have a NAMET score of 0-0 (the best), you need a NAMET score of 5-5 to be promoted after training. if you dont have the right GCSEs you'll take the ...

week 31 is the commando tests, thats when your tarzan time really matters

tough choice, i would say get on with it, you may as well learn now how to crack on when your not 100%, however, a lad started in my troop with the same problem and a lot of people went down with it very quickly, it nearly cost me a backtrooping, he wasn't too popular for it. your decision but thats ...

lee, you get your first tarzan acquaint in week 26 just before final ex, then wednesday of week 28 you do the tarzan and endurance in the same day, following friday tarzan again, followed by endurance again on saturday. after that its the real thing in week 31. tarzan starts about 40/50ft up, most ...

well i spoke too soon, 2 weeks after my post, i was in fact running the mud. i thought it was actually quite amusing. we knew we'd messed up that week, and we were told we were about to get the hardest "classroom" period of our training, so after being marched up to puzzle palace and ultimately ...

the official line is that they dont go on anymore. we've never had to do one but have heard about other troops still doing it. our sect cpl told us that apparently the head of training, previously a naval officer, is now an RM officer and the rules are changing about what the training teams can and ...

all the clubs are no forces and having no hair is a pretty good sign that your in, plus, and a doorman actually told us this, we're the only people who go out looking smart, the exeter locals apparently dont make as much of an effort.

there's a cybercafe (i use that term loosely) in the church ...

i think wigs are definitely the way to go, i was asked for id, i showed them my driving license, they asked for something to back it up??? so i asked like what they wanted and they said a bank card, so i showed them my debit card and they still refused because i wouldnt show them my wallet!! gits.

don't bother buying new trainers, you get issued a pair of "quality" hitec silver shadows which you'll be wearing within a week of starting at ctc.

hi all, starting week 11 on monday. watched a kings squad practice the other day and can almost taste the green beret.

and about the nightclubs, if you have anything shorter than shoulder length hair they wont let you in. i tried to claim i was an estate agent but they didnt believe me. its no forces and they can tell.

hi fevernova, it doesn't matter how much of an advantage you have, unfortunately, kit musters simply take lots of time, they involve laying out nearly every bit of kit you've been issued and it all has to be immaculate, and nearly every time, the cpl only looks at one thing.

Well said gash hand.

On our parents day my family was told we had plenty of free time. and its right, we normally finish about 4 most days, sometimes even earlier. so, as long as:

1) you've prepared your rigs for the next day (1/2 hr to 2 hrs)
2) prepared your kit muster (has taken us as long as ...

cheers, hi, yeah the orange tabs are just to show everyone ur stupid basically and when you do something wrong they're a *little* more leniant about it. now tho we're supposed to know what we're doing.

i think we started with 55 and thats now down to 47, i think its

3 medical discharges
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