Well its just because 3 Mercian are moving to germany and im not sure if I want to be based in another country, and if anyone can tell me waht fallingbostels like i would appreciate it. Well beins as im only a junior a run time of 10:17 (shot up alot due to injury just before selection :cry: ), 7 h...

hoot wrote:How old are you fella... ? This isn't some type of junior entry pre-selection is it ?

Yea i was going to write that, are you sure you got all the requirements to join the paras?

Rick.

I heard today that Ross Kemp who did a programme called return to afghanistan. He wanted to go out and film the paras on one of their tours but was declined because it was too dangerous?

Thx Rick.

partymarty1987 wrote:Think this has changed now mate, i no of a lad that went straight out of Depot to 1 Para.

Yea your right mate, but you need to be super fit dont you?

You do not need 3 years to go to SFSG. They do allot of normal infantry work(but they get c8 s!!) but are also into all the fastroping and black kit counter terror stuff. Remember though ct sounds ally but is maybe not so ally with the 3 hour standby. Someone at ADSC told me you need 3 years of exp...

Does anyone no any information about SFSG, well anything there aloud to say on here..
I have taken an interest to 1 Para and want to be in that batallion when i have 3 years behind me in the Paras, i just want to no what do the SFSG do and why they are so different to the other batalions?

Thx Rick.

Hi Mate, i go to Catterick on the 31st May, ive just got 2 questions about phase 1.
What exercises will i be doing in the first 6 weeks?
In the swim test do you wear your boots aswell as your kit?

Thx Rick.

gpw2009 wrote:Passed and couldn't even do 1 pull up??? oh dear!

Hope you get a date for Depot soon mate. They not give you any idea?

Yea, they phoned me today and said i have a place for the 31st of May. 3 months should fly by and i can get myself into better shape!

Rick.

No they were going for the infantry.. two people got deferred in the team challenges for not speaking.

Rick

Yea i wasnt too sure if i passed it or not, i got friendly with a potential Para there and we ran the 1.5 together, he sprinted on the last 100m. i did about 9 pullups, but 3 people couldnt even do one and still passed..

Rick

Just got back last night, i passed with a runtime of 9.26. I got 142 on the static lift.
Does anyone no when the next intake is? ive just been told to wait for a letter in the post.

Thx, Rick

This is my second try, we had to do a bleeptest instead of the run because of the weather.. i think im ready i did my 1.5 and got 9.22 today.. stil abit slow but its a pass, someone told me that the track feels shorter then 1.5 miles is this true? When i did the pipeline test the run seemed short th...

[quote="Trev1"] Does anyone think the one hundred press up program is any good?

It is very useful, im on week 5/6 now and i feel alot stronger. When i started i could only do 10 consecutive pressups, not i can do 40-50

Try this one aswell.
http://www.twohundredsitups.com/

Rick.

When you hear stuff what happens on the news or in the paper its all about the infanry or the Marines, why is this?

Yea i can see where your coming from, in my view, i just want to get it over and done with.. life is easy when you pass out right? i did a 9 mile run with a mate the other day in 1 hour 10. With those times you just said, i should be on track. Are you in the Paras? if yes what did you dislike the mo...