Not to sure, the only thing he said about it is that phys is stepped up massively to get you used to desert conditions.

I was thinking about that also

Sonne

At least it makes a change from cheap online drugs...

neil1955 wrote:This is SF forum why are you discussing someones suitability to be a Bootneck here????
Just wonderd..

Just responding, hopefully that's the end of it.

Sonne

Even so, you've got bags of guts it seems and that'll help make you an excellent bootneck. Train hard and give it your all and I have no doubts you'll make it. Sonne How can you tell if someones got the qualitys to make an excellent Bootneck if you havent met him even if it seems he has got guts. W...

If he's going to look for shortcuts in things such as fitness when joining the military...maybe the military isn't for him. Set him straight.. I'd love to see what a PTI like Sandy would do if he saw him shooting up inside the barracks... man he'd spend the rest of the time running around with a sh...

hy·per·tro·phy Audio pronunciation of "hypertrophy" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (h-pûrtr-f) n. pl. hy·per·tro·phies A nontumorous enlargement of an organ or a tissue as a result of an increase in the size rather than the number of constituent cells: muscle hypertrophy. Basicly my muscles are ...

If you want some thing scary try being a couple hundred yards away from a fire zone when a battleship sends in a full broadside. That comment really ages you Tab. Broadside you say? hmmmmm... Just teasing, seen a few pics of the USS New Jersey firing a salvo on exercises. Would now want to be on th...

Sorry GR, have to go one better with that.... we had an A-10 do a strafe run on the buildings just the other side of the road. about 15M away from our compoud wall. THAT was close!! Also had a lucky talibani, who managed to dodge 800rounds of 30mm HE...4 strafe runs from an A-10 and this bloke mana...

also i'v heard that walking through water in your boots is a great way of softening them up, didn't try it though as i couldn't be bothered getting my feet wet I bought a pair og Standard issue boots a while back. To break them in i just went for a long (long walk) on a wet (very wet) day across th...

Strength is excellent, but have a long standing injury which is preventing me being able to do any impact exercises (such as running). Good overall CV fitness however. Been referred to UCLH for a muscle biopsy and a number of other tests which sound quite draconian. Basicly one of my muscle enzymes ...

Essentially, if you're the type of bloke that wants it, and the type of bloke that will get it, you wont sit around all day worrying about how it will affect your course. Medical students, doctors, engineers dads with 5 kids a full time job AND an open university course to boot all pass RM/PARA/HAC...

The attitude of some of these lads makes me giggle. They seem to think becasue they have talked to one person that said information is gospel.

Don't waste your time Neil, there are other people around who could use the advice of someone like yourself who has the T-shirt and scars to prove it.

Sonne

Tourist camera sharpshooters drive SAS out of training area Michael Smith THE SAS has been forced to move its gruelling selection course for new recruits from the Brecon Beacons in south Wales to Scotland because hikers and tourists are watching the soldiers and taking photographs of them. Its swit...

So he went to Iraq to work with the SAS as a sniper on a classified mission before completing training?

Clever lad isn't he. With that kind of luck he should start buying lottery tickets



Sonne

'Managing' university and various elements of the TA/RMR is NOT difficult and it jolly well shouldn't be. TA/RMR is designed so that guys who have full time jobs and families to look after can join. So students, who do very little during the week and NOTHING on weekends, should have no excuses. The...