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Got My Green Lid!

General discussions on joining & training in the Royal Marines.
Gavin
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Got My Green Lid!

Post by Gavin »

Bonjour all,
fianlly passed out on the 10th with my orignal troop (912) by far the proudest moment of my life. The tests were hard but not as i expected, probably well for me i knew this was the last thing so i was buzzing from the start. We started with 53 and passed out with 23 of which 10 were there from day 1.
With luck i got my first choice of commando unit which was 40 commando based in Taunton. A few lads did not however and will be on there way to Scotland.
Just a quickie then, worst part of training probably weeks 1-15 in general they were crap. The best moments of training FFx 1 and FFx 2 these were a massive eye opener for me and gives you an idea of how hard it is to fight espically with all the kit we had to carry (noway near operational level) but still were bloody heavy.
As from the start a few chaps gave me some good advice from this forum so to them thanx and as for rest who aspire on joining or who are already in keep going and never give up like most do. We had some well alot of low points but plod on it gets better as the weeks go by. Thats my spill overwith (got to put my flashes and daggers on my shirts :P ) cheers lads.
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Post by tomharto30 »

Congratulations mate, you must be buzzing. I start training in 5 weeks time and that has really got my mouth watering!

Congratulatioins again mate.
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Post by HarryAVFC »

Congratulations mate. :wink:
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Post by Daveb »

Congratulations mate!!!

I take it you were kings squad then? If so, I was in the PRMC that were near you guys a lot of the time (like when you lads were marching to the parade square, whilst we were marching behind you on our way to gym test 2 :)).

That is friggin great news mate. Good job.
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Post by mfat_man »

Nice one Gavin well done 8)
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Nice one mate.
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Post by TheWedge »

Well done and good work, another british hero has been made.
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Post by markd »

Congratulations gavin a massive achievement! Best of luck for the future :D
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Post by speedfreak »

good effort mate, enjoy your time at 40.
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Post by Hankins »

Hey gavin!
i have the utmost respect for you in achieving that green beret, congrats on that. I think we saw you guys practising in the drill garage, we were the new troop making all the ruckus in the corner while you were practising for your kings squad pass out. LOL
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Post by Tugg »

Good effort fella youll have a good crack at 40 :)

Nice one
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Post by SO19 »

Well done Gavin lad, much diserved. 8)

Best of luck mate.
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Good effort fella youll have a good crack at 40 :)

Nice one
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Post by ben1 »

Well done mate a lot of respect for you, nice to hear someone else on here has done it. All the best. Ben
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Post by SYKES »

TOP S**T MATE! :D well done. I wish you every success in your future career.
Just one question: what is FF 1 and FF2? :oops:

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