Hunter Trooped. Son Of A...

[Illustrious]

*sigh* Can you believe it. Only 5 weeks in and I got myself hunter trooped. Straight in from Ex Quick Cover, couldnt feel my feet so went to the Med Centre and got diagnosed with a NFCI to my feet, oh joy. 3 months Im now stuck in hunter.

You could say Im slightly threaders about it but I guess thats a part of life. What really did my head though was those that didnt complete the exercise arent being back trooped yet those who completed the exercise and got injured because of it, are.

It was quite a nasty week though, 8 were taken off the exercise after the first night with hyperthermia etc etc. After the exercise, 23 from our troop alone turned up at fresh cases with 10 of those being admitted to the ward. Fortunately, I was the only one Huntered but it still stucks.

Just thought I'd drip abit and let people know Im still alive. Hope everyone is doing ok and hopefully I will be slightly happier when I next get the chance to post, which judging by the hunter timetable will be most of the time. There just isn't enough to do as the remedial PTI's wont let me do extra phys

So yeh, hey guys!

[Hyperlithe]

That sucks.
I guess it could be worse, but it's still really frustrating.
Hope it's all sorted soon and you can get back into the phys.

[Artist]

Three months P7R. Standard routine I'm afraid.

Chin up.

Artist

[timex]

Sounds like you either had a very hard time of it or people weren't shown how to look after themselves (scary when our primary role used to be M&AW), not good if you have 8 guys going down with Hypothermia.

[druadan]

Agreed something's not right there, it's not THAT cold yet, and considering we work Norway down to -30 and beyond, that ain't good.

Care to share the circumstances?

[Darren82]

Isn't that the first 'official' wet and dry exercise?

If so, did you all just wrap your tits and get in your bags wet or something?

[Paratrooper01]

I assume you are talking about "hypothermia" - core temperature dropping, and not "hyperthermia" - core temperature rising above normal.

8 blokes taken off an exercise does seem very careless.

[45commandorm]

beefer

[davo141]

sounds like a case of 'i know better than the training team on this one' and got didnt do wet and dry properly!

hunters not the end of the world, just an unfortunte trip! still 5 down 27 left to go!

[Illustrious]

I'll throw my hands up and take it on the chin for this one, I didnt resealable my boots as I split the bags so the boots got pukka soaked which looking back was just bad drills on my part for not taking extra bags. Live and learn I suppose.

As to wrapping, I didnt but I canne speak for the other lads. As I said I just didnt have extra bags because it didnt occur to me to take extra in case of splits.

[druadan]

Illustrious,

For those of us a little outside the loop, can you clarify what exactly wet and dry routine is nowadays?! Sealing boots in bags? We went in fully kitted, then donned dry rig for sleeping, although black trainers or Pusser's Silver Shadows were acceptable in Phase 1 for in-bag wear. Properly talc feet, socks under armpits when in slug to dry (well, kinda), spares on feet. Having to get changed back into honking wet kit for every sentry and again in the morning - even better when your top-flapped wet stuff freezed solid in winter on Dartmoor Wet feet for days on end are one of the primary attractions to the Corps

I wasn't trying to have a dig at your personal admin, it sounds like something's not quite right in the training if that many blokes went down on one exercise - a couple you can attribute to poor personal drills, but that many seems unlikely. Or you could have just been in a beef troop and you're better off out of it

[45commandorm]

Illustrious,

For those of us a little outside the loop, can you clarify what exactly wet and dry routine is nowadays?! Sealing boots in bags? We went in fully kitted, then donned dry rig for sleeping, although black trainers or Pusser's Silver Shadows were acceptable in Phase 1 for in-bag wear. Properly talc feet, socks under armpits when in slug to dry (well, kinda), spares on feet. Having to get changed back into honking wet kit for every sentry and again in the morning - even better when your top-flapped wet stuff freezed solid in winter on Dartmoor Wet feet for days on end are one of the primary attractions to the Corps

thats the way i was taught

[davo141]

roger your last!

the feeling of putting on wet clothes never ever gets any better it is honking!!

[Illustrious]

Wet and dry is still pretty much what you said although we werent told about drying our socks, just to change them every day. Trainers are still to be worn while in the sleeping bag. Dry kit is still to be worn while in the sleeping bag although CTW requires that dry kit must be worn while on sentry and then changed back into wet kit in the morning (fcuk knows why, would have much preferred the opportunity to wear and dry my kit abit).

The troop is dwindling in numbers severely already which I dont know why because the training team was hoofing. I've heard some horror stories about some training teams. From 57 in the troop, its now in the 40's. Had 4 opt outs last week and 4 this week, couple of MD's and 4 of us hunter coy'd. Would have loved to have stayed with the troop but things rarely go to plan so I'll just square my affairs folder & corps' knowledge away and hopefully come back stronger than before.

[Darren82]

Wet and dry is still pretty much what you said although we werent told about drying our socks, just to change them every day. Trainers are still to be worn while in the sleeping bag. Dry kit is still to be worn while in the sleeping bag although CTW requires that dry kit must be worn while on sentry and then changed back into wet kit in the morning (fcuk knows why, would have much preferred the opportunity to wear and dry my kit abit).

What if it's raining when you're on sentry? Goretex? The noisiest fabric known to man!

Is that more of a health and safety thing?