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General discussions on joining & training in the Royal Marines.
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Sully
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Ant, I can sleep safely now in the knowledge that Royals passing out know the deep joy that is the right hand smarty tube :wink:

If you don't like water the dunker drills will go down really well - especially last man out on the one-at-a-time sketch when all your 'oppos' hesitate fo some reason :roll: at the exit. Nothing like seeing each other off as much as possible :lol: a right Royal passtime. Happy days eh?
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that sounds fine, its kinda weird why i found them scary because im regularly in water scuba diving :-? I just had this vision of having to crawl through a ten metre tunnel without being able to breathe.
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Sully wrote:If you don't like water the dunker drills will go down really well - especially last man out on the one-at-a-time sketch when all your 'oppos' hesitate fo some reason :roll: at the exit.
I got told National Servicemen used to do the dunker drills through a hole in a big sheet in the swimming pool - The divers would typically spin you around a few times underwater so your were disorientated to f*ck to start off with :o

That was back in the old days with flintlock rifles you know ;)
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rabby wrote:Lee, the only tunnel that is totally submerged in water is only a couple of metres long. At that stage you will be with 2 oppos, one at each end of the tunnel to push and pull you through. So if you kick you're going to knock out your oppo, not good when he's got other things on his mind! :wink:

There is other tunnels for you to get stuck in, but they aren't underwater, but they are narrow, smarties ring a bell dont they Antubis?? :lol: :lol: :lol:
Ok. I was told by someone else on the Forum that its 8ft long but if its not then thats better anyway. Its the high ob course thats bothering me.
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