Potential recruits advice

[jacko1234]

Well lads i thought as ive got a lot of spare time on my hands now as my recruit training went pear shaped at week 3 due to medical discharge. discharged for having ''ashtma like symptoms'' turns out i dont have ashtma anymore and my afco are doing there best to get me in soon as possible .So thought id help out lads that are wanting to get in so here a few tips from me starting from app- rt

. In your written tests , put your best effort in mech comp this will save you having to do better then you need to on prmc not saying that you shouldn't go all out .

.In your interview be yourself , relax, learn some history and knowledge before you go, think about good points about yourself , talents, achievements e.t.c but dont come off as a big head, (easier said then done)hahah

.cant really say much about the medical just do as your asked i suppose.

.Pjft test dont give up simple. Train on the road , less on the treadmill but do , do some treadmill runs to gain experiance on the treadmill. good time -9.30 or under but any under 10.45 will do .

Prmc - train 3 milers , no fxxxing treadmill ahah unless you have too they wont give you as much benefit as road running does.

.Sprint training at least once a week

.press ups , sit ups , pull ups , as needed i would do a circuit of all 3 times a week.

On prmc-
.Do as your told thats the best thing to do then youll get through it .
.Dont be cheeky or answer back just laugh at the right things and do what your told .
.Dont give up . nobody died of tired legs , if your there its because youve got something , live up to that and do what your best.
. If you can be 5 minutes early for most things itll only make you look good .
. On assault course do all of the obstacles as they teach you , youll get round quicker and you wont have to do things again .
.Bottom field just keep going same for gym test 2 .

R.T .
well i cant say much for this i dont exactly have to much experiance suppose just do what they ask you to , dont scratch and make sure your expections of kit and locker are getting better on each . ohh and dont go to the medical centre for little niggly things , thats how i got buggered off , ofcourse go if its somethin that needs medical attention .

Good luck lads all the best and hope to see you lot soon . Have fun not many people can say theyve been in the marines infact probably about99.99% cant your priveledged lads make the most of it .

[LostandFound]

Good sound advice there mate and I hope to be heeding the advice in RT soon. Hopefully your AFCO will pull out the stops and get you back down there asap.

[Rittefski]

Thanks for the good advice jacko1234, hope you make it back in soon.

[ChrisBell]

Cheers for the info. Hope you get back in asap.

[rgj-rifleman]

thanks jacko, all the best mate

[KJ-Edwards]

Thanks jacko, best of luck mate...

Kyle.

[ali_hire]

Nice one Jacko. I'm a good mate of Darren who is in the same troop you were and he told me you got a big of a sh*te deal on getting MD'd.

Bad luck mate, hope it all gets straightened out for you.

[Paulc83]

I think i asked this before but not sure if you replyed. How did they come about these asthma like symptoms? was you just weasing in the gym one day or did you go to the doc?

[jacko1234]

cheers fellas , and to answer your question paul , i went to the med centre with some cest problems myself turns out it was nothing more then an infection .

[JCAP3]

Any updates on the situation mate?

[tkdvipers]

Well mate I can sympathise with you a great deal with the old chest infection thing.

I got binned on Hunters Moon. Taken to the med centre with a bit of a cough, my sergeant was waiting outside in the landrover as he expected me to be in and out fairly quick. But they decided I had asthma had to stay on the ward for three weeks.

In which time they told me I would go into hunter troop untill I was MD'd. I managed to optout in the end. Not without being perscribed an inhaler first though. I didn't even see the bloody thing though as I had left by the time it was ready.

I went to reapply september last year armed with a clean bill of health and a spirometry test proving no asthma but the doctor told me that I could rejoin feb 2008 because that would be 4 years since being prescribed the inhaler.

So I have been training since then and intend to keep it up all year untill Feb.

So I know how you feel and hope it all works out, good to see you still contributing though.

[AJtothemax]

Well lads i thought as ive got a lot of spare time on my hands now as my recruit training went pear shaped at week 3 due to medical discharge. discharged for having ''ashtma like symptoms'' turns out i dont have ashtma anymore and my afco are doing there best to get me in soon as possible .So thought id help out lads that are wanting to get in so here a few tips from me starting from app- rt

. In your written tests , put your best effort in mech comp this will save you having to do better then you need to on prmc not saying that you shouldn't go all out .

.In your interview be yourself , relax, learn some history and knowledge before you go, think about good points about yourself , talents, achievements e.t.c but dont come off as a big head, (easier said then done)hahah

.cant really say much about the medical just do as your asked i suppose.

.Pjft test dont give up simple. Train on the road , less on the treadmill but do , do some treadmill runs to gain experiance on the treadmill. good time -9.30 or under but any under 10.45 will do .

Prmc - train 3 milers , no fxxxing treadmill ahah unless you have too they wont give you as much benefit as road running does.

.Sprint training at least once a week

.press ups , sit ups , pull ups , as needed i would do a circuit of all 3 times a week.

On prmc-
.Do as your told thats the best thing to do then youll get through it .
.Dont be cheeky or answer back just laugh at the right things and do what your told .
.Dont give up . nobody died of tired legs , if your there its because youve got something , live up to that and do what your best.
. If you can be 5 minutes early for most things itll only make you look good .
. On assault course do all of the obstacles as they teach you , youll get round quicker and you wont have to do things again .
.Bottom field just keep going same for gym test 2 .

R.T .
well i cant say much for this i dont exactly have to much experiance suppose just do what they ask you to , dont scratch and make sure your expections of kit and locker are getting better on each . ohh and dont go to the medical centre for little niggly things , thats how i got buggered off , ofcourse go if its somethin that needs medical attention .

Good luck lads all the best and hope to see you lot soon . Have fun not many people can say theyve been in the marines infact probably about99.99% cant your priveledged lads make the most of it .

Appreciated alot. Wish you all the best.

[DANTAE]

that bites if you get an infection you need antibiotics and if you go to the doctor you get m'd ok ill rember that one

[tkdvipers]

The Doc in my case looked like he was pretty new to it all. I didn't even do a peak flow or anything like that. My bro had pretty bad asthma and I know the whole process. So was surprised when it was just in a bed on a ward.

As far as I can tell if your a decent recruit your training team will do what they can to keep you. The med centre was mostly navy when I was there and its like your just a number and they are following policy.

[jacko1234]

yupp exactly mate well im doing my best to get back in , im appealing against my discharge at the minute and doing my best to get back in . i'll update you lads when i know myself.