According to this site, http://www.army.mod.uk/linkedfiles/atr/ ... gramme.pdf, you only get to go home once for 4 days during the regular army basic training.
Is that true?
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how often do you get to go home during basic training?
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I did 8 weeks basic in the Navy and didn't get any time off. Quite a few people got homesick I must say.
If it's anything like us, we can go home most weekends. Set off on a Friday afternoon and have to be back by Monday morning (so usually a Sunday night thing). Also, you get 7 weeks of leave a year (2 for Christmas, 2 for Easter and 3 for summer) as well as UPT (unprogrammed time) where you may be able to take leave.
I don't know how duties in the Army work though so I'm sure they'll come in to play, as you'll be working some weekends...
If it's anything like us, we can go home most weekends. Set off on a Friday afternoon and have to be back by Monday morning (so usually a Sunday night thing). Also, you get 7 weeks of leave a year (2 for Christmas, 2 for Easter and 3 for summer) as well as UPT (unprogrammed time) where you may be able to take leave.
I don't know how duties in the Army work though so I'm sure they'll come in to play, as you'll be working some weekends...