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Posted: **Thu 03 Apr, 2003 9:24 am**

could someboby please tell me how many marines do not make the grade, how many fail the training.
also how many marines actuall get throught the training to become marines.
thankz

Posted: **Thu 03 Apr, 2003 9:39 am**

The dropout rate is VERY high as far as know, something in the reigon of 70% or so.

p.s. There's some good reading material you should try and get.

Suggested reading material :

ALL the leaflets your AFCO can provide.
'The Royal Marines - Major Julian Thompson'
'The Making of a Royal Marine Commando - Nigel Foster'

Look here > http://www.militaryforums.co.uk/books_rm.php
Or you can just hire the books from your local library.

p.p.s. whoever updates that part of the site : the link to amazon for the second book is wrong, it links to the wrong book.

Posted: **Thu 03 Apr, 2003 9:49 am**

Yeah its about 70%, people who have taken the course reckon that out of a room of 15 about 8 dont make the grade or give up.

Posted: **Thu 03 Apr, 2003 10:44 am**

That's not 70%!!

Posted: **Thu 03 Apr, 2003 10:52 am**

In Australia they don't do things by halves