Just watch some Bear Grylls, do a first aid course, do some exercise and get fit, do some research then get out there and practice it.
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Just watch some Bear Grylls, do a first aid course, do some exercise and get fit, do some research then get out there and practice it.
What bunny loving tree hugger made up that rule? A calmly said (so as not to offend) "Excuse me private, would you mind not stepping off with your right foot when the rest of the company is stepping off with their left foot or would you rather we encourage the rest to adopt your tendency"? Just doesn't seem to have the same feel as a loud "Oi your other left you snivelling piece of pond scum"
I used to have to read @Neckshot a bedtime story on his corps training Rushy. He had a blankly not a bunny :) We had to take his stuffed toy off him.
It has only got worse I hear.
Mind you we had it easy in 85'
according to my instructors.
They were all ex Vietnam vets so maybe we did compared to them.
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Hey you could join that expert survival outfit down here, the one Marc Ellis (?sp) did a program on about a year ago. :ORLY:
yes rushy those were the days.TF grunt from77-91 and never ever forgot some of those human descriptions hurled at us on basic.a platoon marching past burnham camp COs house with purplefaced plt sgt screaming out" get in time you bunch of f...g constipated flamingos". or the classic -
"private got a license to drive"
"yes sergeant"
"well drive this f...broom round the barracks son!"
my fondest memeory was putting one over the BTD RSM at the nelson creek pub on our bush training phase.
publican pours him a nip of his favourite king alfred whiskey.
all 6'8''of artiillery wo1 towers over me (im shittin myself in regulation baggy arse style,wondering whats gonna come next ,what have i done ,oh fuck another charge ........)
Pte.....youre a coaster ,what would you say if i ordered you to drink my whiskey.........what in hells name lad??"
yes I scooped it up and downed the bloody thing,gagging&coughing
"Sir -your word is my command sir".he actually turned out to be a bloody decent bloke who gave me some excellent advice throughout my training.
overall the survival training is top notch .importantly though its drilled in so a lot becomes second nature-where if a situation develops you just react accordingly to deal with it.
gear&tucker &probably pay wouldnt be too foul now either.
me-i look back with no regrets but a hell of a lot of bloody great mates
Kotuku I got out a year before you joined but all these years later, when I see someone I served with, the camaraderie is still as alive as it was way back then. As to bush craft and survival skills, when the apocalypse arrives, me and mine will do just fine.
Go bush if you come back lesson learnt you survived.:D
Tuhoi were doing some courses up there I think :D
Bear Grills would teach you to drink your own Piss and jump off cliffs for no reason other than it makes good television.
I only drink my own Piss if I can't raid someone else's fridge :D
Good luck Thomas.
You will be pushed hard and made to do dumb arse things ...... they want to know if you can follow orders no matter what or if you will break.
When I did my basic Sgt Williams was on his last intake before retirement. He was in his late 50's back then.
Our first RFL Sgt Williams announced that everyone he beat was on a charge for being idle.
No one took him seriously after all we were young fit and 18 and he was an old man ready to retire...........
That was until he passed over half our platoon with only a few hundred meters to the finish. :(
I got 3 days CB parade for that one. Unfortunately for me that was the first of many :oh noes:
Old P38 finished Basic holding the record for number of CB parade days completed for our intake ........ Musta been a slow learner back then.
It's funny now looking back but I can still remember it wasn't Bloody Funny at the time.
BTW are the NCO's still allowed to call you "Dogs Balls" and "Shit for Brains" while on Parade? :D
Cheers
Pete