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steve29 said:Guess you didn't like me being honest. I know I'm new on this board. But buddy wanted to know if there was a difference. So I pointed it out what noticible differences I have personally seen. Now myself instead of acting like a 2 year old, would concentrate on making myself the best soldier I could be. But that is just me, you can blame the whole world if you want to.
I suppose I should have put the little winky face at the end of my remarks. I do believe I had good training and I don't believe I'm inferior to anyone trained in St. Jean. I also believe that no matter where a person does their training it's what that individual puts into it that counts. I put everything I had into my basic and every job I've done in the navy since.
If you have noticed people coming out of Borden are not as well trained as those from St. Jean, then I guess there are some instructors in Borden that should be taking notice. Personally, I don't want to blame it on the instructors and if you had read my previous posts, you would see that IMO if there are such huge differences, then it's probably more to do with the troops than the instructors.
We had a few thuds on our course, sure. I worked with a few thuds in Esquimalt too. Are they thuds because they did basic training in Borden? I don't think so. I think they are just thuds and it wouldn't matter where they were trained, they just put minimal effort into everything they did.
My platoon commander was RCR and the 2 I/C PPCLI and IMO they were highly motivated and skilled. There are standards set that the instructors have to live with. Some people, no matter how good their instructors are, are always going to shoot for mediocrity. Unfortunately, the standards allow for mediocre people to make it to SQL and NETP and on to trades training. Maybe that's where we should be looking for changes.
just my .02