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Well, some might remember me posting a thread a while back and unfortunately that got locked. Anyways I applied a little over a year ago and after some months of waiting for things to be scheduled and my application to be moved on, I got held up some months later when I was informed I'd have to retake my medical 6 months after I was completely off my meds for depression. I did so and after talking to the medical staff he recommended I try to send a letter with my doctor offering a statement that I was A-okay mentally and got past my depression. I got a reply back stating that rules are rules and that's fine. One little tid bit that I regret is dropping out of the last year of school, but I'll just take care of that later.
I decided to join almost a year and a half back and since then was running, going to the gym daily and looking forward to it. I still go to the gym daily and took up boxing in a pretty hardcore place and there the cardio/endurance workouts were very demanding and kept me fit. For running I ran for a good 8 months constantly going anywhere from 6 kilometres at a steady to fast running pace to a 15 kilometre endurance run, although after it was confirmed that I'd have to wait 6 months I was pretty disappointed but decided that the best route to keep myself going would be boxing which was good for more then just cardio. I was going daily and it was pretty difficult managing a few runs in a week, boxing daily and 1 - 1.5 hours in the gym daily as well but kept it up. Due to some financial problems that came up with the family I've had to stop boxing and in the past few weeks have decided to take a break but once again going to go running every 2nd day and in a few weeks going daily working up to where I was. Strength-wise I'm pretty big after a year and a half and my workouts changed quite a bit every muscle group gets 3 excercises and every excercise gets 3 sets usually 12-10-8 reps. I've been dedicated in constantly keeping fit no matter how much my enrollment was delayed and I'll damn well keep going if I have to.
Technically every member of my family in Belarus was a member of the military at some point and my great grandpa was a war hero in WW2 and was one of the few rewarded a Red Star personally from Stalin. I've always heard of it and that's what jogged my interest in the army. Learning a lot of its history and exactly how bad it was there certainly makes me happy that I'm here (my mother and I moved when I was 5). Most of our family are still there and can barely find meat to buy. "Rich and wealthy" is someone with a one-room apartment and if they're lucky an old car (taking 30+ years from one mans salary to get, pumping every extra cent into it). Then the rest of our history makes me a tad sick to my stomach.
As for my personal life, aside from a part-time job nothing much. I'm just waiting on this. As for my bouts with depression, I'm fine and have been for a while. Just trying to look at this as more time to get ready, although rather excessive.
I was applying into the Reserve Infantry and now with not many commitments at all and me being all up for it I've changed my mind and will be going Regular Infantry NCM. From what I've heard they have a lot more spots open now for the trade and that when I get merit listed it should be pretty fast. I'll have to do my interview again and of course medical since that's what held me up. Unless my hearing and eyesight has gotten drastically worse or I "really" messed up on my interview I'm pretty sure I'm fine (and I'm very sure my hearing and eyesight is the same). I'm just looking forward to getting "started", it's pretty frustrating when things suddenly get delayed this much. I'm looking to having a long career in the army and my goal will be to be NCO eventually. Through all of my life I'm used to pushing myself way beyond where I should draw the line and I think through sheer determination I can probably do it. I've been on a lot of runs where I pushed myself too far and blacked out after stopping and other times when I ripped my muscles and had to wait for it to heal for a few weeks (hamstrings and shoulders a few times, in one situation my hamstrings weren't the same for a few months). Every sport I've tried I picked up fast and did well at. I think it'll be the hardest thing I'll ever do but I'm ready and pretty confident.
Right now getting another application and filling everything out to go for Reg. Infantry NCM. The 6 months wait will be up in a week and the process can be booted up again then. I'm really hoping for everything to be moved along fast and I've heard positive things from the recruiters when I called to ask questions about it.
I'll post up updates on how the interview and medical goes. Hopefully everything goes fine. I'll be starting my runs up again today.
I decided to join almost a year and a half back and since then was running, going to the gym daily and looking forward to it. I still go to the gym daily and took up boxing in a pretty hardcore place and there the cardio/endurance workouts were very demanding and kept me fit. For running I ran for a good 8 months constantly going anywhere from 6 kilometres at a steady to fast running pace to a 15 kilometre endurance run, although after it was confirmed that I'd have to wait 6 months I was pretty disappointed but decided that the best route to keep myself going would be boxing which was good for more then just cardio. I was going daily and it was pretty difficult managing a few runs in a week, boxing daily and 1 - 1.5 hours in the gym daily as well but kept it up. Due to some financial problems that came up with the family I've had to stop boxing and in the past few weeks have decided to take a break but once again going to go running every 2nd day and in a few weeks going daily working up to where I was. Strength-wise I'm pretty big after a year and a half and my workouts changed quite a bit every muscle group gets 3 excercises and every excercise gets 3 sets usually 12-10-8 reps. I've been dedicated in constantly keeping fit no matter how much my enrollment was delayed and I'll damn well keep going if I have to.
Technically every member of my family in Belarus was a member of the military at some point and my great grandpa was a war hero in WW2 and was one of the few rewarded a Red Star personally from Stalin. I've always heard of it and that's what jogged my interest in the army. Learning a lot of its history and exactly how bad it was there certainly makes me happy that I'm here (my mother and I moved when I was 5). Most of our family are still there and can barely find meat to buy. "Rich and wealthy" is someone with a one-room apartment and if they're lucky an old car (taking 30+ years from one mans salary to get, pumping every extra cent into it). Then the rest of our history makes me a tad sick to my stomach.
As for my personal life, aside from a part-time job nothing much. I'm just waiting on this. As for my bouts with depression, I'm fine and have been for a while. Just trying to look at this as more time to get ready, although rather excessive.
I was applying into the Reserve Infantry and now with not many commitments at all and me being all up for it I've changed my mind and will be going Regular Infantry NCM. From what I've heard they have a lot more spots open now for the trade and that when I get merit listed it should be pretty fast. I'll have to do my interview again and of course medical since that's what held me up. Unless my hearing and eyesight has gotten drastically worse or I "really" messed up on my interview I'm pretty sure I'm fine (and I'm very sure my hearing and eyesight is the same). I'm just looking forward to getting "started", it's pretty frustrating when things suddenly get delayed this much. I'm looking to having a long career in the army and my goal will be to be NCO eventually. Through all of my life I'm used to pushing myself way beyond where I should draw the line and I think through sheer determination I can probably do it. I've been on a lot of runs where I pushed myself too far and blacked out after stopping and other times when I ripped my muscles and had to wait for it to heal for a few weeks (hamstrings and shoulders a few times, in one situation my hamstrings weren't the same for a few months). Every sport I've tried I picked up fast and did well at. I think it'll be the hardest thing I'll ever do but I'm ready and pretty confident.
Right now getting another application and filling everything out to go for Reg. Infantry NCM. The 6 months wait will be up in a week and the process can be booted up again then. I'm really hoping for everything to be moved along fast and I've heard positive things from the recruiters when I called to ask questions about it.
I'll post up updates on how the interview and medical goes. Hopefully everything goes fine. I'll be starting my runs up again today.