Oh there are plenty to go around in the RCD. The point I was making is he‘s the only co-op who went direct entry, made it to my Regiment that I‘ve ever seen. I didn‘t even know this program existed until ‘IT‘ showed up.
"IT" didn‘t know how to do up it‘s combat boots properly, never mind cleaning them. He by-passed basic so he didn‘t even have basic skills. He showed up one day, beaming. He was "ready" to go to the field in the Coyoties. We were going out to do OPs and he brought his cot! He didn‘t even bring out any cold weather gear. Later I had "IT" in my patrol for some heliborne ops. All we were going to do was recce a spot where 1 RCR were. They were told of us going out so they were ready to get us. I got my patrol to the ORV(50m from AOI) and told them the plan. I started my clover leaf and "IT" lit up a smoke(it was below 20 so you could see the smoke rising) and he started to cough...hard! I could here it, the Royals could too! We packed up and got the **** out of there. After we were safe, I asked him what he was thinking doing that. The answer was"what did I do wrong?". AAAARRRRGGGGHHGHHHhh !!!
There are lots of idiots in the Regiment, and they are being weeded out. I just can‘t believe they actually let this one in!
Just as a note, my troop and I tried for 9 months to teach this guy the ropes...no luck at all. He can‘t even go a full week without being late for PT...we are writing "IT" off.
Regards