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cdnaviator said:I think you missunderstood me.........leave before you wind up in my airplane.
Then see you around
cdnaviator said:I think you missunderstood me.........leave before you wind up in my airplane.
Shamrock said:Max.
Go on a tour as a rifleman. Tell me then how hard RMC is. Then a year later, go on another one.
And for added fun: while you're there, do some classes. Because some of those infantarymen will do just that.
I've got 18 years in and they still don't let me manage my own schedule. Why should you be allowed to manage yours?DVessey said:Set standards and let us meet them (ie/ RMC PT Test, which already exists) on our own time. Let us actually manage our own schedule.
Gas Masked Crusader said:And darn be the pilot or ground crew who thinks I'm going to protect his butt in a deployed camp when the shite hits the fan because he ain't got his weapon around or the in-depth training to use it properly and instinctively. I'll be concentrating on whoever the threat is and backing up the ones who'll be backing me up, regardless of the uniform colour.
Gas Masked Crusader said:And darn be the pilot or ground crew who thinks I'm going to protect his butt in a deployed camp when the shite hits the fan because he ain't got his weapon around or the in-depth training to use it properly and instinctively. I'll be concentrating on whoever the threat is and backing up the ones who'll be backing me up, regardless of the uniform colour.
Sadly,Meridian said:Sadly, DVessey and SupersonicMax are not the minority in the RMC fraternity.
Gas Masked Crusader said:Sadly,
We could also poll graduates of basic training in Cornwallis, various SQ courses, ISCCs etc (courses for us 'little people') and find out that they did not enjoy all their experiences either. And that they were sleep deprived...
But hey, that's the Military and part of the training is to stress us out and see how we re-act (or don't) when under stress, when sleep deprived.
It's the ability to endure this, pick up and carry on with the task that will either make you or break you. So next time my cell phone goes off at 0330hrs, I'll just say "no I can't come in and action it cause I did my real job for 9 hours today after my 1.5 hours of PT and then came home and did my correspondance for 3 hours so I need a mental break." That would have went over real well had I said it last week. The thought never even crossed my mind, nor did I whine about it. That's what being in the Military is all about. Get the task, get it done.
SupersonicMax said:And honestly, all the military morning crap (except drill), I didn't see much of a use...
Max
Frederik G said:So it's my fault the military won't train me enough to fire my rifle properly, (I know how to fire and maintain it, but I don't have nearly enough practice on it to fire it accurately, especially in times of high stress) or that by the time I graduate, I'll have fired a Browning about 4 times? Is it also my fault your boots didn't fit right when you first got them, and the Army pants make women's butts look big?
I get the main point you're trying to make, but blaming the member for the training he didn't/couldn't receive is a rather stupid argument to make, as SupersonicMax just said.
Gas Masked Crusader said:My boots did fit right and the new pants do make women look huge. What I'm saying is part of the training involves marching and a "we are soldiers first" mentality.
I didn't blame the soldier for their lack of training on the weapons...I blame it on a failure of elements to realize that this IS the military and that we go to war and that attitude of "soldiers first" obviously still needs to be instilled into certain training regimens.
That said, I think it's kind of funny that weapons trg seems to be OK but not marching. What are the pilots (for example) going to do when their deployed air-base gets attacked, their planes are destroyed and they need to get themselves away from the area? Lots of pilots did some awful long foot-marching about 6 decades ago when they were shot down over Europe...I just don't get why they think marching is for the Army only.
Shamrock said:Can you apply to transfer to another academy?
Frederik G said:RoyalArmyMilitary College,
DVessey said:Just curious, if an ex-cpl or ex-sgt came on here and said that a lot of this stuff is BS, would anyone listen to them?