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Some of the guys I know who are going on Inf DP1.1 have told me that it's still the 4 week course and nothing has been taken out.

Yeah I suppose truly technical trades would be kept full length. Now I'm fully talking out of my ass though, so I don't really know.

I'm now hearing that ALL PRes courses are about 15% shorter. Some guys from my unit are going on their DP1, but it is in fact DP1 and DP2 combined, and it is approximately 5 weeks. So yeah.

I'm not exactly sure what's been taken out. I'll be sure to ask my buddies who are on it right now once they come back.

Yes, completed BMQ a few weeks ago.

I get what you are saying I suppose, but ugh I just hate the idea that I'm part of a new generation of soldiers that are getting training inferior to mostly everybody who joined before them.

Where have you heard that we will get this training? Are you saying that training will be conducted in the units?

Infantry will still get it, but other combat arms trades won't, like arty, armour, and engineers, who still have a very good chance of having to use those weapons. I'm sure there's very little you would trust a brand new private with, but that doesn't mean that they shouldn't know how to use it.

Res F band members in my unit at least, only have to do BMQ. I can kind of understand it for non combat arms trades, but at the very least I think combat arms trades should still get the full BMQ-L.

I'm scheduled for a BMQ-L from 29 July to 15 August, guys on my course left for a BMQ-L that is also like 15 or 16 days.

Does anyone know why the Res F BMQ-L is now only something like 16 days? And now you no longer actually throw grenades, learn C6, and some other stuff? Does anyone know the rationale behind this? Obviously budget cuts but it seems like at the very least the training a soldier gets on BMQ-L are...

My troop operates around the assumption that most of us are in university/college. The school year for university has been over for a few weeks, but the High School year (which I am still in) runs quite a bit longer, till late June, so I have good reason to believe he was serious. They often...

Thanks for the replies. I know education, university, etc. is better for me in the long run, it's just infuriating when the Ops WO says "are you SURE you don't want to go to California for 20 days and drive around in Humvees and Strykers?" and I have to say no, I have to write an essay on Hamlet...

Hello all, Let me preface this by saying that I have about 9 months in the PRes, and up to this date I have only completed my weekend BMQ. I am also 17 and graduating high school this year. As of late, I have been getting increasingly frustrated with my position in the Reserves. For example, I...

Sebastien Junger, author and co director of the movie Restrepo is releasing another film, Korengal. I assume it uses previously unseen footage from the deployment as well as new content in the form of interviews etc. It apparently takes a more analytical view of the soldiers' experiences, as...

Shouldve rephrased that, if all else fails I'll buy them. I did contact my CoC after I got that email, so your advice didn't fall on deaf ears.

Yep, I've been using the wet weathers right now. I figure I'll just buy a pair of boots if I still don't have them by the summer.

The response I got told me that there is a Depot-wide shortage of boots and it will be quite a while before I get them, so now I know that it's not specific to my clothing stores. Also, I'm sure you can understand that as a very new private, I don't want to be making a big deal out of something...

Thanks for the advice. I sent an email to clothing stores just now asking about the boots, if I still don't get any solid info I'll talk to my CoC and see what happens.

I do, but the clothing stores are in an entirely separate chain of command and at this point I'm not even sure what they would be able to do, since we're just waiting for them to come in.