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Yeah, some BMQ secrets we found were: Get a Potatoe brush (a hard cleaning brush with very stiff bristles) to clean mud off. Before you polish your boots for inspections, srubs them down well. Aerosol Hair Spray. After you clean the bottoms of your boots -well-, with NO dirt on the bottom...

"I think it would be great if we could choose what sight we wanted.  Grab your rifle than choose what sight to take with you, or you could be issued both when departing for the field.  The rail mounting on the c7 and c9 would make it easy for soldiers to carry iron sights to put on when they...

A selection of where you want to go - this is a fun topic. Prior to SQ we were told that we were going to 1VP, so yeah, hey we were hyped to be a Mechs. Then came BIQ, they said probably 3VP but halfway through course they said, nope 2VP (I think that was added to increase stress). You can write...

CQC (atleast in LFWA) is being taken out of the BIQ system since students need to take the whole course again in Battallion. I was too short and too spread out along the course to be of any benefit as most students were forgetting back fighting stances in the three weeks between the test and...

To comment on some divertted topics here: As for attacking the unsuspecting trench diggers and them not knowing what is going on and failing to return fire in an effective amount of time - this is because RoEs are never clear especially for a group of candidates going through the training...

Non-official ones UFI - Useless F*****g Information ie. Well aren't you full of UFI GAF - (pronounced gaff, not spelled) - Give a F***   ie. He has no GAF-factor today FTOS - (pronounced eff-toss) - Fat Tub of S*** ie. Jim-bob is the FTOS on our course Gluebag/Numpty/Bag'o'hammers/S***pump - 1)...

"If you read the newspapers Canadian slodiers are always complainig about something. Wake up to reality the Canadian army is not up to standard." I will have to disagree with that. Yes, we may note that we want more funds but what organization doesn't want more money to do things? Even charity...

Well, I went to my BMQ a year ago so not much should have changed. -Civvies, bring two sets, maybe two and a half. You're bound to buy some in Montreal or the nearby mall when you get your weekends -Swiffers, go ahead. If your staff don't like them then stuff them in your civvie lockup stuff...