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Aww christ, that was the stupidest thing I've ever seen too. Was it a live fire though, or blanks?

Kind of makes me wonder how much barrels they have handy... and how many barrel's they waste trying to hit someone.

Wait!? Flip flops in the field?

Did you get sworn in alone or was there others sworn in at the same time?

Yes, they are brits I'm quite sure.

Yeah, the step test is a joke... but I dont think they mean its the equivalent to a 2.4km run in terms of physical training, but rather in terms of measuring your oxygen intake or something like that. I remember right after doing it the person measured my VO2 intake or something along those lines...

That is actually a very good way of going about it. Run a certain number of laps or time. The next time you run, do a little more. When you're doing it, you'll be thinking "its only 1 more lap, I can do 1 more lap!" Another good way is, say you want to run 5k in 20 min max... you know you can do...

3rd? heh... you go into work before I do.

Thats only in terms of the physical aspect. You can put a great deal of effort into the training, but that doesnt change the content of the training, nor the schedule to be followed.

My god! I love that one! Theres also Sgt. Mackenzi thats pretty fitting in We Were Soldiers

What do you people think of the quality of our training lately? Especially the basic courses? In hindsight... I feel that my training was too easy, and could have been much better if it wasnt for the way SQ and BIQ are set up (theres a lot of repetition) and if the damn "Todays 'safe' army" idea...

Your knee problem could very well be a problem. If its serious enough to warrant surgery, then I'd recommend not joining, especially if you want to join the infantry. Im not a doctor, but I see that as a potential problem for when you have to do ruck marches. Get off the treadmill and go...

A friend of mine had laser eye surgery. They didnt stop him for that. So do I. They let me in though. So did I. They let me in. That could be a problem. What is the pain from? Did you injur your ankle before? Did it heal completely?

Yeh... thats what I heard from some people too... Didnt turn out to be true. PT more or less stayed the same... the field was harder though, and if anything, we got more crap. My Plt WO ran us like a reg force course, supposedly. That kind of explains why the other Plt got to sleep in, skip PT...

About the gloves: During course I baught myself those hatchet gloves with the black kevlar palm or something and the green top... they're a pretty good fit, and they can actually be used! They're not as good in sandy areas after it rains... like Petewawa. They got soaked and I couldnt use them...

Lol... umm.. thats how it normally is... if you pass your testing, you're accepted...no?

If a mini-nuke would be considered a conventional weapon, and the goal of conventional weapons development is to make them stronger and stronger... where does the line get drawn?

I hope I dont see a similar thread when he gets his infantry cap badge...

And you want to join the infantry?

Wet Weather Boots?