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Anyone here on it? First weekend down, body is sore, but thoroughly enjoyed it, sure, the change in orders has led to some confusion, but the timetable is full and varied, the training NCOs confident and good at their jobs, and the lectures have been interesting so far. In My opinion. Anyone elses opinion vary?
My one gripe, on the first test of the 3.2km, no organisation to have water at end.
sure, the change in orders has led to some confusion,
What change in orders
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere***
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
The BTC has decided to change (revert) to manual standard orders* for foot drill.
for example, ag iompu cle iompai, is now gluaiseacht fo cle i line (or "i dreas") cle iompai. the march starts with ar aigh on buinn cun cinn (excuse my spelling and lacks of fadas).
* Not certain on this point, but this is what we were informed.
the easier and more common version is wrong but as I said easier and more familiar
well done by the way
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere***
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
Ya, it will just take a bit of getting used to, and it will be torture teaching the commands back in unit, especially to stubborn senior NCOs, however it serves a very importance purpose of making sure we're all singing off the same hymm sheet, theres nothing more confusing than 5 different ways to be told to turn.
in years to come Ill be able to tell my troops i was there the DAY the orders came back into use. that is, if my leg muscles ever recover.
Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere***
The ceremony of innocence is drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
it will be torture teaching the commands back in unit, especially to stubborn senior NCOs
I hear ya. Got a quiet talking to by a Sgt saying that the "long" way was no longer in use and that was the direction from the BTC. I think I'll stick with what the manual says, if its changed they can insert an amendment
"The Question is not: how far you will take this? The Question is do you possess the constitution to go as far as is needed?"
Sorry ,just to clarify to an interested observer .The 3.2 k you are refering to is the it run??
"Let us be clear about three facts. First, all battles and all wars are won in the end by the infantryman. Secondly, the infantryman always bears the brunt. His casualties are heavier, he suffers greater extremes of discomfort and fatigue than the other arms. Thirdly, the art of the infantryman is less stereotyped and far harder to acquire in modern war than that of any other arm." ------- Field Marshall Wavell, April 1945.
The orders are a bit odd to get used to and remember but once we get that there'll be no problems.
From my start off in the Reserve we were instructed through the full commands. Took a few hours to get used to other units through the years giving the shortened ones.
"The Question is not: how far you will take this? The Question is do you possess the constitution to go as far as is needed?"
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