Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

Life on barracks during training

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • Life on barracks during training

    Do we have the odd trip home the weekend?

  • #2
    It depends on how your platoon performs during the weeks training.All leave wheater annual or local(weekend )is a privelage and not an entitlement.Your CO can confine ye on the advice of your platoon commander should he see fit.Some units have a ploicy of not allowing any time off for the first few weeks but this varies.Worry less about your time off and more about preparing yourself.When you do get time off during training its too short but boy will you appreciate it!
    "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.

    Comment


    • #3
      Life in barracks during training is.... Eventful

      Comment


      • #4
        Originally posted by Hello Alaska View Post
        Life in barracks during training is.... Eventful
        A master of the understatement
        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.

        Comment


        • #5
          Originally posted by apod View Post
          Some units have a ploicy of not allowing any time off for the first few weeks but this varies.
          When we were sworn in we were told that we would not see outside the gate for 6 weeks unless it was for a run etc. Local leave will be the carrot in the carrot and stick approach to discipline, e.g. if you F*ck up, the whole platoon will be punished, part of the breaking you down, then building you up, as a part of a unit.

          Personally i think it goes a great way to building camaraderie, nothing like spending a weekend polishing floors etc to pull you together with your Pln mates, as you grumble about the injustice of the Sgt denying you leave because Murphy keeps tripping over his own dirty boots
          CRIME SCENE INSTIGATOR

          Comment


          • #6
            Character building

            Comment


            • #7
              As someone who trained a few recruit platoons

              I used to hate seeing the troops get weekend passes -

              the reason why is that for the first few weeks its hard work teaching a young lad to

              be self sufficent - wash his own gear- clean his own bed space etc;

              first morning home- mammy replaces me and makes the litte shite his brekkie in bed

              scrubs his kecks- tucks him in and tells him how great he is;

              come sunday they are thinking

              mmmmmm Mammy v Sgt Hedge who will love me more

              and bang another potential soldier is gone;

              Sned Dublin lads to Donegal to train- send Cork lads to Dublin and Kilkenny lads to Galway

              let them build up espirt de corp and friendships

              more importantly let them grow up
              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.

              Comment


              • #8
                Originally posted by hedgehog View Post
                more importantly let them grow up
                Should that not read "make them grow up"?
                CRIME SCENE INSTIGATOR

                Comment


                • #9
                  I say let them grow up

                  but then again I was always very cushy
                  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.

                  Comment


                  • #10
                    Originally posted by hedgehog View Post
                    I say let them grow up

                    but then again I was always very cushy
                    Unless they were ginger!
                    CRIME SCENE INSTIGATOR

                    Comment


                    • #11
                      Murphy keeps tripping over his own dirty boots
                      Wasn't the case... I got C'beed cos my locker attacked the officer during rounds and I fell around the place laughing...as did the Duty PO....gave saturday in the drill shed with a tooth brush....and it wasn't dentistry.

                      The DPO took pity on me and left me out to0 get a new one after lunch....
                      Covid 19 is not over ....it's still very real..Hand Hygiene, Social Distancing and Masks.. keep safe

                      Comment


                      • #12
                        Originally posted by hptmurphy View Post

                        The DPO took pity on me and left me out to0 get a new one after lunch....
                        Cushy B*stard!!
                        CRIME SCENE INSTIGATOR

                        Comment


                        • #13
                          Originally posted by hedgehog View Post
                          As someone who trained a few recruit platoons

                          I used to hate seeing the troops get weekend passes -

                          the reason why is that for the first few weeks its hard work teaching a young lad to

                          be self sufficent - wash his own gear- clean his own bed space etc;

                          first morning home- mammy replaces me and makes the litte shite his brekkie in bed

                          scrubs his kecks- tucks him in and tells him how great he is;

                          come sunday they are thinking

                          mmmmmm Mammy v Sgt Hedge who will love me more

                          and bang another potential soldier is gone;

                          Sned Dublin lads to Donegal to train- send Cork lads to Dublin and Kilkenny lads to Galway

                          let them build up espirt de corp and friendships

                          more importantly let them grow up
                          are you sure you'd let your soft lads train with the our Donegal lads Hedge? They wouldn't know what hit em
                          I knew a simple soldier boy.....
                          Who grinned at life in empty joy,
                          Slept soundly through the lonesome dark,
                          And whistled early with the lark.

                          In winter trenches, cowed and glum,
                          With crumps and lice and lack of rum,
                          He put a bullet through his brain.
                          And no one spoke of him again.

                          You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye
                          Who cheer when soldier lads march by,
                          Sneak home and pray you'll never know
                          The hell where youth and laughter go.

                          Comment


                          • #14
                            Originally posted by hptmurphy View Post
                            Wasn't the case... I got C'beed cos my locker attacked the officer during rounds and I fell around the place laughing...as did the Duty PO
                            Does this happen often??

                            I've seen this a few times.

                            On another note about being confined to barracks, what if you need certain supplies like shower gel, shaving gel/razors and stuff like that??

                            Comment


                            • #15
                              some else gets if for you or you buy it in NAAFFI

                              Comment

                              Working...
                              X