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amateurproforma -> RE: The Thursday War (7/27/2016 2:12:01 AM)
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ORIGINAL: mnottertail
Oh, is this the very bloke that some years ago used to spam the fora with some droll shit on some Royal Marine regiment?
The Corps of Royal Marines is not a Regiment but a corps comprised of several regiments. Unlike the USMC they do not take all suitable applicants but only the cream of suitable applicants. All except musicians are combat infantrymen and then do the Commando course before joining their units. Then they can specialise in over 30 different specialisms and still must be commandos being tested annually. They are an integral part of the Royal Navy But by tradition have military ranks and uniforms and not naval ranks and uniforms. After the Spanish marines they are the second oldest marine corps and then the Dutch Korps Mariners are the third. The so called basic training or foundation training is the longest for combat troops anywhere in the world. The British Line Infantry do 26 weeks, the Guards 28 weeks and the Parachute Regiment do 30 weeks. The average working day in training is 14 hours 7 days a week with several exercises lasting 4 days with no rest or sleep during the course. They do classroom academic work in addition to weapons training,section and troop tactics, basic signalling, basic medic, parade ground drill, fieldcraft, map reading, compass reading, night navigation, personal hygiene, uniform care, bayonet training, physical training,unarmed combat techniques,rank recognition, obstacle training and height training, plus other classified subjects. The motto is out of date and should include avion.only a third or less will finish the course. All nowadays attend a several.day long potential recruit course after passing tests and background vetting. This gives them some idea of what lies ahead and helps instructors identify those who will not get past the first weeks of actual training and so cuts down on recruit wastage though inevitably others will drop out or be back squared during training. Unlike the Army the R.M.do not shout frequently at recruits but adopt more subtle methods to ensure recruit coersion
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