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Cadets - Playing at soldiers/pilots/sailors or just a bit bent (CCF)
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I went to Army Cadets once, in my young yoof. First time there, we're in this room, the lights go out, there's a bit of noise and the next thing I know I'm on the deck. Turns out someone hit me in the mouth with a mallet! Ace...
I never went back.
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Noteeth, that's Cheltenham, so it hardly counts as a proper school....
However, the fine young fillies of CLC, however...ah, happy days!
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Something health and safety did actually ruin. They had literal red (well, white mine) tape around all the bits on the assault course you weren't allowed to do by the end of my stint. Quite glad to see plans to scrap the OTC though
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Sorry, 'obstacle' course
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What the hell sort of schools did you lot go to? The only compulsory thing in my school was "going-to-class" and "getting-an-education".
Agreed! We did scouts, as the "cadet types" were all a bit odd and took it all far too seriously, though they were some sort of higher class of human. In scouts we did a lot of volunteering, a lot of camping, a lot of drinking, some rifle shooting, some climbing, plenty of beastings and assault courses, no flying, but plenty of outdoor fun. So much fun we went on to ventures, where it was pretty much more of the same but with even less supervision. I also got carried away and did gold D of E, then expedition leadership to teach D of E
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haha both of you.
im trying to remember if either of you know im an Old Cheltonian!
we used to love that film. thats the Maths block
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Yes, following the Adjutant on his nag up Old College steps was pretty cool.
If I'm anything to go by, as an ex-serving soldier, I've never handled a weapon since my Army days, nor have any of my pals who served. I never joined up to handle weapons TBH, that was merely part of the job description. I'd be highly suspect of any man who joins up to get some gun-fix. Oddly, I was more accurate on a GPMG than any other weapon in the armoury - but they don't trust officers with big guns so we're issued with pistols!
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104 Sqn ATC here, best days of my life, good mates, flying planes and gliders, guns and bivvying. Every boys dream..
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I was a sgt , but once had to eat a pound of butter with a spoon!
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Not-so-interesting interesting fact is that the "detuned" SA80 (L98A1 in my day) was actually more powerful than the SA80 as it had no gas parts - nothing to take away some of the recoil.
I remember tinkering with an SA80 and a LSW (the one with a bipod) with some of the ruffty tufty army types (I was RAF CCF) and finding them ridiculously easy to shoot at 300m.
Was always funny with first timers cutting their eyebrows first time they fired an L98 with iron sights!
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Not-so-interesting interesting fact is that the "detuned" SA80 (L98A1 in my day) was actually more powerful than the SA80 as it had no gas parts - nothing to take away some of the recoil.
Ah yes, the L98A1 general purpose cadet rifle.
On the range at Manston once, some genius of an airfield designer had sited the range at one end of the runway with the target area in the same general direction as the little Chipmunks that were busy ferrying other cadets around. One of the younger female cadets firing was a) too weak to cock the rifle properly so it jammed every time and b) too weak to hold the rifle into her shoulder. Every shot was kicking up dust and brick chips from the top of the range wall. I had visions of her bringing down a Chipmunk on take off as it buzzed along only 100m or so off the end of the firing range.
Everyone slagged it off cos it was manual cocking but if you could handle it properly it was actually amazingly accurate.
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Was always funny with first timers cutting their eyebrows first time they fired an L98 with iron sights!
Sniper's eye we used to call it. You could always spot someone who hadn't fired an SLR before, as half the range staff would be watching to see them:
a. Pull trigger
b. Close eyes when rifle goes bang
c. Receive rearsight in right eyebrow
d. Wonder who'd just kicked them in the shoulderNobody ever told them about eye relief prior to their first range day. The SA80 just wasn't as much fun!
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Depends how idiotic the firer is.
Cadet had just passed his WHT and was very enthusiastic, so enthusiastic that he really looked down the sight (almost touching his eye). He was not expecting the recoil.
The angry black eye didn't go down for weeks.
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Definitely bent
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