So another day of rifle training to look forward too, and I really do look forward to the rifle. Practical training is always preferable to classroom learning in my book, plus I love anything mechanical.
A bit of a later start today at just after 6 before breakfast. When we got the the training hanger we were asked to produce our full water bottles. Eek mine was a little bit on the dry side as we're many others. Empty water bottles = unhappy corporals. We were sprinted off to the taps to fill up and this is where mistake no2 occurred. A quick fill of maybe 3/4 of a bottle is in hindsight not the best response on being told to "fill" the bottles. 2nd failure = very unhappy corporals!!!
Lesson learnt!
Training went really well for me today and only a couple of minor faults in my drills. Tomorrow is the test and my confidence is high. We also had to assemble the weapon in the dark today which was good fun and a real confidence booster. If you can do it in the dark then the light will be a doddle.
We had a mandatory drugs lecture at the end of the day which was very long and didn't finish until around 6:30 so we had a quick march to dinner to see what was left in the mess. Not much was the answer but I scoffed what I could.
We have the Sergeants inspection tomorrow and again the tools worked hard for a couple of hours cleaning the block and doing all our jobs. Then we spent the next few hours revising and pressing uniform and sorting our lockers for the inspection.
After the inspection and the weapons handling test we should be hitting the electronic range tomorrow which should be good fun.
Another midnight finish and an early start for the inspection, this is getting to be a habit.
Dave (AC Beatley)
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