Today we started our weapons training which meant a visit to the station armoury. Six lucky winners, including myself, were asked to take two rifles for the trainers and consisted of a rifle with bayonet or light support weapon.
The correct way to carry two rifles is to place the buts into your hips and point the rifles skywards at a slight angle giving the holder a very Rambo-esque pose. This caused much hilarity among the troops, mainly for those not carrying the weapons.
The day was pretty full on with lots of drills for making safe, loading, unloading and making ready. Stripping cleaning and assembling were also covered and all in all it was a very busy and tiring day.
We have another inspection tomorrow so the whole block got stuck into the cleaning and ironing again before we hit other jobs. Some went to the gym some went for a run and some like me decided a bit of extra kit time was needed.
So pretty tired tonight but all my kit is sorted and alarm set for 5:45, breakfast at 6:30 and inspection at 7:30.
Tomorrow will undoubtably be another long day.
Dave (AC Beatley)
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