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Originally Posted by ROFL it's Waffle
We had to "make it rain" in our barracks. Any combination of squats, pushups, burpees, planks... anything that would raise the temperature in the barracks such that condensation would form on the walls.
We did this a LOT. We had these idiots who would break out into Michael Jackson solos in the middle of the hallways (where it echoed the most), resulting in this frequent form of discipline.
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That sounds like some normal basic training shit and doesn't reflect the day to day operation of most units.
I managed to avoid all that stuff.
From 1972 until 1976 I was sea Cadet. Back then the cadets trained with the reserves and were qualified on the same level (imagine the uproar of 13 year olds training on automatic weapons today). In late 76 I went into the reserves. Since I had already qualified on everything except grenades and gas mask they waved basic on the condition that when the next basic course ran I would get those items signed off. I then went right into my trade training as a driver which took 6 weeks. A couple of week later and I was driving for the basic course so just threw a couple of grenades and went through the gas shack. The result is I have a basic training certificate that is dated a month after my trade qualification one. Then in mid 77 I transferred over to a regular unit and all my qualifications remained. The end result was that I was shipped over to Germany as the Canadian equivalent of an E-4 when I was barely 18 years old. After I got my aircraft refueling certification I was bumped up to E-5 when I was still only 19. It was sometimes embarrassing since many of the guys of the same rank were pushing 5 or 6 years of regular service.