A week of learning about the rifles and a few other bits and bobs youll probably never do. Most people make sure they enjoy this. Something about being in uniform with a British service rifle in your hands, You learn everything about the rifle from components through to how to fix a jam.
It can get boring but just bare in there as it will pick up. If you pass your handling test then you can fire the live rounds on the Thursday. When your given 45 rounds to discharge indifferent stances does give you a rush!
Enjoy it! Friday is the shit day. Wet and dry. The staff Usually marines will line you up and soak you in freezing cold water. You then have to get changed into dry kit and go to bed. You wake up to do a watch during the night and you need to put your wet clothes back on Pointless and one of the worst things in Raleigh.
If you can, make a hot wet immediately otherwise youll just freeze your tits off and youll be in a bad mood all day. That's really the just of week 3.
When you finish wet and dry, make sure both the canisters are filled to the top with water. If you shake them, you shouldn't be able to hear anything. Otherwise youll be wearing it! You lay out ALL your kit on your bed perfectly folded and ironed to the specification that you are given. If something isn't named, you instantly failed. I forgot to name one top, this ended up in a warning. If you pass the muster then your laughing, if you failed, don't worry, your oppos WILL help you.
Trust me! Aswell as the kit muster you also have Pier Cellers. This is the opportunity to get to know your staff on a more personal level. You leave Raleigh for one night and spend it in cabins not far down the road. You get there and literally just relax. After a little while you start doing route cards for the walk that you do on the second day but its enjoyable. You go on a little treck the first night so you can practice basic navigation, which you are taught during the week, and this just shows you that its a peace of piss.
Day 2 you do your walk along the coast and then get back to some major fun. You jump into the oggin and do the assault course aswell as Jacobs latter A bit of wire and wooden blocks above the water. It may sound shit but theres something about 60 people sitting around a massive bonfire spinning dits. The only bad thing about pier cellers is the 4am phys session in the tennis court, but you just end up enjoying it towards the end.
On the Saturday to get to go to china fleet and a ships visit. Best weekend. A day eating nice foot, relaxing in a spa and seeing a serving ship where you can talk to the crew and ask for their honest opinions. Make sure you try the food in their galley! This was just pointless in every way in our opinion. You learn how to tie knots. Thats basically it for the first few days then you go up o look at the RAS Rig where you get to watch a Replenishment At Sea training phase happen.
My intake was mainly engineers so we weren't interested in this week much at all. You go to Jupiter point and learn how to drive some of the boats. You get to go on the jet boats, Mibs, gigs, kayaks.. You get to navigate yourself around and there aren't staff in your mibs so you have to really concentrate. Make sure you enjoy JP, its a nice time to relax and just enjoy hat the navy has to offer. Obviously theres more than just boats in week 6.
Theres powerpoints, presentations, vaccines, check ups, drill, phys You have another kit muster which is in more depth, everything has to be dethreaded. Its hours and hours of your time that you will never get back. If you pass the second one your flying through it. Week 7 is where you go off to Dartmoor. This will go 2 ways, both dependant on your teams. You wouldnt see ten meters in front of you due to the fog and rain. However, moral was high, we sang half the way, span dits and took the piss out of eachother.
You learn how to pitch up tents, how to o official route cards, have a little reccy of the area, a few little fun competitions and also a little phys. Enjoy it, its a right laugh. I loved the Dartmoor experience, even the early starts.
If you aren't confident at map reading, just make sure you put the effort in. They will know who is and who isn't strong and just want to see the good ones help out the bad ones and the bad ones admit that they need the help.
You cant fail Dartmoor if you try. That's al theyre asking. When you get back from the expedition, you have to de-service all your kit and prepare it for a greens kit muster the next day. You have plenty of time to do this and there are so many cheats. All I am going to say is buy a lot of baby wipes! They get mud of anything. Saves you trying to stick all your webbing and your roll matts into a sink!
You learn about First aid, all get your qualification on beating the shit out of a doll and being able to tie a bandage around someone's arm. You learn firefighting, putting out controlled fires and also get to go into Havoc It was broken for us.
Its a laugh and a little bit of team building. Make sure you bring money as youll be on a few stand easies. Its enjoyable, make the most of it. If you help the staff, they will help you. The sooner you get the work done, the sooner they thin you out and you can go back to watching dvd's when you should be doing kit.
You wont forget this week, it is just a lot of laughs and ditt spinning with people who cant help but take the piss out of you. WEEK 9 - Nearly there! Week 9 is just phys, rounds, inspections and staying onboard the Brecon for 2 nights.
The Brecon is a massive laugh. Historic sites. Raleigh is a town located northwest of St. It had a population of in , declining to by the census.
Raleigh was originally named Ha Ha Bay, after the bay where it is located. Raleigh is located about 29km from St. Raleigh has a harbour with Burnt Cape on one side to protect against the elements in the very harsh winters - which can see Winter sports, particularly snowmobiling are a popular activity. With abundant fish in nearby rivers, the Raleigh area is popular for ice fishing. Raleigh had a population of in In the mids the population grew to as much as with more than school age children.
Your loving son Lidge xxxx. Elijah joined the Black Prince in July and served onboard for the remainer of the war, he was discharged on the 8th of December as having served with very good character. Roy Cheetham. Add to this record. Michael Preece Add to this record. He was involved in the D-Day landings where he received surface wounds. Charles Owen Taylor H. Raleigh d.
Graham Howard Add to this record. John Roberts Add to this record. Ray died of kidney failure at the tender age of He sired three children in the time he had of which, of course, I am one. Whenever I think my life is going tough I think of how my father spent his youth. Serving bravely his country from the age of 19 to What was I doing?
I never knew him but I have a deep appreciation for his life and his soul. Thank you father. Kenneth Welsh Add to this record. He joined HMS Raleigh on 30th of June until 7th of September then onto Drake until 10th of April when he was discharged as being medically unfit for naval service. He was transferred to Royal Naval Hospital Maristow after four days, where he remained until Feb when he was moved back to Plymouth.
He said that the damp conditions in the barracks gave him the illness. Dad passed away at the age of 67 years. Debbie Rogerson Add to this record. Frank Lomax MID. HMS Drake 10th September HMS Defiance 2nd October HMS Dolphin 6th February Sub lost 28th April ; SC 16th November Frank William Lomax Add to this record. Recomended Reading.
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