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Yes but basic training is often the most romanticised aspect of army training. A myriad of movies focusing on just this 1% (however inaccurately) attests to th
by cyberferret 9y ago
Yes but basic training is often the most romanticised aspect of army training. A myriad of movies focusing on just this 1% (however inaccurately) attests to that.
The article kind of reminds me of that Bear Grylls 'Foreign Legionnaire' docudrama that he did some years ago. Once again turning the boot camp recruitment and training aspect of an oft fabled unit into a reality TV show.
I wonder if the show saw an uptick in recruitment for the FL as a result? (Even though none of the soldiers in the show were current FL servicemen).
- sandworm101 9y agoThey are also projections by the unit of how they want to be perceived. They never show the actual realities of daily life. My strongest memory is of sitting around waiting for things. Half of us started carrying game of thrones novels to read during all the down times. I only wish I had pictures of playing cards against humanity in the field while waiting for trucks. Canada also mixes male and female, both recruits and staff. So it is a very different atmosphere than any movie or show I've ever seen.
- jmnicolas 9y agoSame experience when I did my military service in France. A typical day : we had to hurry to be ready at 6 in the morning then wait till 10 that the trucks pick us up ...
- icebraining 9y agoI can't speak for its overall veracity, but if nothing else Jarhead (the movie) did show the life of deployed Marines as endless, frustrating waiting.