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in a very strong Scottish accent screaming “Rapid Fire!” that tickled 12 Platoon. Because of this, we now always shout “RAPID FIRE!” in a Scottish accent when giving fire control orders.
The final day. We’ve done it. 12 Platoon has thrived in the field and it is time to make our way back to Sandhurst. What we didn’t realise is the very heavy Bergans that we so gratefully transported to our harbour area during the deployment, were not going to be transported back for us; we now had to tab back with them. We tabbed just over a mile to a Forward Operating Base where we received a much-needed service from the Padre. He gave us an amazing motivational speech
A well needed Field Service given by the Padre
about the weight of how hard life can be, and that support is there if we need it.
We now always shout “RAPID FIRE!” in a Scottish accent when giving fire control orders
positivity and determination from 12 Platoon, everyone helped each other, picked people up when they were struggling and managed to push each other to the finish. And in my opinion, that was one of the main premises of the exercise itself. Form- ing and working together as a team. Serving each other. Really giving us
However, we were not returning back
to Sandhurst just yet. Our permanent
staff decided to take us on a ‘extra-
long’ route back to Sandhurst. ‘Extra-
Long’ being as soon as we thought
we were getting close they’d take us a different our first taste of Serving to Lead. direction. It was hard work, however, with the great
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