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Commissioning Course (Short) 211
“Hello Zero, this is one-nine-echo. Dettin- gen Company is formed at full strength
quick turnarounds on stag rotas meant sleep was never more than 1.5 hours in duration, even if everything was quiet.
However, we were able to see some positives, namely command appointments. Those things, normally fought over and coveted, came round so frequently it was rare to spend more than 2 hours as a private soldier. Equally, the oppor-
at 19 troops and moving to the FRV.
CCS211 was out in full force, ready for a pla- toon attack with 19 officers in training - includ- ing 5 nurses, 2 lawyers and 3 padres. CCS is an interesting beast, a real mix of Professionally Qualified Officers (PQOs) and reservists brought from various stages of life, thrown together for an intense 4 modules over 8 weeks.
COVID restrictions had meant that expected lateral entry on to each module was stopped, therefore numbers only ever depleted. There was still the need to form a platoon with three sections. Fire teams became individuals, shell scrape digging never seemed to end, and very
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