D_Coll:
hi everyone
im currently in the process of looking into joining the RAC but i am looking for some more information. The 2 regiments i am looking at are the Light Dragoons and the Royal Dragoon Gaurds as im a yorkshire lad these two are my local regiments right?
I was wondering if anyone could give me some info about the training at bovington as i am struggling to find any, like a breakdown of what the course involves. Also the RDG are MTB but i would like to go recce, so would i go to my unit as mtb crewman then get picked or can you go straight in as recce.
Cheers Dan
My bold. No, you'd need to join the RN for that, but I don't think there are any MTBs any more.
Forks:
Each regiment differs in some ways, but the words 'Tank Park' will be ones you learn to hate. After a couple of weeks working on the tank park everyday, you'll be so bored of it and wondering why you ever thought it'd be a good idea to join the bloody RAC.
This week for me has mostly consisted of:
8:30am parade down the tank park, sit around a bit until the troop sergeant turfs us out of the office to go and first parade the vehicles (before use checks), first parade a vehicle that hasn't been anywhere or done anything and hasn't changed since the previous day when everything was fine. Once that has been done, get a list of jobs which need to be done of the tanks, stuff which is completely unexplainable because the tanks haven't done anything so why they need to be fixed is completely baffling to me. I think the tank park goblins wreak havoc of a night time messing up the tanks and breaking stuff so we have something to do the next day.
So we have a fun couple of hours doing lots of interesting things on these wonderful vehicles and this will take us up until lunchtime or maybe PT before lunch. An hour off the tank park running about is a welcome change, have some lunch then back down the fun park for 2pm. Get another good 3 hours of brilliant work done of these vehicles before we sack it to go home!
That's it, all day, everyday. Sometimes we'll have some sweeping of the tank sheds thrown in, maybe a sports afternoon and if you're really lucky you'll get to go on exercise where the tanks can't actually be driven more than 8km to make sure we keep the mileage down and you do lots of things like putting up cam nets, learning what rations are how cold it gets in the middle of Germany in November!
Enjoy!
Forks
Do you not fit in the odd happy hour at the end of the day? In Fally with the QRH we always had a Sqn run on a Friday afternoon which culminated in a good session in the Sqn Bar.
Nobby
Forks:
Each regiment differs in some ways, but the words 'Tank Park' will be ones you learn to hate. After a couple of weeks working on the tank park everyday, you'll be so bored of it and wondering why you ever thought it'd be a good idea to join the bloody RAC.
This week for me has mostly consisted of:
8:30am parade down the tank park, sit around a bit until the troop sergeant turfs us out of the office to go and first parade the vehicles (before use checks), first parade a vehicle that hasn't been anywhere or done anything and hasn't changed since the previous day when everything was fine. Once that has been done, get a list of jobs which need to be done of the tanks, stuff which is completely unexplainable because the tanks haven't done anything so why they need to be fixed is completely baffling to me. I think the tank park goblins wreak havoc of a night time messing up the tanks and breaking stuff so we have something to do the next day.
So we have a fun couple of hours doing lots of interesting things on these wonderful vehicles and this will take us up until lunchtime or maybe PT before lunch. An hour off the tank park running about is a welcome change, have some lunch then back down the fun park for 2pm. Get another good 3 hours of brilliant work done of these vehicles before we sack it to go home!
That's it, all day, everyday. Sometimes we'll have some sweeping of the tank sheds thrown in, maybe a sports afternoon and if you're really lucky you'll get to go on exercise where the tanks can't actually be driven more than 8km to make sure we keep the mileage down and you do lots of things like putting up cam nets, learning what rations are how cold it gets in the middle of Germany in November!
Enjoy!
Nowt changed then 
Nobby_REME:
Forks
Do you not fit in the odd happy hour at the end of the day? In Fally with the QRH we always had a Sqn run on a Friday afternoon which culminated in a good session in the Sqn Bar.
Nobby
Unfortunately today we are doing CO's PT which is a TAB until Lunchtime, but oh no we're not finished yet! Back down the * park for more work after lunch! Yes, on a Friday!
I've only got another 6 weeks of this and 3 of those consists of leave and courses so I can see the light!
Hobbish:
Just out of interest, why isn't CR2 used in Afghan? I've often wondered.
Ask a politician.
Good luck with that.