Originally Posted by saintstone

Originally Posted by dingerr

Originally Posted by devilish

Sometimes, just sometimes it's difficult to stay awake on guard. Not excusing the scrote but have been there, seen it and done it.

In my 2nd to last post i mentioned that I'd been on a 48 hr turn-around, thing is we all had, it was just my stint for guard. s*** bust, I'm sure any one of us would have nodded off.

Agreed, but the thought of going to RTMC for 14 to 28 days should help stay awake!

The Royal Marine Training Centre?? I'd be more scared of going to the Military Correction Training Centre.

Hmm, if we are being pedantic, surely the Royal Marine Training Centre would be RMTC... RTMC=Reserves Training and Mobilisation Centre - about as bad as the glasshouse though...

Originally Posted by wg100

Originally Posted by saintstone

Originally Posted by dingerr

Originally Posted by devilish

Sometimes, just sometimes it's difficult to stay awake on guard. Not excusing the scrote but have been there, seen it and done it.

In my 2nd to last post i mentioned that I'd been on a 48 hr turn-around, thing is we all had, it was just my stint for guard. s*** bust, I'm sure any one of us would have nodded off.

Agreed, but the thought of going to RTMC for 14 to 28 days should help stay awake!

The Royal Marine Training Centre?? I'd be more scared of going to the Military Correction Training Centre.

Hmm, if we are being pedantic, surely the Royal Marine Training Centre would be RMTC... RTMC=Reserves Training and Mobilisation Centre - about as bad as the glasshouse though...

If memory serves, it's CTCRM, that you're all after: Commando Training Centre, Royal Marines, but why let the truth get in the way of a good Dingerr bashing?

Originally Posted by coolcee

He forgot to mention 6 hours of his 8 hours were spent on dubious visits to his museum

where were you not sleeping on the 26th,,,,park bench now methinks.

I have found it near impossible to fall asleep on guard no matter how tired I have been. This is because none of them have had a chair which means I am usually woken by falling over some miliseconds after dropping off.

I always found it beneficial to quickly swig a coffee before going out on the main gate/sanger and keep myself alert by performing certain exercises designed to strengthen the wrist.

However, when guarding 8 Signal Regiment in the early nineties it was widely known that the line section fire escape didn't shut properly thus allowing the prowler guard to enter and check the area for security (and biscuits). There was also the officer's squash courts, the tennis hut and the boiler room at the virgin villas. Clearly I didn't go anywhere near any of these areas.

Originally Posted by primroseandblue

I have found it near impossible to fall asleep on guard no matter how tired I have been. This is because none of them have had a chair which means I am usually woken by falling over some miliseconds after dropping off.

I always found it beneficial to quickly swig a coffee before going out on the main gate/sanger and keep myself alert by performing certain exercises designed to strengthen the wrist.

However, when guarding 8 Signal Regiment in the early nineties it was widely known that the line section fire escape didn't shut properly thus allowing the prowler guard to enter and check the area for security (and biscuits). There was also the officer's squash courts, the tennis hut and the boiler room at the virgin villas. Clearly I didn't go anywhere near any of these areas.

The drying room in Martinique bks Bordon . used to be checked out every patrol.

2 blokes in an old Sqn of mine were caught by the RSM asleep. They really took the p155, they had made a nest out of lumi vests and parkas that were in the guard hut and had their boots off! They got 7 days ROPs for it.
When 1 Royal Anglian were in NI 1999 to 2001 a guy got booted out for falling asleep in the sangers twice. He was a fcuking mong and he deserved it.

As a very young soldier in basic training I once got bungy neck stood to in a trench at three AM. I kept jerking awake, pinching myself, shuffling my feet, thinking about women etc etc.
The next thing I knew it was raining and the rain was warm.....
The platoon sergeant had stood directly in front of me and my mate (who was slumped comatose over his gat) and pi$$ed over both of us.
All he said was
"imagine I was the enemy"
And walked away.
At that point he was the enemy - but I kept it to myself.
Nothing was said about the incident the next day but it was a lesson I never forgot. I did imagine what could have happened if he had been the enemy and I never, ever, slept on stag again.
If something happened like that today there would probably be questions asked in the parliament and journos besieging the depot.

Originally Posted by John_Charity_Spring

As a very young soldier in basic training I once got bungy neck stood to in a trench at three AM. I kept jerking awake, pinching myself, shuffling my feet, thinking about women etc etc.
The next thing I knew it was raining and the rain was warm.....
The platoon sergeant had stood directly in front of me and my mate (who was slumped comatose over his gat) and pi$$ed over both of us.
All he said was
"imagine I was the enemy"
And walked away.
At that point he was the enemy - but I kept it to myself.
Nothing was said about the incident the next day but it was a lesson I never forgot. I did imagine what could have happened if he had been the enemy and I never, ever, slept on stag again.
If something happened like that today there would probably be questions asked in the parliament and journos besieging the depot.

I like the way he dealt with that and there's feck all you could have done about it without dropping yourselves in the sh1t.

Originally Posted by wg100

Originally Posted by saintstone

Originally Posted by dingerr

Originally Posted by devilish

Sometimes, just sometimes it's difficult to stay awake on guard. Not excusing the scrote but have been there, seen it and done it.

In my 2nd to last post i mentioned that I'd been on a 48 hr turn-around, thing is we all had, it was just my stint for guard. s*** bust, I'm sure any one of us would have nodded off.

Agreed, but the thought of going to RTMC for 14 to 28 days should help stay awake!

The Royal Marine Training Centre?? I'd be more scared of going to the Military Correction Training Centre.

Hmm, if we are being pedantic, surely the Royal Marine Training Centre would be RMTC... RTMC=Reserves Training and Mobilisation Centre - about as bad as the glasshouse though...

RMCTC surely? :D

Pup,

Although I can understand your concerns you also have to bear in mind that 1 sleeping Budgie Wearer = 1 x TJ Hooker.