Well, fortunatley in the CCF, as opposed to ACF, it is run pretty much exclusivley by ex soldiers, and teaching staff...most of whom have very little time for most of the absurd cadet rules, as most of them are plainly mad! I have never come across this not getting up before a certain time/minimum amount of sleep thingie, and on most 24 hour exercises go without sleep, and there are very few complaints.
As to only using 349s, being cadets, and very cynical, we have a 351, and a 320, but nobody is going to carry the buggers, so we use mobiles (which soldiers have NEVER had to rely on, obviously
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We arn't allowed thunderflashes, smoke, bayonettes etc - which is fair enough, but then neither are AIs any more (!).
And another of the more bizzare rules is that we can't wear helmets, at any age, as they will 'impair our growth' - even if you wear one for all of about 10 days a year, even when your 17/18!!!
And as for the make-safe whilst doing an advance to contact or CQB trail...what utter twoddle thought up that one? the only time i have seen that enforced is during a central cadet camp somewhere down south...
Frankly, its all mad, but we are fortunate to have people that don't believe in it, if all thsi was infoced, I would have packed it in long ago, and probably wouldn't be applying to join the army now. This sort of rubbish is putting people off before they even start, and as such the Army is throwing down the drain a very valuble recruiting tool!
