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PPPPPPP
Prior Preparation and Planning Prevents a Piss-Poor Performance
Known as the 7 Ps
Primarily employed during exercise or any form of training whereby nothing has been prepared nor planned and has now led to Piss-Poor Performance.
Some examples are:
- Arriving at Gun Camp with no ammunition
- Forgetting to fill the UBRE before leaving to go to the plains
- Leaving half your exercise-essential kit in your room and not in your bergen... but not finding out until halfway up the M25
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