by flipflop » Sat May 14, 2016 8:47 am
Every military has lardasses. In the UK they'll either be btdt senior ranks who have earned a few rolls of fat, we all age ffs. Or, reserve dental nurses who might not be expected to run 10:30 for a mile & a half.
But in Iraq/A'stan these were supposedly infanteers, or they were wearing infantry insignia like the Big Red 1. Even so, on operation even the REMFs are expected to be in reasonable physical condition.
I must add staying with the NZ contingent in Bamiyan for two months opened my eyes. Super fit. There was a big fuck off hill behind the base, a couple of km up, over along the ridge, and down the side, "PT Hill" they called it. One guy, a reservist, ran it twice a day, morning and evening, every day of his tour that he wasn't out somewhere. He was a reservist too. We did it as a team and I was blowing out my arse and walking after 15 mins, altitude you see lol.
Cheers
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