I could help but it's the U.S so never mind.

E-10: My name is God.

You were in the Canadian Army?

Did a couple of TDYs at an RCAF base in Bagotville, Quebec. Got involved with some Canadian APs at the LAC and they showed me around the area. I never knew there was so much fun to be had in pissant little towns like Bagotville and Chicoutimi.

Good times indeed.

I'm interesting in joining the Australian Army Reserves later in life. Is the training any different?

I went thought the USMC boot camp about 2007 and it was no cakewalk, just be loud quick and do as you are told, IF i made it though 3 months of Basic at Paris Island, I am sure AIrforce is nothing, and like what 4 weeks long?

It is 8 weeks. And here is the basic schedule of the training: http://www.airforce.com/joining-the-air-force/basic-military-training/

After that, it is technical training for whatever they have you do.

It doesn't look all that bad :shrug:

It used to be 6 weeks a few years ago, now it's 8 and a half weeks long.

Huh, I noticed in that video I didn't see them wearing any type of body armor whilst doing their "Combat" training.

All I can say is enjoy what you're doing and do it well, but don't enjoy it too much (a**holes are born that way).

The year I served in the Finnish Defence Forces (2 months basic training, 4 months NCO training, and 6 months as an NCO for the new grunts) was probably the best time in my life so far. All the [censored] we went through is a fond memory.

That's an extra sixteen and a half pounds.. dude.. that's heavy

Here's a few tricks from back when I joined the circus military

1. Don't change your clothes. My sergeants wanted our closets to be ordered in a very particular way, every day. Any mistake and they would throw it all outside and you would have to redo it again. I quickly learned that if you lay everything perfectly then you won't have to redo anything if you just reuse your clothing from the previous days. Let's face it, you're gonna get sweaty anyway, and you're with a bunch of other guys so they won't mind because they will smell just as bad as you. Just the clothes you used once a week. When you go home to mum

2. Pack snacks everywhere. Seriously, get a bunch of energy bars and such. We had a chocolate, nut, honey, oatmeal mix (something like that) and I thought maybe 2-3 was enough. I ended up packing at least 20 when we had some field training to do.

3. Go early to bed, this can't be underestimated.

4. Get some friends and hang out with them. That's probably the best advise. You can endure 10 times more if you are with friends. If you're alone, you are way more likely to give up and the whole experience will be ruined for you.

Yea, plus ya know all that gear would weigh down the bus to the range or training area.

As it so happens, my parents were pressuring me to join the Armed Forces some years back. I have a friend in the USMC, so I asked him what it was like.
I distinctly remember him grabbing me by the shoulders, shaking me, and practically screaming "NOOOOOOOOOOOO" into my face; I'm not sure whether this says more about Basic training, or what his opinion is of "Metro plus lethal weapon".















He also says that if your D.I. is female, watch the [censored] out, because they are scary. >.>

I've got through the Canadian Armed Forces BMQ as a reservist and the one advice I give to everyone is just don't stress out about it. About half my course quit withen the first 3 weeks, which is what the main purpose of the first course. And the people who passed with me had a much easier time on later course unlike the people who didn't.
Don't take things personal and considering that its air force you should do just fine.

Oooooooh yes. One of mine was a 5'2'' Cambodian women she was fierce, she was cruel, and she saw everything. She was the second fastest runner in the battalion(first was our platoon sergeant) and she smoked us over nothing most of the time. Her favorite was the "electric chair" or making us "Ride the elevator". Electric chair was squatting half way down like sitting in a chair arms out and holding it. Riding the elevator was either being in the first floor(squatting all the way down) second floor(halfway down like electric chair) and third floor(just barely squatting) changed floor in rapid/random order and usually held second floor longest.

I dated a WM for awhile.. B)

only sergeant I ever kissed