Topic: Chill out!

[BornToServe]

This is a great thread. I have almost laughed out loud (not quite, just a little smile) at some of the questions I've seen answered. Do you need common sense to join guys?? Stop overthinking things ! (myself included)

[willellis]

You know, I have to say Cadaren, for someone who has completed your BMQ, and was a former cadet, your sense of what really matters in the course seems to be quite misinterpreted. Eye in the sky gave his two cents, and if I were you, I would really try to take it to heart. If the most you took from basic training were the 3D's, then you really missed the point of it. What I took form your post could be wrong, but when you were defending your position as being a former cadet in basic, you failed to mention anything regarding how you helped your platoon be the best that they could be, or even how you used any leadership skills you may or may not have, to show them the ropes of the first two weeks of being in Saint Jean. I know that the instructors would recognize that. I just say this because those are the things that really stick out in my mind about my time at CFLRS. Anyways, have a good career and I hope that you do well where ever you are.

[CallOfDuty]

....just knocking this thread off course a second... What ever happened to the guy who started this thread, " Paracowboy"?   I remember when I first signed on here years ago, he was a wealth of info!
C.O.D.

[ProudofallofU]

Hi All, I am new here, and just wanted to add a couple things(Paracowboy did a Great job, Listen to what he said). After completing  BMQ 7 yrs ago, I  had 2 words stuck in my head.  TEAMWORK, and NO EXCUSE!(unfortunately I had to use the latter a few times lol) Enjoy your Stinky bags!. Cheers 

[Pegcity]

is a stinky bag a sleeping bag after 5 days of not showering?

[Sunlitbeauty]

I think this advice is good advice, not only for those going to basic, but for the family left behind. I am the wife of someone who is currently at BMQ. My brother-in law gave both of us smiler advice(he has been in for many years). Though, for those giving the advice, understand following that is easier said than done for those of us depending on the completion of BMQ for our families future. My husband is having challenges there due to injury that is pushing our family to it's limits. His completion of basic will take much longer now due to the injury and that is a hard pill to swallow for a recruit and their family. I am glad for places like this and advice like this, as things liker this help all of us get through. Just try and remember how hard it was when you had to go through BMQ. The benefits are great, but the process is hard.

[armychick2009]

is a stinky bag a sleeping bag after 5 days of not showering?

My stinky bag was where we kept our workout clothes, lugging it around here and there... after a few hundred recruits and their stinky clothes... well, it stank.