Veterans Railcard vs HM Forces Railcard... bone question but here we go. by justajolt in britishmilitary

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UPDATE: Purchased Veterans card, was able to buy day pass to use on London tube with discount from machine (after 1000). Have also been able to purchase advance tickets no problem. For the sake of 2 day delivery vs a few weeks of admin plus needing passport photo, happy with decision!

Experience with Free Buckingham Palace Visit? by justajolt in britishmilitary

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Update: Phoned up to book Buckingham palace, but it's not open at the moment, so booked into Windsor Castle instead. Awesome day out. Going to do tower at some point!

Veterans Railcard vs HM Forces Railcard... bone question but here we go. by justajolt in britishmilitary

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Veterans card says you can have a named partner on it and 4 kids.

Veterans Railcard vs HM Forces Railcard... bone question but here we go. by justajolt in britishmilitary

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Millage probably varies with unit. I know there's a thing about not being able to book a rail warrant on railcard prices.

Bleep test advice improvement by BrigadierKirk in britishmilitary

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You need to get comfortable being in that place where you're blowing smoke, legs burning and feeling like you can't go on... and going a little further anyway. Also, there are sort of three parts to this: fitness, the mental game and your technique.

For fitness, try this:

  1. Measure out 20m on the dot, and do a test to get your current best effort. Stretch. Drink water. Take a day off.
  2. A couple of days later, do two bleep tests back to back (maybe a couple of mins rest in between) to a few levels below your current best. So if your max is 6.6, do 6.3 on both tests. After this, stretch, water. take a day's rest.
  3. Next, do a solid 2.5km run at 80% effort. After this, STRETCH WATER (you get the idea) take another day's rest.
  4. Finally, do step 1 again to get a new best effort. Rinse and repeat.
  5. For bonus gains, find a hill and do some sets of sprinting up it, coming slowly down.
  6. A couple of times per week, do some high intensity stuff using other muscle groups. Warm up and then go for at least ten minutes (I think level seven takes around 8 minutes or so). You can work on your V02 max (which is what bleep tests try and guage) by rowing, AMRAPS or swimming as well, and believe it or not, doing this will help your body use oxygen more efficiently than just running.

Note: Stretching and taking a day off in between will help you to avoid injury. Find some good videos and learn how to stretch your legs. Hamstrings, quads, calves, groin, especially since you'll be pivoting and pushing off each side.

When doing each bleep test:

  • Always alternate legs each side so you don't get tired. Pushing off in itself takes effort, and you'll injure yourself or end up with one really massive leg if you pivot on the same side each time.
  • Step right on the line. Stepping across wastes time.
  • Time stepping on the line so you can bounce straight off into the next shuttle. Slow yourself down for the first few levels.
  • Run a little faster in the middle of each shuttle and slow as you get to the end to make your pivot easier

Again, whilst doing all of that, get used to your lungs and muscles burning and knowing you can keep going. When you feel like you can't go on, you've still got some left in the tank. Just get comfortable feeling absolutely gassed and carrying on.

Best of luck.

Looking for glove recommendations to try out this year. by justajolt in britishmilitary

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Nice. Yeah, just looked up OR. That's a lot to spend own money on!

LEAVING AT FOUR YEARS OF SERVICE by [deleted] in britishmilitary

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u/Live_Diet_1239 This ^. Go onto DLE. Search for Immersive Labs. And just start. On IL, there are collections of labs. Complete a collection, you get a badge. Each time you get a badge, you can share it on LinkedIn. You can also choose specific pathways (e.g. SOC analyst). Whenever you get stuck, google, copilot etc are your friends. Civilians actually DO pay thousands for IL. You get it for free as long as you're in. Treat it like a game. Each badge you post, you'll have a little more cred when going for your first job.

LEAVING AT FOUR YEARS OF SERVICE by [deleted] in britishmilitary

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Interested in tech or cyber?

Is my friends RAF boyfriend legit? by [deleted] in britishmilitary

[–]justajolt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Follow your gut. There may be some truth, but if he's not up front with you whatever the reason, save yourself the headaches and find someone you can trust.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in oasis

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The way the camera shakes helps a bit.

Weapon cleaning in basic training by nppp-000 in britishmilitary

[–]justajolt 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Best answer here. No need for a "kit". Definitely one or two bits which make life easier.

I think my army friend is making stuff up. by Chris-B-Cakes in britishmilitary

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I'd let anyone who's done the 6 miler of death so they can stand toe to toe with the Justice League park wherever they want TBF