In the picture above, I'm in the first row second from the left. This was our PT kit with our C-Foxes platoon t-shirt which I'm sure wasn't original. The school name was the Canadian Forces Officer Candidate School (CFOCS) pronounced C-Fox.
This photo was taken at a drill practice for the drill competition. I'm in the first row, third from the right. I should have really been in the middle row, but the woman behind me was a bear-walker so they wanted to hide her a bit. A bear-walker is someone who swings both arm and leg on the same side when they walk. Try it, it's hard to do unless you really think about it, most of us swing the opposite arm and leg.
Basic training, it was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
Those are great! Do you remember everyone's name?
ReplyDeleteNo, unfortunately. I remember the names of our platoon directing staff and the women I hung around with and those I kept in contact with but that's not very many of them at all. The really tall lady, in the white shorts is Barb Norman, she passed away quite a while ago from a heart condition.
DeleteLOL never heard of a bear walker before. Have a tremendous Thursday.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes Molly
You don't notice so much when people are just walking but when they have to march, boy is it ever obvious.
DeleteOur Mommy looked so silly trying to walk like the bear-walker just now.
ReplyDeleteI'll bet she did look silly. It's hard to do, when it's not natural.
DeleteWow, good for you. Not sure I could get through basic training , even long ago.
ReplyDeleteI always wanted to do an Outward Bound course and when I mentionned that to someone, he said, you already did; it was called basic training.
DeleteWOW basic training days, did you have fun or was it all work like the armed forces?
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Bites, it was loads of fun sometimes and lots of work too. I did 26 years with the Canadian Forces.
DeleteCongrats on such a long career in our Forces and thanks for serving!
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