I am Sergeant Jonathan ‘Griff’ Griffiths, I have been in the REME for 14 years, during which I have been an Armourer and Metalsmith, completing two basic courses and two class one courses. I am currently training to become an Artificer.
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Halfway and holding in there – no obstacle too big
Posted in British, REME, Training, tagged Artificers, British Army, course, military, PT, REME, Sports on 29 May 2012 | 6 Comments »
‘hurry up and wait!’ seems to be an Army phrase.
Posted in REME, tagged Army, British, soldier, TA, Territorial, training on 5 August 2011 |
Soldier under Training Donna Jones has a tough week learning about drill and injuries, and then suffers a nasty one herself.
We sleep with our weapons inside our sleeping bags
Posted in REME, tagged Army, British, soldier, TA, Territorial, training on 25 May 2011 | 1 Comment »
Soldier under Training (SuT) Donna Jones – a Territorial Army (TA) soldier training to be a Vehicle Mechanic with 119 Recovery Company, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) – writes about her experiences of the second of six weekends that make up the first part of her Phase 1 Training.
I did wonder whether I was too old for all this…
Posted in REME on 17 May 2011 | 15 Comments »
Soldier under Training (SuT) Donna Jones is a Territorial Army (TA) soldier training to be a Vehicle Mechanic with 119 Recovery Company, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME). She is currently undergoing Phase 1 Training, which for TA soldiers involves two courses. The first of these takes place over 6 weekends and is known as “Trained Soldier Course (Alpha)”. In civilian life SuT Jones is a hairdresser and beauty therapist – what does she make of training becoming a soldier?
