guards conversion

• relackjack

  21 Jan 05, 15:59

  hey does FOs and BSOs go for guards conversion course??
  some of my infantry friends are posted to guards as a light strike pc... what's that arh??
  thanx
• Gordonator

  21 Jan 05, 16:04

  Light Strike Vehicle (LSV) is a vehicle used by the Guards.
• relackjack

  22 Jan 05, 14:54

  then what does he do?? lead a platoon of guys using light strike arh?? hahah sounds darn slack to me
• ah san

  22 Jan 05, 16:04

  slack...maybe depends on how on the oc and co is...
  
  wait till u try man packing and dis mounted role with everything u c on the LSV
  
  ur fren if posted to guards unit will haf to go for guards conversion if not still
  
  haf to go for drivers course, weapons course and LSv conversion course...
  
  like most units once u turn ops, liao can be quite lobo oreadi
  
  
• relackjack

  22 Jan 05, 21:35

  so does guards FOs need to go for GCC??
• Joshua1975

  22 Jan 05, 22:00

  Originally posted by relackjack:

  so does guards FOs need to go for GCC??

  FOs and FMs are all attach pax from Arty. Need not go at all. They are under Bde or Div head count not Guards BN.
  No Guards Tab maybe have the backing.
• relackjack

  23 Jan 05, 23:22

  mmmm so if guards FOs doesn't go for the course, how will they be able to repel in with the guardsman.....
  u former guards fo arh?
• Joshua1975

  23 Jan 05, 23:36

  Originally posted by relackjack:

  mmmm so if guards FOs doesn't go for the course, how will they be able to repel in with the guardsman.....
  u former guards fo arh?

  you SBSK arh??
• gonegoose

  25 Jan 05, 11:26

  HAHAHAHAHAHAHA that comment by Joshua is even funnier if you have seen SBSK's previous posts.
• LazerLordz

  25 Jan 05, 18:43

  Originally posted by gonegoose:

  HAHAHAHAHAHAHA that comment by Joshua is even funnier if you have seen SBSK's previous posts.

  Lol.Credit given for the true humour from a person who is untainted by SBSK.
• HeckKER

  25 Jan 05, 18:54

  o.O
  
  so many pple remember SBSK..sob sob...
  
  SBSK died a really injustice death..
• specfore

  25 Jan 05, 20:25

  Originally posted by Joshua1975:

  FOs and FMs are all attach pax from Arty. Need not go at all. They are under Bde or Div head count not Guards BN.
  No Guards Tab maybe have the backing.

  FO and any other attached personnel from other arms need not go thru' a "formal" GCC. I know because in my reservist time, I was attached ( almost permanently) to a certain Division. My NS voaction was in the infantry.
  
  By not formal GCC, I mean that you skip a lot of the combat type training but you have to undergo familiarisation with heli -ops (from rappelling to air guidance to whatever) and also some theory as to what the guards would do in battalion plus ops. Depending on the attachment job, the fam course could be 2 weeks or more.
  
  You do not get to wear the Guards tab or beret. This is reserved (rightly so) for those who went thru' and passed the GCC. Anyway, you do not want to wear that .... because when it comes to IPPT, the standard is higher.