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Training for success: Special operations soldiers prepare to take on Everest challenge
2+ hour, 37+ min ago (429+ words) The Ranger Everest expedition has been a year in the making, with extensive mountaineering, cold weather and altitude training. I joined them at a specialist medical facility at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, where they came for final testing." Lance…...
Staying alive: Trainees feel the pressure as they learn to become fast jet pilots
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (1166+ words) "Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!" Twenty-five-year-old Flying Officer Calum struggles to force out the words between breaths. Calum and his class of brand-new fast jet pilot trainees are learning the art of pressure breathing " an emergency oxygen system that would be required…...
Seventy-nine-year-old PTI offers advice to personnel: Whatever you do, just keep doing it
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (382+ words) A Physical Training Instructor has bid farewell to the Armed Forces with a final circuit training session'at the age of 79'and has offered some parting words of advice. Barry Atkins, who joined the Royal Signals in 1964 and worked at Army…...
For the love of lifting: The superbly simple sport that's exploding across the military
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (816+ words) It's that time of year when everyone's eaten too much Christmas cake and starts looking around for their 'new thing'. One of the fastest growing sports in the British military " and in other countries too " is powerlifting. In the back…...
Overcoming the obstacles: British Army retain Inter Services cyclo-cross championship
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (125+ words) It's another year of British Army success in the world of cyclo-cross after they retained their championship in Uxbridge. The event, held at Hillingdon House Farm Sports Ground, saw a terrific performance from the Army riders as they picked up…...