(Backup) PAT Platoon

Aldershot is where I am and it's not too shabby.

Travel is obviously 🙄 the worst. Finding someone with a car and then organizing and not wasting time going there or coming back.

Now I've been much more social in the evenings and weekends. Doing stuff like slacklining, board games (resistance), watching anime (Samurai Champloo), playing games together (Until Dawn PS4), throwing the old football around as well.

There are a whole lot of us playing FTL now, which is pretty fun because I mean, it's a fun game. 

Church in Aldershot - Padre Mia B____

Last week I was here too, met a BMQ Reservist and a MSE OP reserving, nice people and I said to my friends at home that it was refreshing being back singing songs and talking with other Christians. It's like I'm back in the real world again - experiencing normalcy.

Reading Psalm 34

1 Peter 3:8-20~

Luke 5:1-12

Jesus causes the disciples to become fishers of men

That's all for now!

Aldershot

So now I'm posted to Nova Scotia, it's not too bad here.

I'm trying to remember most of what my BMQ was like, but it was a long wild ride.

I lived in 4 Section, Echo pod the whole course. So that was nice. Had a few good roommates that were good and drove me to better myself. Toews, Stevens, Yetman. All good guys who I graduated with.

Some key memories from BMQ:

Farnham was hella fun.

Falling asleep in class? Yeah I did that.

Got 92.61% final marks, second to top candidate, I was so proud of myself for that one.

Improvement in the first and second FORCES test, 9 points from platinum. Warrior test top 5.

Won the Section obstacle course with 4 minutes 53 I think?

Earned the nickname machine for a few days for my jumping jack intensity in class

Completed weapons drill first time with only one minor screwup which I fixed the second time around

Completed drill test on week 7 with 69/75

Earned the title 'Laundry King' for how much time I spent doing my sections and other people's laundry.

I enjoyed learning from our instructors, 4 Section commander Mcpl Boudrias was by far most people's favourite instructor. He gave us a lot of good advice for portraying ourselves, standing tall and driving ourselves for success in our careers. Never compromising and always learning and moving forward.

That's all for now.