it creates the bonding that is required when people go to war!
I suspect most of us here were attending wars before you were born, perhaps not a good crowd to lecture! Bonding is more about pi@@ups and squadron camaraderie than futile phys or the much vaunted but ultimately bollox deployment test thingie
Stop bleating and get down the gym, and take some of your men/women with you.
I refer the right honorable gentlemen to my colleague’s (blogger) last comment
Authur, you're a pongo aren’t you? If that's the case you are about as qualified to talk about the RAFFT as I am about the Regimental system!
But as you’re a self appointed expert can you explain why there different fitness levels for boys and girls if it's all about operations? Are the bad guys less likely to shoot at the slower girl because she's passed her fitness test?