Was this the same fellow who had done a stint with the merchant navy? If it was, he went through Valley with members of my BFT course who went Gp1. He seemed to be a real character, very popular and a great laugh to spend time with. If my memory serves me right, the docs told him that his cholestorol scores were off the clock and he MUST cut out the fried food, or else he wouldn't last long. He did and was SO miserable that he said he didn't care and went back to the curries and fried bread. Weeks later, this happened