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Originally Posted by pistolero1860
No, you can only take away their maple syrup and bacon ration.
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The Canadian Military is one of the best trained armed forces in the world and as recruits, they didn't have to be verbally nor physically abused as in the film clip, FMJ. They were yelled and screamed at, they did the pushups and punishment drills, hauled butt, etc but, they didn't have to fear of being struck with a pace stick or, being the butt of the filthiest language in the world.
I went through Other Ranks boot camp in 1963 and Officer boot camp in 1970, the 2nd one was the hardest. Spent 3 yrs at CFB Cornwallis back in the early 70's when it was the CF boot camp for English speaking recruits. A lot of kids entered the gates of Cornwallis, but 11 weeks later, a lot of men went out that gate.
I remember one humorous side story from Cornwallis. After the recruit graduation parade, there was a reception in the drill hall for the staff, recruits and their family, friends etc. One mother came up to the Base Commander and said, "What did you do to my son, he keeps calling me Ma'am? I told him, don't call me Ma'am, I'm your mother for God's sake."
Cheers!