I agree this happened too many times and something is suspect. Compare Deep Cut barracks in the UK where similar events unfolded.Turtle wrote: Sadly, the report may well be bogus. Suicides, for example, are very very rarely reported accurately, similarly with "training accidents" where another serviceman (especially a commander) is to blame.
I am not sure that the deaths are due to the 'inability of recruits to adapt to the heat' in the absence of any stated facts. Surely one of the functions of training young for active service it to get them fit.sundaymorningstaple wrote:, I think the fact that a large majority of training deaths are due to general inability of recruits to adapt to the heat here. Most young men today are brought up in airconditioned comfort with amah doing all the work and subsequently, due to long hours behind the books where academia are valued more than sports, it tends to make for unfit and stamina lacking youngsters.
Unfortunately getting people fit, kills, if they have a slight heart defect, it is by no means rare, even pro football players have keeled over and died.Plavt wrote:I am not sure that the deaths are due to the 'inability of recruits to adapt to the heat' in the absence of any stated facts. Surely one of the functions of training young for active service it to get them fit.sundaymorningstaple wrote:, I think the fact that a large majority of training deaths are due to general inability of recruits to adapt to the heat here. Most young men today are brought up in airconditioned comfort with amah doing all the work and subsequently, due to long hours behind the books where academia are valued more than sports, it tends to make for unfit and stamina lacking youngsters.
now you are quite happy you didn't have to serve, right ?
On military exercises deaths happen very often, and before any exercise is cancelled, the death rate is in double figures, if it's a Nato exercise, before any drastic steps are taken. People get run over, crushed by tank turrets turning, and all kinds of accidents, as well human heart failure. deaths are rated on a percentage of the participents involved, in the exercise. if abnormally high, the exercise maybe cancelled for investigations.sourisso wrote:now you are quite happy you didn't have to serve, right ?
i dunno about you guys, but im fit and always did a lot of sport and worked my endurance, but if i had to run in the jungle here with heavy clothes and boots and bags i would probably feel quite bad or faint due do the weather (i can manage to jog here without too much problems but with very light clothing and full of water, and certainly not as efficient as back in my country)
and i agree with SMS on the sedentary lifestyle + certain food habits, it has terrible effects
Good that you know, because you may well live longer, fitness is not measured in how far, or how fast you can run, it is measured, by the hearts recovery time only.sourisso wrote:yep... i know very well about this, having myself a problem on my heart (irregular beating that only disappear when i make a long effort), and i have to do sport to keep it strong...
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