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Thanks! Good to see Sandhurst doing so well, their commissioning course is not very long so its impressive that they can build up the skills and team work and physical requirements required in a couple of months. Well done to all who competed, sounds like a great day!
I spoke with our son yesterday and he said he really enjoyed Sandhurst, with the exception of the water crossing which he said 'froze him to the bone'. Fortunately it was the next to last event so he didn't need to stay in his wet uniform much longer. He said that even though his team finished 24th out of 43 teams, he had a blast and was glad he participated.
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There are a couple of differences between the teams that compete for RMAS and the West Point Teams--
1. While the commissioning course is shorter at RMAS it is also mostly pure military instruction/training--its not a four year academic college like West Point. Many (if not all) the RMAS cadets already have a college degree.
2. RMAS selects two teams from their entire complement of cadets (ie they have an opportunity to put "the best of the best" together for the competition ) whereas West Point creates approx 32 teams (one for each company) which kind of "dilutes" the talent pool and spreads it out amongst a much larger number of competing entities.
Iam pretty certain that if West Point ever decided to field, say 5 teams instead of 32 they would probably be on a bit more of an even playing field. Still, the opportunity to give so many cadets the chance to train and compete in such a rewarding activity more than likely outweighs the desire to just "win".
Point taken Shogun but I still think its impressive (not necessarily more so than a company team winning) they do only field a couple of teams but then they dont have that many people to pick from and never any people who have participated before and a limited time to train but yea at the end of the day its about participation and it would be sad if it was otherwise.
Im a bit biased because touch wood in about a year my big brother will be an officer in the Royal Regiment of Scotland and a Sandhurst grad!
I think about 15% of the regular commissioning course cadets dont have degrees (Prince Harry didnt).
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Congrats to your brother Emsa!! My daughter spent 30 days training last summer with the cadets at RMAS in England, and while with them she also participated in their Ex Summer Victory Exercise which was held in Canada that year. She had a great time!!
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