Building up Infantry resilience - Exercise Hardcorps

Exercise Hardcorps is the hardest test for soldiers at the School of Infantry.

During the exercise, sections competed in stands that tested their mental and physical fitness including a 20km pack march, bayonet assault course, casualty evacuation, and a 25-metre range shoot. It's a way of building up resilience by pushing them through mental and physical limits that make them ready for warfighting.

The culmination of the exercise is celebrated by earning the Skippy Badge for their hat puggaree, which symbolises they are ready to move into their battalion postings.

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[barneymanningtree]

Proudest day of my life when I was awarded the "Skippy" badge. Wore it with pride for 20 years.

[zadeofazeroth]

Every time I see you lads I’m filled with nothing but national pride. Thank you so much for everything you do.

[mives]

Hardcorps itself wasn't that tough, it was the 8 day defensive exercise before hand that hurt. Still remember it 20 years on.

[slavemaster]

Good on you lads very few people will ever know the work you put in

[vinn]

Omg, WO1 Keefe well done mate, awesome soldier and a top bloke served with him at LCBS Canungra. 95-2000, the best thing about ex Hardcore is the Sally man at the end . 30+ yrs ago and still remember it as it was yesterday

[titaniumquarrion]

I thought it way back when and I still think it now, while I get the screaming aspect of the bayonet fight is to instill confidence and shock the enemy it is more detrimental than beneficial when two men meet to actually fight. It is hard enough already during a close combat fight without wasting precious oxygen screaming..

[AJ_Evo]

I remember my Hardcorps. 18 January 2004. I remember the date because it was also my 21st birthday. What a day that was 🤣

[sjcobra]

Thank you for your service. There have been times where I wanted to join the ADF. If I was good enough.

[Goffas_and_gumpys]

Keefey :-) Good to see you making up to the dizzy heights brother. Well done.

[ashjoy]

I sighed up for this, as a women and seeing no females concerns me that I physically couldn’t be capable

[rodthurley]

The most resilient training is when your waiting on a VA helpline to get a claim application .

[blokeVB]

10 days, 2.5 sleep. Dig dig.
50% pass .

[Eleven]

It takes a special person wanting to do infantry.

[anotheraussiebattla]

Man I wish they would just have an advertisement saying the ADF is accepting anyone with any tattoos hands are now fine I’d be in the mud in a heart beat 😂

[wimpb]

They'll definitely need the resilience to cope with how the government will treat them later.

[daniel-san]

Looks like the training our ADF gets is pretty comprehensive, not to mention fun. I wish i did it as a young bloke, instead i stuck it out doing martial arts getting my black belt and enjoying civilian life, but in the ADF you get so much more range of training that you won't in civ life and for that i'm both happy for those who get to do it and jealous too, on top of all that you pretty much get set for life with a decent annual wage, enough for a down payment on a house at least, minimal overheads, reduced tax, reduced medical expenses.. all in all, the sacrifice you make to be part of it for a bunch of years is actually quite minimal compared to what you get out, unless of course you're the unfortunate one who takes home severe PTSD, loss of limb/s or loss of life etc.. never-the-less the fantasy of joining stays with me still to this day, partly thanks to my enduring spirit i cultivate at the gym and with my martial arts training, and partly due to my ambition to be better at survival, but largely the incentive for me is to be part of a team just like I am in EA's BF4. It just sucks that I'm too free spirited to join, whereas the military for good reason appears strictly and inorganically regimented (it's got to be streamlined like a KFC kitchen to be efficient), I've worked real hard and paid top dollar for my own training and my own medical and all that to feel like my own boss and with all of that I act with integrity and determination and all those good things, sure I'm not likely to be anywhere close to a down payment on a house in my immediate future and I accept that that's the trade off, but to have someone 'overlording' me as I imagine you would have in the military, that would be an extreme thing for me to adjust to and that's the block I hit every time I go to enlist. I wish there was someone from the service who could reach out with a unique placement for me as someone who's done a lot of self-work because I do feel what I have would be valuable, but correct me if I'm wrong, to be "jar-headed" seems a waste of all who I am.. a 34yr old with 3 jobs just to survive a life of ironically limited 'freedom'.

[ale]

Great video! The MMTs who put this one together deserve an early knock

[MrJohnnybe]

How would this help me get a civilian job ?

[aquaticwombat]

im a fit and healthy 41 year old, would you say its to late for me to join??

[Paul_Zernick]

Grunts. Only way to soldier. If your not a grunt, you just aren't. Hope Hardcore is still 30km else it's been watered down. Don't drop the standard. Zig out.
BB1 💙💙
2CDO 🔷🔷