Australian Army Why it's Impossible to Fail Kapooka in 2021| Prove me Wrong

Australian Army Why it's Impossible to Fail Kapooka in 2021| Prove me Wrong and I bet some of you will as we try to recruit often the wrong people with fake news advertising making the career look like a party with make up, laughing and joy but not showing the wet, shivering and exhausted Australian Recruit Soldiers huddled among their new found comrades on the Parade ground or the Field of Wagga's Winter sharing the victories and defeats as they progress through the weeks.
It is impossible to fail for the simple reason this was meant to be your calling and your passion and you have already been vetted more vigorously than any other career both physically, mentally and medically and among a team of other volunteers and excellent Australian Army Instructors who's soul purpose is to deliver consistent, relevant and professional training that has also been vetted by fellow instructors and continued audits.
It is impossible to fail but that does not mean it's easy, subscribe and learn and then do the work now to succeed tomorrow as the field asks all the necessary questions of the Australian Soldier from the best small army in the world.
Whether you are enlisting in the Australian Army or Army Reserve this will be a great source reminder of an implied task of readiness and assumed attitude expected don't rush just get it done smoothly and this will be your 2021 in a uniform.
Good Luck there is an element of that required too.
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[maverick]

Back in the day, we started with 62 trainees and marched out with 22. Plenty failed and just weren’t up to speed. Times have changed

[bravo]

Mid 2020 : We started with 60 and marched out with around 55.
It seems the SGT and LT in charge are rated on the pass rate of their recruits. I’m sure this made them extremely hesitant to discharge anyone.

Our sister platoon had someone with over 15 pink slips. An absolute disaster, couldn’t do anything right, especially at the range. How does this happen?

The way everyone described Kapooka was not the way it felt at all. Of course it pushes you out of your comfort zone and you’re always longing for home, but come the day you’re leaving nearly everyone was saying, “it was easier than expected.”

There were a few individuals that passed out with us that everyone was shocked made it to the end. Couldn’t believe some of them made it in the army, and how the staff passed them.

In the end, Kapooka feel’s much less an achievement. I don’t feel as proud as most people expect, purely because of some of the individuals that marched out with us, only meeting minimum standard and lacking the right character.

[monirothyou-bell]

I don’t know what’s the army basic training now but when I was in kapooka it was designed to make us quit, to weed out as much as possible

[dennisbergkamp]

Cheers Cas. I'm heading off this month. Your channel has been huge this past year. Best asset to have.

[IssaMeZane]

Applied for Infantry full-time aboriginal. Got all my forms down on the ADF site and called them for the Interview in Sydney, I'm now in a queue. I can't wait till I get in!

[samuel]

What's wrong with quitting via ROR?
I get it, obviously one has been vetted by virtue of being allowed to enlist in the first place, so I appreciate the point that anyone who is present is capable of marching out.
My contention is that the enlistment process allows DFR to assess the enlistee, but little in that process allows the enlistee to assess what service is actually like. To enlist is, unless you have people in your life able to educate you as to what to expect and even then it will hardly be akin to the real thing, to make a decision without full knowledge of what that entails.
In that regard, Kapooka is really the only opportunity for a recruit to understand what they can expect the next four years to be like. If a individual who had known what to expect before applying chooses on that basis not to, would that be such a terrible thing? If so then I imagine you must hold every fit and mentally strong civilian who never served in the same contempt as you hold those who submitted an ROR. If not then what's the problem? Surely you wouldn't want to spend your career amongst those who hate their job and don't want to be there.

[joshb]

Times have changed that's is for sure. My platoon was an outlier. One RoR and one back squat that was it. It depends on how committed recruits are to attend the training weekends and get an up on what kapooka is going to be like. I found those that didn't attend the training weekends struggled compared to those that attended. Then you get your numpty, every platoon has one and they keep the heat off you unless you're it.

[martinryan]

I have the same shitty problems in Firefighting. Been one for 8 years, been an officer for 2 years. Looking at joining the Army and when the Cpl at the You Session saw I wanted Officer Entry he just said if I wanted leadership opportunities then enlisted is just as good. Not sure he understood me. My assessment sheet was full, every job available, he looked at it, said I'm clearly not a dumb arse, looked at my experience as a Firefighter, and now a Lieutenant, and said I definitely would sail through as Enlisted. Then he denied me on the basis that he did not believe I would make Officer Entry. Disheartened Cas. I'm 25 years old, dynamic, reliable, and maturing. I understand a lot about Leadership and I love it. I'm not a manager. Never been close to leading in combat conditions, but I have led men through days where they thought they would die. What do you think, sir? Go and see a different recruitment centre?

[damagecase]

Never a dull moment with you cas, on point all the time great stuff 👍🏼

[waderaudi]

I've been keen to sign up for a long time. I graduated school three years ago now and finished the army cadets as a corporal. Cadets is nothing like the actual army but it was a good motivation. Now I've been training and committing myself to doing missionary work so I can get a taste of long term commitment. Gym and cardio are my big priorities in development as well as sticking to my principles of mateship, endurance, adaptability and initiative. Hopefully when I join up, I'll be what our nation needs. To serve my country, my family and my army family to be. Thankfully life has always been hard for me so I had a headstart years back. It's only up from here. Defence force isn't some 'fun thing' to simply try out. It's a commitment and a responsibility. It's an honour to serve my people and the rest of the world.

[Harldin]

I went through Kapooka in 1981 and to be absolutely honest it was too easy to get into the Army in those days. There was some real Dumb people going through in those days and the fitness requirements to get in where not particularly high. There was no pre enlistment fitness test, just a physical, not overweight by to much and that was it. 3 weeks from initial application to join to going to Kapooka and i will admit i needed to be fitter before i joined.
Can’t remember how many dropped out but it wouldn’t have been anymore then 6-8 out of 30 odd in my platoon.

[Jonesy]

Got my final interview on Wednesday, cheers for the tips along the way, big ups

[mattjordan]

I have to disagree.

The lowering of standards at Kapooka isn't reflective entirely of political pandering but is reflective of Australia in general. We're a fat, lazy nation. Participation in sports is the lowest it's ever been. The amount of time spent in front of a screen has surpassed the amount of time kids spend outside. It's just a shit situation, but here we are.

[westnug]

Im currently I’m the process of applying have done my virtual you session and I’m really excited to move forward with joining

[Dragno]

A think an another issue is that were more urban than we ever have before. In World War 2 and in World War 1 a lot of these troops were from country side had experience with wildlife and dealing with a harsh standard of living in labour work. That’s what made an effective force in Africa and in New Guinea.

[kyleheraud]

1990, 15Pl B Coy. 54 marched in, 27 marched out after the twelve week course in winter.

[dracarysblackfyre]

I must disagree, My platoon lost 8 to RoR's in the first two weeks, another five throughout the rest of the course, 6 to backsquadding (Two then RoR'd) and I know at least three people who got admin discharged for consistently not being up to standard. They will pass you if you let them, but if you can never drag yourself over the line, eventually they run out of chances to give you.

[metascrub]

Hey cas. Going to kapooka next week for my basic training for 6 weeks. I hear that reserves don't really do alot of fitness and they redo the PFA around 1 week in. Im one of the guys that's only just over the line and scared that I won't be any to pass the beep test again. It takes for me lots of mental willpower to do it.

[JJSPARROW]

I failed Kapooka. Went through the front gate. Should have hoped off the bus with the dude that did a runner at Yass when we stopped for dinner. Instead I stayed right to the end and then some

[Shandyw]

Just completed my Assessment day a few days ago, just gotta finish my pfa and im off