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Look at Life
A Look at Life - with the Coldstream Guards
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- TRAINING PROGRAMME

The Training Programme below a generic example of a "Guards Training Programme for the Guards Division", it is subject to change. It has been produced to show a Potential Guardsman what the future holds.

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GENERIC TRAINING PROGRAMME FOR GUARDS DIVISION

Serial

Week

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

All Day Reception

Prog Report by 1400 hrs

Medicals

Pay parade

Dental Inspections

Issue Equipment

Admin

Welfare

Film

Demo 1

Admin / PT

PT

Welfare

Character Lsn 1

Rifle Lsn 1

Admin

PT

Church

Security Lsn 1

Rifle Lsn 2

Drill

Rifle Lsn 3

Drill

Field craft

Intro Exercise

Admin

Drill

Rifle Lsn prac 1

PT Swimming

Drill

Security Lsn 2/3

Sports

Lec & Video

Rifle Lsn 4

Mil Law Lsn 1/2

Rifle Lsn 5

Field craft

Drill

Pay Parade

Rifle Lsn 6

Field Craft Lsns

Rifle Lsn 7/9

Drill

Revision

Map reading

Lectures

Field Craft

NBC

Drill

Health & Safety

Drill

Rifle Lsn 8

Rifle Prac 3

Weapon Tests

Rifle Live firing 1

Field Craft

Drill

Parents Day

Church

Sports

Drill

NBC

Map reading

LSW Lsn 1/2

NBC

Fist Aid

Drill

NVQ

Pay Parade

Admin

Intro Exercise 2

Admin

Rifle LF 2

RifleLsn 10

First Aid

Pl Comds Activity

Pl Comd Inspection

Drill

Rifle LF 3

Rifle Lsn 11

Rifle LF 4

Sports

Pay parade

Drill Adj Inspection

Long Weekend

Long

Weekend

Long

Weekend

LSW Lsn 3

NBC Lsn 7/8

Intro Ex 3

Rifle LF 5

Rifle Lsn 12

Free

Rifle LF 6

Drill

NBC

Sports

Drill

Gren Lsn 1/3

First Aid

Rifle LF 7

Rifle Prac 4

Gren Lsn 2

Free

Rifle LF 8

Drill

Gren Lsn 3/4/5/6

NBC

First Aid

Drill

NBC

Rifle LF 9

Drill

Rifle LF 11

Free

Rifle LF 12

Map reading

Rifle LF 13

Map reading

Rifle LF 15

NBC

Rifle APWT

Free

Drill

Lectures

Adventure Trg

Free

Drill

LSW LF 1

Tac Ex 1

Admin

Issue Kit

Leave

Drill

Lectures

Patrols

LSW LF 2/3

LSW LF 4

NBC

Sports

Drill

Rifle Lsn 13

Free

Lectures

Patrols

Tac Ex 2

LF Demo

Free

NBC

Drill

Character Trg

Drill

Lectures

Admin

Drill

Sports

Driver Trg

Free

Drill

GPMG Lsn 1

Map Reading

Lectures

Field craft

Tac Ex 3

Free

Map Reading

Drill

OBUA

Lectures

Drill

Lectures

Drill Inspection

Free

Free

Signals

NBC

Drill

LSW LF 6

Signals

LSW Live firing

Signals

Bayonet Fighting

Drill

GPMG Lsn 2

Drill