"A captivating peek behind the curtain of the British Army training course that creates and shapes its future officers. The story of overachieving instructors meeting underperforming cadets, of the people, the relationships, laughter, contradictions, chaos and the frantic reality that exists below the serene surface. It’s Hogwarts with guns."
RMAS, the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst is known as ‘sandbags’ to many who have passed through its doors, me included. Nobody who has been there forgets it. All learn something about themselves, discover inner-strengths not previously recognised and emerge wiser and fitter.
Hurry up and Wait, is the tale of Geordie Stewart’s experience on the 44-week course, from the day he arrives carrying his ‘recommended ironing board’ through to the Sovereign’s Parade, the day he is commissioned as an officer. Amusing tales of his experiences and the personalities he meets along the way – instructors and fellow cadets – are all the more enjoyable thanks to the writer’s powers of observation, his clear wit and his ability to see both the serious as well as the entertaining side of the experiences he and his fellow recruits go through.
This book should be compulsory reading to anyone thinking about applying to undertake the Army Officer Selection Board. Surviving sandbags is, just as Stewart and many others before him have discovered, about learning to play the game. To any other reader, enjoy if for the humour, the insight and the entertainment. It’s a cracking read.
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