Challenge By Choice - Summer at Blackdown CTC

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  • Experience the inspirational adventures of the cadets at Blackdown Training Centre.
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  • @teddyfu6362
    @teddyfu6362 Před 5 lety +53

    Miss Blackdown even more after watching this now. Truly Canada's best kept secret.

    • @ketkev
      @ketkev Před 5 lety +7

      you didnt hand back my shampoo container at Alpha Tent-lines 004.

    • @mrblue2052
      @mrblue2052 Před 4 lety +2

      What course did you attend on

    • @suspiciouscanadian6478
      @suspiciouscanadian6478 Před 3 lety +2

      @JN - 06BA 906155 Williams Parkway Sr PS I'm pretty sure they pay you-

    • @coolguy467
      @coolguy467 Před 3 lety +3

      @@ketkev legend has it Teddy Fu still hasn’t given back the shampoo container to this day

    • @kohls9891
      @kohls9891 Před 2 lety +3

      @@coolguy467 Rip shampoo container nobody knows where it is today.

  • @foowithoutpoo4193
    @foowithoutpoo4193 Před 5 lety +35

    I literally saw like 4 people from my core in this video

  • @LockheedC-130HerculesOfficial

    1:36
    Mans went for the handshake

  • @christopherp6623
    @christopherp6623 Před 5 lety +35

    The revile gave me flash backs

  • @chocolatebar5663
    @chocolatebar5663 Před 3 lety +10

    pt shorts are the best thing every issued. great for runs, they dry pretty quick and have zippers for the pockets. amazing.

    • @thesebplaysgames2345
      @thesebplaysgames2345 Před 3 lety

      Still wish I could’ve kept the combats tbh

    • @matt4048
      @matt4048 Před rokem

      I still have mine from being issued back in Cold Lake 2017.
      Unfortunately they're still issuing the Grey cotton horrible things for actual forces Basic Training for some reason... usually the cadets get the old kit but not this time.

  • @GabsAlexis
    @GabsAlexis Před 5 lety +12

    I’m so proud of my little guy for being on there a lot :)

  • @xMATTERx97
    @xMATTERx97 Před 2 lety +4

    This takes me back… I did my GT at borden about 12 years ago now. I believe I was india company. I noticed they changed up the uniforms we had to wear the gray cadet shirt with cadet shorts, wool socks and cadet shoes lol

  • @JS-pk8gv
    @JS-pk8gv Před 4 lety +10

    25:35
    guy: the cadet program is one of the best secrets
    Also guy: tells this on CZcams which is part of the internet

    • @vangary100
      @vangary100 Před 3 lety +1

      Many Mom's and Dad's have no idea this program exists.

  • @undrhamm5593
    @undrhamm5593 Před 5 lety +6

    I’m so glad this was posted, GOLF 2k18

  • @ryanshah2765
    @ryanshah2765 Před 3 lety +5

    Wallace was in Trenton back when I did my GT... all I can say is that he got a lot of warnings. He wasn’t the most happy when he was removed from basic para due to injuries.

  • @kadenlegrow3438
    @kadenlegrow3438 Před 5 lety +22

    Anyone else remember running the whole base?😂

  • @douggraves8958
    @douggraves8958 Před 2 lety +3

    First I heard of this. Pretty exceptional.

  • @ashton1638
    @ashton1638 Před 5 lety +5

    I’m going into drill camp in 2019 super happy to go back:)

  • @boogaboggabook2038
    @boogaboggabook2038 Před 3 lety +3

    i hope blackdown is open again next year my lil bro and me are enrolled and he wants to go to blackdown as well

  • @thomaslennard895
    @thomaslennard895 Před 3 lety +2

    This made me cry

  • @Cultureclips_
    @Cultureclips_ Před 4 lety +4

    im looking back at this now cause i was there that year, and i regret not getting some peoples social or numbers, i miss them!

  • @norfsidecaillou
    @norfsidecaillou Před 5 lety +13

    The best MRE's ever

  • @thomas-katy-lucapargiter1411

    Applying to blackdown this year for staffing hoping I get in!!!

  • @user-qk4mo2vs1c
    @user-qk4mo2vs1c Před 2 měsíci

    UNBELIEVABLE I SHOULD JOIN!!!!!

  • @joshreeves9458
    @joshreeves9458 Před 5 lety +7

    I miss my SI family ever more with each passing day :'(

  • @Mapleish
    @Mapleish Před 4 měsíci

    this vid takes me back when i was there

  • @benrice9889
    @benrice9889 Před 5 lety +2

    I head off for basic fitness soon and I’m curious about what else to expect. If anyone could help me out

  • @timdumoulin2576
    @timdumoulin2576 Před 10 měsíci +2

    I am 51 - this brings so many memories from the 80's when I was a cadet in 1987 in Ipperwash. It was more military style then, and it was challenging every day. I imagine its nerfed these days with political correctness and woke culture. Still a great experience for kids today to get them off the PlayStation and doing lots of physical activity, learning discipline, and keeping off the streets and out of trouble. I would recommend cadets to any parent with kids 12 yrs and older.

    • @RosscoAW
      @RosscoAW Před 7 měsíci

      Conservative obsession with culture war nonsense like "political correctness" and "wokeism" and how it's personally victimizing all of them individually never ceases to amaze me; rather, the extent to which it evokes fragility and vulnerability from people who would want you to believe they're "tough, rugged individualists" while simultaneously getting incredibly upset about women and gays being treated like normal people or whatever is unironically amazing. Please, keep it up, I'm not joking when I say that your fragility is as entertaining as it is childish.

  • @jakekash8010
    @jakekash8010 Před 2 lety +2

    EXCELLENT.

  • @jessk30
    @jessk30 Před 5 měsíci

    Was there today was lots of fun

  • @user-tl7fz1ox1c
    @user-tl7fz1ox1c Před 8 měsíci

    will go this year

  • @mrisaac8475
    @mrisaac8475 Před 4 lety +3

    Did anyone do Basic expedition this year

  • @drewcadman731
    @drewcadman731 Před 5 lety +7

    Let’s go hotel company shut out to tent 3 I am Drew Cadman one of the kids in the interviews

  • @HOwmany376
    @HOwmany376 Před 4 lety +2

    yoooo the rsm of blackdown was my core rsm lol, s/o Van Dalen suoer cool guy and great leader

  • @habibcicero3833
    @habibcicero3833 Před 5 lety

    Lemme guess this was serial 3? Cuz durin serial 1 n 2 the weather was hell

  • @wrongagainbozo9144
    @wrongagainbozo9144 Před 7 měsíci

    I Loved blackdown

  • @keepyourdumbassopinionstoy8375

    21:28: until that one sgt with dust boots walks around and then says you didn’t dust properly

  • @canadian_ray_finkleeh9019
    @canadian_ray_finkleeh9019 Před 8 měsíci

    I attended Blackdown from 2001-2003

  • @ggor06
    @ggor06 Před 3 měsíci

    Looks fun af

  • @Idk-gn8ov
    @Idk-gn8ov Před 5 lety +3

    Helluva intro

  • @hughcameron1596
    @hughcameron1596 Před 5 lety +1

    K I L O KILO KILO HERE WE GO, KILO BEST COY

  • @ketkev
    @ketkev Před 5 lety +1

    where did all our sinks go?

  • @samuelhuff906
    @samuelhuff906 Před 4 lety +1

    Does anyone know approximately how long the runs are in the morning PT?

    • @alexmuir5183
      @alexmuir5183 Před 4 lety +2

      It depends alot on your platoon staff and what course your on I know for me we did like 1.5k or something around there

  • @reedguy2458
    @reedguy2458 Před 5 lety +1

    K-I-L-O, Kilo, Kilo, Here we go!

  • @adrianzhou7642
    @adrianzhou7642 Před 4 měsíci

    I love how the kid is using a hockey bag to hold his stuff

  • @Nor2052
    @Nor2052 Před 5 lety

    Soft sided shelters are a pain staying at CTC Connaught I found out

  • @ninadula8429
    @ninadula8429 Před 5 lety +7

    Bravo forever

  • @elliott762
    @elliott762 Před 5 lety +1

    A, L, P, H, A .. Alpha Alpha all the way!

  • @contentdeleted3604
    @contentdeleted3604 Před 5 lety +6

    1:40 that kid was in my company, he said he hated camp and was never coming back

    • @thomaslennardbackupemail8745
      @thomaslennardbackupemail8745 Před 5 lety +1

      Content Deleted lol really

    • @h.a.7626
      @h.a.7626 Před 5 lety +2

      I think I saw him today at Provincial Band & Drill Comp, think hes an Air Cadet now lol

    • @alexmuir5183
      @alexmuir5183 Před 5 lety

      That may of been partially mh tents fault whoops😂

    • @drewcadman731
      @drewcadman731 Před 5 lety

      That’s not true I’m going back to Connaught training centre this summer and I did not become an air cadet I am still in number 11 army cadet corps I did not hate it I loved it it was one of the best experiences of my life

    • @alexmuir5183
      @alexmuir5183 Před 5 lety

      @@drewcadman731 well good for you

  • @boogaboggabook2038
    @boogaboggabook2038 Před 3 lety +1

    saw my sergent in here aswell

  • @zacharydundas6762
    @zacharydundas6762 Před 5 lety +3

    I was in General training last summer

    • @Idk-gn8ov
      @Idk-gn8ov Před 5 lety

      Was it difficult? In going this year.

    • @panzer-baconanimation517
      @panzer-baconanimation517 Před 5 lety

      Zachary Dundas I joined a year late so I'm only going too fitness instead of GT due to my age but from what I've heard from fellow corporals is that it's not too hard and it's pretty fun

    • @mrblue2052
      @mrblue2052 Před 4 lety

      @@Idk-gn8ov no

    • @mrblue2052
      @mrblue2052 Před 4 lety

      @@panzer-baconanimation517 good luck

  • @billnyenotthescienceguy

    I used to wake up, take a shower and no would notice me not doing PT lolol

  • @rickychen3360
    @rickychen3360 Před 5 lety +1

    I think I am going to start working for pt because I am not fit ;( and I did sports and fitness which is going to probably be hard for me also wait a minute those staff cadets in the front of the shot I know them strange actually wait I was in Blackdown when they interviewed sereno Comberlato

    • @mrblue2052
      @mrblue2052 Před 4 lety

      Don't worry, you'll make it. Unless you nard out

  • @thenortherncanadian9974
    @thenortherncanadian9974 Před 5 lety +1

    damn i miss alpha company,

  • @yungsneaky9439
    @yungsneaky9439 Před 5 lety +3

    INDIA COMPANY:Tent 9 Cadet griggs, you'll see my name on one of the lockers in there

  • @zjones6107
    @zjones6107 Před 5 lety +1

    Foxtrot 2K18 I Miss it

    • @coledavis5212
      @coledavis5212 Před 5 lety

      TheAtomicApe is foxtrot a company or a squadron?
      I heard that one sergeant call out squadron.

    • @zjones6107
      @zjones6107 Před 5 lety

      @@coledavis5212 It's both

    • @yungsneaky9439
      @yungsneaky9439 Před 5 lety

      I really want to get into foxtrot next year.. I need to improve my fitness,emotionally and mentally.

    • @haydonlearmonth2055
      @haydonlearmonth2055 Před 5 lety

      I was there too. What flight were you?

    • @driftt7100
      @driftt7100 Před 5 lety

      We didn’t do anything in foxtrot

  • @user-ex5qm9cr9g
    @user-ex5qm9cr9g Před 4 lety +1

    I miss GT at Trenton

  • @thomaslennardbackupemail8745

    I reconice like 1000000 people

  • @contentdeleted3604
    @contentdeleted3604 Před 5 lety +1

    Bruh I knew like half these people

  • @DallinDaBus
    @DallinDaBus Před 5 lety +3

    my guy, I'm going this summer could i bring a Unicycle?

    • @Idk-gn8ov
      @Idk-gn8ov Před 5 lety +2

      Headline: absolute madlad brought a unicycle to black down and started a new drill

    • @DallinDaBus
      @DallinDaBus Před 5 lety +1

      @@Idk-gn8ov nuh uh, getting sent to Connaught, Then...we will see what happens next

    • @mrblue2052
      @mrblue2052 Před 4 lety

      For what course?

  • @MasterCorporalK.Storch
    @MasterCorporalK.Storch Před 2 lety +1

    MY CO IS IN THIS VIDEO!!! CO RUSSELL!! 1:20

  • @charly6333
    @charly6333 Před 5 lety +1

    I'm going to GT in June

    • @Atichecka
      @Atichecka Před 5 lety

      What cadet branch are you from

    • @charly6333
      @charly6333 Před 5 lety

      @@Atichecka I'm in Army Cadets, most likely going to India company

    • @Atichecka
      @Atichecka Před 5 lety

      @@charly6333 hell yeah brother iwas there last year im in the video during the cafeteria and I'm going into basic fitness and sports I might be beside you in companies

    • @charly6333
      @charly6333 Před 5 lety

      @@Atichecka nOICE

    • @Atichecka
      @Atichecka Před 5 lety

      @@charly6333 wait are you in 2919 grey and Simcoe

  • @gmngvlogsmore2013
    @gmngvlogsmore2013 Před 5 lety +2

    (I went to Trenton for GT) I chose the GT out of curiosity because the officers said it was going to be fun. I don’t get the fun. You wake up at 6:00 in the morning and do drill/PT. Then you march for 10 minutes to the mess hall, and you wait another 15 in line waiting to eat. After you’re done, you march back for another 10 minutes. You do more drill. Then you do some activities, lunch, dinner, etc... Everywhere you go is drill. Marching to and from the mess hall, waiting to eat, PT, activities, even attendance before you go to sleep. Sleeping is a huge problem in itself because you have to make your beds a certain way. I make my bed at home but all I do is put my blanket over my bed. Here you have to follow so many instructions and even there are certain creases that your bed must have or else they tear it down and you have to make it again. The beds are very uncomftorable with this way of making your bed. In the morning you have no time before you have to form up because you have to spend all your time remaking your bed from sleeping there the whole night. No freedom at all. If one person talks in drill it gets way harder and you have to stand in the sun for longer. I don’t get the fun of being yelled at and being forced to follow marching commands 90% of your stay there. Maybe they had it better, I don’t know. We did not do zip lining, marksmanship, etc...I had some fun moments there of course, but in my opinion its not worth it. That is just my opinion of course, so tell me if there

  • @ethankunce9626
    @ethankunce9626 Před 5 lety

    Can someone tell me who's calling attendance at 24:50 ?

  • @apotato3483
    @apotato3483 Před 5 lety +3

    I was in hotel company at the camp

  • @febenbogale8591
    @febenbogale8591 Před 5 lety +2

    Nothing on Alpha😭

  • @sonata_x6104
    @sonata_x6104 Před 4 lety +1

    I was going to go to blackdown this summer, but corona happened

  • @contentdeleted3604
    @contentdeleted3604 Před 5 lety

    Cynthia warman was my friend!

    • @peejca5143
      @peejca5143 Před 5 lety

      Content Deleted nah she was a bitch. She tried to flex and ended up just being a complete bitch about everything saying she was a higher rank than a warrant because she had cadet of the week.

    • @yesiagreewithyoubut6653
      @yesiagreewithyoubut6653 Před 2 lety

      Nah nigga stop the cap

  • @habibi6ixgang745
    @habibi6ixgang745 Před 5 lety +2

    Dose it have free wifi

  • @Hc-rt6pe
    @Hc-rt6pe Před 5 lety

    RCAC 659 brock

  • @espeespe2254
    @espeespe2254 Před 5 lety +3

    Where's Lima :((

  • @davewoodroofe8929
    @davewoodroofe8929 Před rokem

    🙏 Woody QGJM

  • @nacho9930
    @nacho9930 Před 3 lety +2

    Can’t wait for my 2nd year so I can leave my province and hopefully go to Blackdown

  • @keatonchevalier3974
    @keatonchevalier3974 Před 5 lety

    BDC Delta Company

  • @dougm2401
    @dougm2401 Před 5 lety

    Echo tent 14

    • @coledavis5212
      @coledavis5212 Před 5 lety

      Driftmaster X
      echo tent 18
      first serial

    • @thesebplaysgames2345
      @thesebplaysgames2345 Před 3 lety

      I was in Delta 2k18. YOU GUYS BROKE YOUR BATHROOM! Lol you had to use ours

  • @Ghostrider-lm9en
    @Ghostrider-lm9en Před 5 lety

    Delta squadron, Serial #2, Flight 19

  • @sandraallen4092
    @sandraallen4092 Před 5 lety

    They pay to be ther?

    • @peejca5143
      @peejca5143 Před 5 lety

      Sandra Allen it’s free but the cadets get paid

    • @AdmiralSarn
      @AdmiralSarn Před 4 lety

      When I was in cadets many moons ago it was 60 per week for course cadets.

    • @reidvanderwerff4515
      @reidvanderwerff4515 Před 3 lety

      U *get* paid

  • @facu_dica1146
    @facu_dica1146 Před 3 lety +1

    28:11 👁️👄👁️

  • @macadamia668
    @macadamia668 Před 10 měsíci

    Aaah yes, black-down. Memories of Trauma, toxic 16 year old leadership and dumb disciplinary measures.
    I remember just forming up on the dirt road, waiting for the Military police and Staff to give us a good yell on, all because someone couldn't keep track of their wallet, blaming others for stealing it like some elementary tantrum.
    Fast forward, now currently in the military. This Never or Rarely will ever happen, with the exception of BMQ.

  • @timdumoulin2576
    @timdumoulin2576 Před 4 lety +5

    I am 47 - I used to be a Master Warrant officer and staff @ Ipperwash. Back in those days in the 80's it was proper military camp. The NCO's would kick your ass if were at all a slacker or not showing respect.
    Today it look like a typical 2019 environment. No discipline, safe spaces and support council. It looks like any other day camp for kids. Does having rank even mean anything these days?.

    • @mrblue2052
      @mrblue2052 Před 4 lety

      And what camp have you been too?

    • @Comrade-Canuck
      @Comrade-Canuck Před 2 lety +2

      @@mrblue2052 the survival course is nothing like what it was, even when I was a cadet in the 90’s, and I now teach it. But I have to agree that it is still a bit discipline but not much anymore

    • @mrblue2052
      @mrblue2052 Před 2 lety +2

      @@Comrade-Canuck Sorry about that comment, I was just being very cocky back than. I did that course about 3 years ago at Blackdown. We had like 1/3 or 1/4 of the cadets gone by the end of the course. I was one of the lucky few who made it through the entire course that year. After getting out of that course I became pretty cocky about that and then posted that comment. After doing a survival course, I actually went on to tryout for Para but covid-19. I'm still in Cadets till this day tho, so I might still have another chance.

    • @Comrade-Canuck
      @Comrade-Canuck Před 2 lety +2

      @@mrblue2052 Well I hope you get to do para sometime, but judging by the fact you where a red star three years ago you might not be able to before you age out sadly. Has your unit gone back to in person yet? The unit I instruct has just gone back last night. I hope you do well with your cadet career. And I just want to add that I wasn’t trying to be rude or anything with my comment, sorry if I insulted you at all. Have a great day!

    • @racutis
      @racutis Před rokem +1

      I was at Ipperwash in the 80's as well. Sign of the times of a collapsing society.

  • @mrisaac8475
    @mrisaac8475 Před 5 lety +5

    Hotel company

  • @davidroe1409
    @davidroe1409 Před 4 lety

    The Canadian cadets looks so much better the Australian Army cadets don't have big camps like that our cadet program is crap compared to the Canadian one

  • @ToastWithAGun
    @ToastWithAGun Před 5 lety

    AFTER 2 weeek u will want to quit

  • @Evan_Day_
    @Evan_Day_ Před 4 lety

    The kid in the bigoning (boy) sounds scripted

  • @Foesonfiesta
    @Foesonfiesta Před 4 lety

    Gt kids lmfao I did 6 weeks