Bring a swimsuit. Worse case, you won't use it. Best case, you get to use it over the issued stuff. When I was on course 5 years ago, the females actually won a petition to not wear their issued gear because it was uhmm... too revealing cleavage wise. Essentially when they jumped in the water they busted out. So they all wore their own gear (in the pool).
Thank god they got rid of the issued banana hammocks for the males.
You need two pairs of "running" or cross-training type "sports" shoes. One for indoors, one for out. You can't wear exterior shoes (which will for sure get grassed/muddied up during runs) in the interior gyms. The CF used to issue a pair of shoes as well, though I only ever saw one OCdt ever use them, as they were not exactly of high value.
The clock - I had a plug-in. Wasn't an issue, and with your watch (which you must have), you should have an alarm feature for the field and backup to your bedside clock
As far as toiletries go; you will use at least two sets while you are there, so there isn't really a negative to buying a second set. If you aren't allowed to use it, you just use it up once the initial inspection layout kit is dead.
BMQ/IAP/BOTP isn't rocket science. Bring what makes sense to bring, but stay away from the gucci kit. You'll just end up wasting money on stuff you'd never use, get used to using stuff you don't need (BMQ is part about getting you out of civvy mindset), and risk looking like an -ss to your colleagues and staff. Anything you can't use gets locked up, so dont buy anything you'd never use yourself and you're fine.
Thank god they got rid of the issued banana hammocks for the males.
You need two pairs of "running" or cross-training type "sports" shoes. One for indoors, one for out. You can't wear exterior shoes (which will for sure get grassed/muddied up during runs) in the interior gyms. The CF used to issue a pair of shoes as well, though I only ever saw one OCdt ever use them, as they were not exactly of high value.
The clock - I had a plug-in. Wasn't an issue, and with your watch (which you must have), you should have an alarm feature for the field and backup to your bedside clock
As far as toiletries go; you will use at least two sets while you are there, so there isn't really a negative to buying a second set. If you aren't allowed to use it, you just use it up once the initial inspection layout kit is dead.
BMQ/IAP/BOTP isn't rocket science. Bring what makes sense to bring, but stay away from the gucci kit. You'll just end up wasting money on stuff you'd never use, get used to using stuff you don't need (BMQ is part about getting you out of civvy mindset), and risk looking like an -ss to your colleagues and staff. Anything you can't use gets locked up, so dont buy anything you'd never use yourself and you're fine.
