{"id":10593,"date":"2015-01-31T12:39:51","date_gmt":"2015-01-31T17:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.royalmontrealregiment.com\/?p=10593"},"modified":"2015-01-31T12:39:51","modified_gmt":"2015-01-31T17:39:51","slug":"let-me-hear-your-war-cry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rmrmuseum.com\/fr\/let-me-hear-your-war-cry\/","title":{"rendered":"LET ME HEAR YOUR WAR CRY!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by Lieutenant Alan Vincent, RMR<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\"_2\"<\/a>Westmount, QC – 25 January 2015: The sun had not yet risen from behind the horizon and its urban silhouette as soldiers began to arrive at the RMR’s Westmount armoury.\u00a0 A certain level of tenseness could be felt as they entered in to the building and began lining up to salute the memorial plaque as well as sign the pay and meal sheet for the day\u2019s training.\u00a0 The primary source of that stress was Sgt Oidi pacing the parade square in his highly shined combat boots, neatly bloused combat pants, slicked back hair and most noticeably his abnormal black shirt.\u00a0 What he was wearing is a status symbol of sorts; he wore a black long sleeved shirt adorned with the iconic symbol of the Close Quarter Combat Instructor.\u00a0 The day was going to be a long and physical one for the soldiers of The Royal Montreal Regiment.<\/p>\n

\"_3\"<\/a>That is how the second day of training began as part of Exercise LYNX D\u00c9BUTANT that took place from the 23rd<\/sup> to the 25th<\/sup> of January 2015. \u00a0The aim of the exercise was to foster the soldiers warrior spirit, promote retention and emphasize the importance of physical fitness by exposing the soldiers to well supervised, safely conducted and intense close quarter combat instruction.\u00a0 The soldiers were visibly nervous and excited, and rightly so as they were brought back to an intensity of instruction that most had not seen since their basic courses.\u00a0 A rigorous physical fitness session began the second day of training and served as a way of refreshing some of what they had learned the previous night.\u00a0 They transitioned from push kicks to leg raises, palm strikes to squat position, all in an effort to not only emphasize physical fitness but to purposely tire them out for what was to come.<\/p>\n

\"_1\"<\/a>The four Close Quarter Combat Instructors (CQCIs) circled the soldiers like carrion birds do a carcass, relentlessly correcting and shouting orders.\u00a0 Passers-by were sure to hear the cries of, \u201cget your guard up\u201d interspersed with the mandatory war cries that were required from each soldier as they executed the movements.\u00a0 Instruction transitioned to practical application and the soldiers, albeit tired, were up to the challenge.\u00a0 They aggressively met each other in one on one pugil combat before being exposed to scenarios designed to test their situational awareness and escalation of force habits.\u00a0 The exercise culminated in a challenging gauntlet that consolidated all that they had learned throughout the weekend.<\/p>\n

It is not often that members of the Regiment have the opportunity to stray outside of the normal syllabus of your standard Primary Reserve Infantry material of hides, patrol bases, attacks, patrolling and the like, so Exercise LYNX D\u00c9BUTANT was a welcome change.\u00a0 The soldiers were challenged both mentally and physically and emerged stronger for it.\u00a0 All that remains for the soldiers is to apply their newly minted warrior spirit to the rest of the training year\u2019s activities.\u00a0 With this in mind the soldiers of The Royal Montreal Regiment stride confidently towards their next objective with their heads held high and for certain, their guard up!<\/p>\n

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