"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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Nobody forgets Sandhurst. The perception from outside is of matchless professionalism, organisation and military efficiency. Sandhurst embodies all these qualities. But they aren't the whole story. Nor are they what makes it unique. Hurry Up and Wait provides a captivating peek behind the curtain of the 44-week course that shapes the future officers of the British Army. It's the story of overachieving instructors meeting underperforming cadets. There's the stuff you'd expect: parades, marching, making beds, shouting, shooting and standing up straight, all in the name of serving your country. But the book is also about the people, relationships, laughter, contradictions, chaos and frantic reality that exists below the serene surface. It's Hogwarts with guns, 140-hour weeks, endless acronyms and half-smoked cigarettes. It is, above all, about playing the game. Welcome to the finest military academy in the world.
Hurry Up and Wait The Secret Life of a Sandhurst Cadet features in the following genres: Biographies & Autobiographies, Biography: general, Autobiography: adventurers and explorers, Memoirs, Military institutions, Biography, Literature and Literary studies, Biography: adventurers and explorers, Society and Social Sciences, Warfare and defence, Humour, Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure
Hurry Up and Wait The Secret Life of a Sandhurst Cadet is available in Paperback
Hurry Up and Wait The Secret Life of a Sandhurst Cadet was written by Geordie Stewart and published by Unicorn Publishing Group
Hurry Up and Wait The Secret Life of a Sandhurst Cadet has 208 pages
