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Australian Regular Army remained at 80 days apart from Delta Company. Delta Company lead an experimental 63 day course. This course maintained all teaching points whilst reducing teaching periods and removed many of the breaks found in the 80 course. The 63 day course was criticised by both staff and recruit alike with claims that failed to provide time to decompress and put too much stress on recruits to learn content in such a short amount of time. However the 63 day program demonstrated that soldiers could be trained and mobilised in quicker times than previously estimated which could benefit Australia in future operations.
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Reserve recruits undertake a 21 day program for OR recruits and 35 days for officers. The recruits that are to form part of the Australian Regular Army undertake an 63 day program. The course includes marksmanship training, physical training, navigation, drill, dress and
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