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honest bash.  And I'm told they keep you going very solidly though if I cant wangle a weekend or two "off" I'll eat my shrapnel-proof helmet.  It really seems a bit silly doesnt it but from what I can make out of it it is mostly on the basis of a "refresher" course & they seem to be sending coves who've been at it the longest which, though it sounds inconsistent, looks as though it were also used as a chance for a change of scenery, though it can hardly be termed a rest.  However if you pass decently you are put well up in the chances for promotion to field rank though a recent AIF order has decreed that a "3-pipper" shall have 12 months seniority ere he can attain field rank.  But its not promotion I'm after, nor

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