During recruit training, Phillips said he enjoyed being pushed mentally and physically beyond his own expectations.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo see what I can actually achieve has been a highlight for me and makes me realise that I can achieve so much more when push comes to shove,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Part of one of the largest recruit courses in recent years, Phillips graduated with nearly 90 fellow recruits after completing the 12-week course.<\/p>\n
Sixteen of the graduates are Security Force operators, who will begin their training this month.<\/p>\n
A Security Force operator provides security and defence of airfields on operations and prepares the wider Air Force for combat, including weapons training.<\/p>\n
Security Force Trade Sponsor, Squadron Leader Deane Wilson said the Security Force trade was in high demand and required personnel to be highly adaptable and ready to deploy.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur operational tasks often occur at short notice, which means our people must have the ability to transition quickly from day-to-day duties in New Zealand to then be on an aircraft ready to carry out overseas taskings.\u201d<\/p>\n
The recruit course at the Command and Recruit Training Squadron is based at the RNZAF Base Woodbourne.<\/p>\n
The course covers basic military skills, including drill, weapons training, field survival skills, first aid and physical fitness.<\/p>\n
Flight Commander Operational Development of recruit training, Squadron Leader David Lee said recruits are trained to develop the discipline and mindset required to operate in military environments.<\/p>\n
\u201cRecruits leave with increased levels of personal discipline and pride, along with being more physically fit and mentally resilient,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"During recruit training, Phillips said he enjoyed being pushed mentally and physically beyond his own expectations. \u201cTo see…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":391424,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[16659,15974,53851,5760,305,30538,202402,6371,202401,111,43,139,69,17177,5823,384,10936,202403,5034,176639,205,9855,2437,101582,199,584,7571,102,80],"class_list":{"0":"post-391423","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-zealand","8":"tag-cambridge","9":"tag-emergency","10":"tag-firefighter","11":"tag-force","12":"tag-have","13":"tag-helping","14":"tag-highpressure","15":"tag-joins","16":"tag-knack","17":"tag-new-zealand","18":"tag-news","19":"tag-newzealand","20":"tag-nz","21":"tag-operating","22":"tag-passion","23":"tag-people","24":"tag-phillips","25":"tag-regan","26":"tag-response","27":"tag-rnzaf","28":"tag-role","29":"tag-royal","30":"tag-security","31":"tag-situations","32":"tag-take","33":"tag-trade","34":"tag-volunteer","35":"tag-with","36":"tag-zealand"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=391423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/391423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/391424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=391423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=391423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=391423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}