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Adam Warren is living the dream By Millie Thomas
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his year, Roxby lost a colourful local personality to a lifelong dream.
He was overtly community involved, often seen playing every sport under the Roxby sun between working for local community based business Roxby Leisure. Adam Warren (more commonly referred to as ‘Boofa’) has been sorely missed since leaving to join the army. A decision based on family values, SIG Warren is in the process of working towards a trade in Communications, as well as taking the most direct route to learning life’s most important lessons. “It (my decision to join the army) was a big family history thing, for starters. I’ve had both of my grandfathers in there. From about the age of eight, I was always interested and when I got to about 13 and just thought, yep, this is for me,” said SIG Warren. “I applied when I was 16 and a half, and it took me over a year to get in, but I wanted to do something with myself, get a trade, but I didn’t want to do it in Roxby. “I was always interested in what the army does, what it’s all about, and just the lifestyle.” In an exclusive with The Monitor Adam said, “I was at Kapooka training for 80 days. We started training on the 16th of March and finished up on the 4th of June, one day before my 18th birthday, which was pretty good!” In a career where life and death decisions can be daily routine, the training SIG Warren undertook at Kapooka was designed to teach the young men how to deal with extraordinary circumstances and extraordinary situations. “Mateship was definitely the biggest value I learned. Looking out for one another, just in the small things like making sure everyone is wearing their uniform correctly. That goes hand in hand with team work. “Initiative was drilled into us, but as soon as we tried to use it, it was a bit different! And courage. Some obstacles took a fair bit of courage for some people,” said SIG Warren. The lifestyle changes associated with making the move to the army were huge. After living in Roxby his entire life, SIG Warren faced travelling to the other side of the country, segregated from family and friends at the best of times, undergoing extreme physical and emotional challenges and perhaps even adjusting to simple changes such as making your bed in the morning… “At Kapooka, every time we addressed a Sergeant, we would end our sentences in ‘Sergeant’, the same
with Corporal. It was a big lifestyle change. Getting up at six in the morning for 80 days straight…that was definitely a shock!” he said. “Our march out parade, which was conducted on the 4th of June was us showing our families what we had learnt at the drill camp. Which is all the marching around; demonstrating the different drills, there was also speeches involved in that from the higher up at Kapooka. Then there were awards to the best of PTE, best soldier and best shot. “That was followed by lunch and cutting of the cake up at the Embassy Club, for which our families joined us. Then we were allowed leave for the night to spend time with our families. “On my birthday we were granted leave again, so we could go and spend time with my family.” Accommodation, not to be confused with the Hollywood style twenty man bunk bed barracks, is modern and well facilitated. “For the first month or so, we were still in the old accommodation, so I shared a barrack with three other blokes. Now I’m in single accommodation with a fridge, TV, laptop, heater, it’s just like a little apartment in a hotel,” said SIG Warren. “I’m stationed in Macleod I’m still classed as a trainee but I’m called a signalman. I’m still training at the moment for my trade. I’m in a holding platoon at the moment, so I’m doing odd jobs and different types of courses. I completed the first part of my trade in the first four weeks after training at Kapooka, so now I’m just waiting for the second part to start in September. “There are patches where I’m homesick, but then I’m not, because I realise what I’m doing, and a big part of me being here, doing what I’m doing, was helped with support from Mum and Dad. That just makes me want to keep going. “I’ve got a four year contract with the army, and my trade will take me six months to complete and then I’ll be fully qualified,” he said. “The army is definitely not a career choice to be based on what you see on TV. It’s definitely something where your heart has to lie and you really have to want to do it. “It’s not easy, but it’s worth it. And it only took me a year and a half to get here, so I definitely cherish it.” Adam will always be a Roxby boy and part of the wider family here and ended by saying, “Love to my Mum and Dad and close family friends, and hi to the older Roxby Leisure staff!”
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