SECOND Lieutenant Stuart Bartles-Smith of Sherburn Hill, Durham, has successfully commissioned into the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers after a tough year of training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
The 42-week course of intense fitness training, military tactics, exercises and leadership programmes, is designed to develop and test aspiring officers to lead soldiers in the most demanding conditions. Mr Bartles-Smith, 23, was one of more than 200 officer cadets at the passing out ceremony.
Mr Bartles-Smith attended Belmont Comprehensive School and Durham Sixth Form College before moving on to the University of Teesside, where he gained a degree in sports science.
He said: "Life is great fun, loads of training, great friends, great experiences, great job."
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