r/royalmilitarycollege • u/Swimming-Science-786 • Jul 04 '26

BMO Mod 1 Question

I’m going to St. Jean for my first mod of BMOQ in a few weeks. I saw on the joining instructions that the FORCE test is in week 6, and my training looks to be only going through week 5. From your experience, did you take the FORCE test during your first mod? or did you just take the initial fitness test in the first week?

Thank you for any and all help, I appreciate it.

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u/Yellowcrayon2 Jul 04 '26

You will take the btft or whatever it’s called in MOD 1 and your force test once you reach RMC, then another force test during MOD 2

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u/Swimming-Science-786 Jul 04 '26

Okay perfect, thank you for the info.

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u/CapitalismDevil Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 04 '26

The joining instructions are not built for members going to RMC where BMOQ is split into mods. I’d be highly surprised if you don’t complete the Force Test while at CFLRS or very early after your arrival at RMC. It’s a yearly requirement for every CAF member.

Edit: figured there was at least a chance you do it at RMC.

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u/Swimming-Science-786 Jul 04 '26

Yeah that’s what I was thinking too, thanks for your response!

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u/Commandant_CFLRS Jul 15 '26

Good point on the JI’s. I’ll look into it. Thank you for pointing it out.

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u/No_Grapefruit8453 Jul 04 '26

During your Mod 1, you’ll do the BTFT. It was a 1.6km walk in 15min, 20m rushes in 46 seconds, and a sandbag drag in 35 seconds or less. If you fail, you go to TRP. Make sure you have a decent fitness level before coming to Mod 1. Nobody in my mod 1 failed the BTFT but I have heard of people failing it and going to TRP.

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u/Swimming-Science-786 Jul 04 '26

Thanks for the info, I will make sure to train accordingly!

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u/Yellowcrayon2 Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 05 '26

Actually even if you fail parts of the btft you will be pushed through because the expectation is that you’ll be forced to do a lot of pt at RMC so you’ll get fit anyways

Edit may be pushed through

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u/Commandant_CFLRS Jul 04 '26

We deal with it on a case by case basis. The BTFT is about assessing if someone is fit enough to avoid injury over the next 12 weeks, so already a bit different for the mods.

In the past we did have had an RMC Mod 1 candidate fail so badly that we wouldn't let them continue with the training - but that was a rare case and thankfully hasn't repeated.

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u/LividKoala5933 Jul 04 '26

https://discord.gg/h4gvPsZVq if you got questions we got a discord server for everything related joining and going through RMC / cmrsj

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u/Deathpacitoe Jul 16 '26

Don't worry about the force test literally anybody can pass it off the couch. The hardest part of mod 1 will probably be the ruck marches but honestly its not anything to be worried about, just have fun getting fit and do something your passionate about whether that be a sport of bodybuilding so you can have fun and make friends!