**British Armed Forces Discussion Thread**

Aye looks good, when it says you have to have done one of the previous roles.. do you tell them before you even start the first role that your aim is for a different one? Or is it something you can progress into at any time?

As the pre requisite to that role is Infantry, I guess youd have to serve your basic infantry time first?

I guess combat engineer from the description in its current role is basically IED clearing, if youve been watching the marines thing thats on every monday, what they did last monday when clearing the bazaar?
 
Not just EOD:

From the Army Royal Engineer website:

The Corps of Royal Engineers is unique with all our "Sappers" being multi skilled soldiers, combat engineers and tradesmen working alongside all parts of the Army we play a vital role in the effectiveness of the British Army and the United Kingdom in both peacetime and on Opertations.

Few careers can match the diversity, training and breadth of experience we offer to young men and women with the right combination of intelligence, courage and determination as both a Soldier and an Officer.

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SOLDIER

Everyone in the British Army is trained first and foremost as a soldier. This ensures that everyone has the necessary skills to work effectively on the battlefield, on peacekeeping operations or on training exercises.

A professional soldier should be confident in handling all in service weapons. The personal weapon for the majority of Royal Engineer soldiers is the SA80 Rifle.

Soldiers are also proficient in all the skills and tactics of combat.

Good navigational skills are essential and will be developed by progressive training, being fit is also part of the job and all soldiers train regularly.

The threat of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons exists and as a soldier you will be trained to operate effectively in a variety of hostile environments.

Sometimes things go wrong and people get hurt. Whether it's on the battlefield or at home on leave a soldier has the confidence to provide life saving treatment.


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COMBAT ENGINEER

Combat Engineering is the generic term given to the military engineering techniques and procedures used primarily - but not exclusively - on the battlefield, by the Royal Engineers. This expertise is common to all sappers and provides the foundation skills and knowledge used on all engineering tasks. Combat Engineering forms the cornerstone of Royal Engineers capability, allowing ‘The Sappers’ to deliver highly flexible and effective engineering solutions in the most challenging environments. More generally speaking, the role of the combat engineer involves facilitating movement and support to friendly forces while impeding that of the enemy


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SPECIALIST ROLES

The Royal Engineers provide a range of highly specialised battlefield engineering skills, tailored to the needs of the Army or another service to overcome a particular problem. Trained Combat Engineers can choose to further their training by specialising in one of the following:

Commando Engineer.
Airborne Engineer.
Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) / Bomb Disposal Engineer.
Amphibious Engineer.
Diver.
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So you can join the RE and specialise as described above. If you want something a little more geeky you could be a Geo-Tech too (mapping/deployed fancy graphics printer type person)
 
Wow at that post, I'll give that a read tomorrow after work, havnt the time now. Cheers Planet <3

You've probably said it in a post in here before but it'll be buried so.. what do you do?
 
ToejaMz0r said:
Wow at that post, I'll give that a read tomorrow after work, havnt the time now. Cheers Planet <3

You've probably said it in a post in here before but it'll be buried so.. what do you do?
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With respect, I don't discuss my personal details in open. If you wish you can email me and we can chat on MSN.
 
Understood :)

Ive still not read that other thread, baby duties all day and he didn't nap long enough heh. Will be reading it tomorrow!
 
The1nonly1 said:
How is communications different in the Royal Engineers to the Royal Signals?
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Completely different. Signals are the communications specialists, we manage the majority of the communications systems the Army uses, including Radio systems, sat-comms systems, computers & networking, phone systems, anything really.

As for what the engineers provide communications wise, I don't really know. I'm sure, like most parts of the army, they'll have some basic sort of trade that deals with their CIS kit, but nothing specialising the way the Signals do. The CIS Specialist trade for the Engineers doesn't require any grades what so ever, so I can't see it really being that taxing.
 
The1nonly1 said:
How is communications different in the Royal Engineers to the Royal Signals?
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If you need line laying, royal sigs have a man for that.
If you need a generator, royal sigs have a man for that.
If you need a mast putting up, royal sigs have a man for that.
If you need an antenna on the mast, royal sigs have a man for that.
If you need someone to talk, royal sigs have a man for that.

In the rest of the army one man does all those jobs.
 
I_M_Weasel said:
If you need line laying, royal sigs have a man for that.
If you need a generator, royal sigs have a man for that.
If you need a mast putting up, royal sigs have a man for that.
If you need an antenna on the mast, royal sigs have a man for that.
If you need someone to talk, royal sigs have a man for that.

In the rest of the army one man does all those jobs.
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Rubbish.
Laying line is one trade (also drives, services vehicles and does stores now too. As well as other MT type stuff)

The rest is one trade.

We also have Comms Sys Engineers. Does anything from the network side of things (Routers, switches, satcom, voip phones etc) to the actual servers themselves (Windows, Linux, Sun etc).

In the army you're more a jack of all trades rather than specialising in one aspect. All these are unit dependant obviously.
 
The1nonly1 said:
How is communications different in the Royal Engineers to the Royal Signals?
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The Royal Engineers don't do communications, the Royal Signals do all that, though the Royal Signals (along with a few other Corps) are off shoots of the Royal Engineers, but if you want to do comms other than the Royal Signals, then you want the REME as they do (or use to when I was in) 2nd/3rd line repairs on comms equipment.

You also need a trade really, its great doing the Infantry but what are you going to get out of it and how long are you going to serve for?

As already said, the Royal Signals do IT, Radio, Satcom and a few other trades (Tech etc), and dont worry if you want to go out and not sit in a tent, you have the options of going for some of the speciallist units (Para, Commando and SAS), or out on Detachments, it wont be too boring a life and it does give you a good foothold into Civvy street with the qualifications you gain (and better paid jobs ;)), but do take your time thinking about what you want to do, I did 11 years and then worked for a few major Telecoms players until I settled down into the Mobile comms sector, it moves very quickly, much quicker than Military comms do now, it use to be the other way round but hey, by the time they trial the ruggadised kit to the Military now its already outdated and been replaced in the big world.

Tony:)
 
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