Joining the Army

[G1BB0]

nope, some guys who joined with me were quiet and shy,m they still done alright and one of them is now a wo1! You just have to be able to handle the discipline and put in the effort

 

[Belly]

Also, why the is nearest RAF office in Manchester yet the Navy and Army ones are in St Helens and Warrington? FFS. H8 Manchester. >_<

There is a combined Armed Forces Careers Office (AFCO) not too far from the Criminal Courts in Liverpool

Victoria House
15 James Street
Liverpool
L2 7NX
Tel: 0151 236 1566

 

[z3r0]

I'll be joining the army in November as well, and I'm looking forward to it. Non of these civilian jobs really interest me.

 

[Castiel]

go for it, I did 7 years, 2 as an apprentice, went all over the world, original gulf war, bosnia, falklands, 3 yrs germany... when I recount all the different things I done like climbing, skiing, white water rafting, pulling loads of women and so on, my life now is pretty mundane and boring lol

My eldest is 16 this year and I want him to join on an apprenticeship

I am still friends with guys I served with 20 years ago... says it all really

+1

I did 17 years in the Marines before being injured and despite that I had a whale of a time. Like you say Skiing, Skydiving, Climbing (lots of climbing) and so on.

In comparison, although my wife likes me at home my life is very mundane.

The friends you make in the Forces are your brothers and they stay that way for life.

 

[The Mad Rapper]

if you want to be told what to do and how to solve a problem, join the army. There is no room for initiative at the lower rank. If you want to use yuor brain join the RAF.

Speaks from 4 years Army, seeing the light and now in the RAF!

There's plenty of room for initiative in the Army, you clearly have none

 

[The Mad Rapper]

One question: Do you have to be a lads lad to fit in?

No. Not in my experience any way. You'll be more popular if you are though obviously.

 

[fadetoblack]

The Army never did me any harm 12 years later and 4 plus years working for the MOD

 

[Anksy]

If you want to be a stuck up ballbag join the paras, marines is where you wanna be, when i did some infantry training, para's used to think they owned the place, pretty fun though with all the rivalry between the infantry and paras, the staff dont get along either lol, i mean infantry staff and para staff, it was a case of, marching past the paras, once the cpl's got a few yards away from each other, theyd both mutter '******' , you get my meaning

 

[Castiel]

If you want to be a stuck up ballbag join the paras, marines is where you wanna be, when i did some infantry training, para's used to think they owned the place, pretty fun though with all the rivalry between the infantry and paras, the staff dont get along either lol, i mean infantry staff and para staff, it was a case of, marching past the paras, once the cpl's got a few yards away from each other, theyd both mutter '******' , you get my meaning

The Para's are ok for amateurs. They weren't too cocky on a joint ML training exercise back in the day that's for sure.

 

[fadetoblack]

The infantry are cannon fodder you wanna join the armoured core 1RTR ( fear naught)

 

[The Mad Rapper]

The infantry are cannon fodder you wanna join the armoured core 1RTR ( fear naught)

It's Armoured Corps actually.

And, having seen first hand what an APFSDS round will do to a tank - No thanks! You can keep it!

 

[Anksy]

thats if you want to live in a steel box for days on end, not being able to leave your cabin, ****, Sleep, eat all in that Swetty steal box, no thanks

 

[Anksy]

It will make you laugh if you actualy join the army, and see how much crap you were told in the recuitment centre haha, all makes for a good eventfull time though , all the pay is bull, people allways say, you dont pay for your food, accomodation, or anything, you pay for absolutely everything

our cpl's were nobs, we had to steal Milk and **** for them, and also buy them stuff from the shop, not out of there pocket lol, £15 a day easy on them, shocking, but you got no choice, it was a bribes basically.

such a fun time though, and to be honest, we could have had allot worse staff, was pretty awesome, even had a beer in our 4th week , staff seargent coulda got the sack for giving it us lmao, its a camp law not to have alcohol for 6 weeks untill you pass off

 

[Captain_Slick]

So how much did you get paid?

And what if you said no to buying them things? You get kicked out?

 

[lemonkettaz]

I'd get started on the application now as it takes ages to get anyway near starting.

I started the application july 2009 and I start basic october this year. 15months in total

 

[Captain_Slick]

I did it online last night. Just said someone would be in touch blah de blah de blah. Would I be best going to the AICO in Warrington on Monday directly?

 

[Davies_M]

Advice people gave me was 'make sure the military isn't the second option!'

It's got to be something you want to do rather than a last option.

Check out Arrse, there's plenty of helpful information there and plenty of Ex and serving squaddies.

Also plenty of throbbers, but hey what ya gonna do!

 

[lemonkettaz]

Definitely, goto arrse. Loads of information.

But yeh, sod the online application, you have to go in anyway, so you may as well fill out all the application in there, plus you can ask questions.

But you will be in for a wait.

 

[Captain_Slick]

Arrse says that how long it takes depends on many things... how can you be so sure?

 

[Davies_M]

It seems to be that the people who really excell and shine get the shorter waiting periods, and even those that do still might have a hefty time ahead of them.