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Post by PlanZ on Sept 25, 2016 19:56:34 GMT 10
I'm wondering if anyone here is a member of the Army reserve or have any thoughts about joining the reserve?
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Post by Joey on Sept 25, 2016 20:20:12 GMT 10
I tried to join when I was younger and fitter, aced the Joes day exam except for the stupid trig question, so had every option open except MP and ADFA, but got knocked back by the stupid curry doctor because my BMI was still too high, FFS hasn't he heard of muscle mass? Got the shits and gave up retrying again later when 3 mths after they said they were lowering the BMI standards and those who got rejected in the last few mths could reapply again.
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Post by Ammo9 on Sept 26, 2016 11:02:35 GMT 10
6 years choc combat engineer.
Tried to get out.. they even stuffed that up.
I'm at the jaded end of the scale. Just make sure you get more out of them than they get out of you.
I should have just joined the real army when I was younger.
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Post by familyprepper on Sept 26, 2016 11:58:47 GMT 10
Oh the jokes that could be said about choc combat engineer lol
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Post by SA Hunter on Sept 26, 2016 17:39:12 GMT 10
20+ years, still in.
A good move, highly recommend it. There is good, there is bad, but after all this time and I still enjoy it, why leave??
Regs will look down at you, you will find reservists who think they are God, you will laugh, you will scream, you will curse, you will bleed, and yes, you are a part timer, but, you will get training equivalant to a full-timer, and, if you want, can be deployed overseas.
What Corp you looking at joining?
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Post by graynomad on Sept 26, 2016 21:27:55 GMT 10
I emailed in response to an add a few months ago, no response. Tried about 20 years ago as well, all they wanted were bagpipe players Two strikes and they're out AFAIC.
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Post by Joey on Sept 26, 2016 22:09:51 GMT 10
If you don't want to be a digger, try for transport, get all your truck licenses that can be taken into RTA and made into proper truck licenses.
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Post by graynomad on Sept 27, 2016 10:46:09 GMT 10
I did I went to a Scottish school in Sydney and our cadet uniform was a kilt, I was a boarder but the poor day boys had to come to school on public transport and they got a real ribbing I believe.
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Post by krull68 on Sept 28, 2016 18:43:04 GMT 10
Ex army tanky here. If you join, go where you can get either trade or tickets. engineering, transport, etc.
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Post by tails on Sept 29, 2016 12:34:52 GMT 10
I'm still serving, (20 +++ and a few more +'s....)
The system will use you,... so highly recommend you adopt Krull's suggestion.
Look at what and where you want to be in 5 - 10 years.
From a prepping perspective everyone learns how to be a soldier first before concentrating on their specialist trade, so these skills can be transferable if things go to custard..
The career choice you make now, will help you out later if things do not change (ie as per Frostbites daughter and partner)
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Post by krull68 on Sept 29, 2016 20:45:19 GMT 10
Ex army tanky here. If you join, go where you can get either trade or tickets. engineering, transport, etc. My daughter and her partner were both sigs. She was an operator, he was a tech. The skills they gained in army makes them very employable. They both work for global military contractors, she's on $80k (she knocked back an offer of $100k pa so that she could stay in the same city as her partner), and he's on $115k. Both good skills. plus the basic infantry training helps as well. I am sadly now on a disability pension, so money is not too tight but not generous. Still, the wife and I have just topped 62% savings. Our veggie patch is a Godsend and has cut our grocery bill to almost half, so that helps out a great deal.
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Post by krull68 on Sept 29, 2016 20:46:21 GMT 10
I'm still serving, (20 +++ and a few more +'s....) The system will use you,... so highly recommend you adopt Krull's suggestion. Look at what and where you want to be in 5 - 10 years. From a prepping perspective everyone learns how to be a soldier first before concentrating on their specialist trade, so these skills can be transferable if things go to custard.. The career choice you make now, will help you out later if things do not change (ie as per Frostbites daughter and partner) I would also add, take every single course you can get your grubby hands on.
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Post by kiwi on Oct 1, 2016 6:55:04 GMT 10
Spend 6 years in the ARES as a Rifleman then transferred into Assault Pioneers. Good fun and Hard work, but learnt a lot of skills. The best course was the Pioneer /demo course at the Sch of Infantry at Singleton. Would recommend joining.
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