Off to have a natter about a new career tomorrow....

[theironduke]

After a big lump of dissapointment with the RAF, basically since retaking an exam they are no longer recruiting for any of the trades i am interested in, i have stolen a the morning of work to visit the Army careers office

Could be the beggining of a new chapter, who knows

[nipperS2K]

not quite the same kudos though.

[matt12023]

good on you, i'd take army over raf any day of the week

[daveparry]

With a name like Ironduke you should consider the RN! free travel, food, women on board and the best mates you will ever make!

[theironduke]

Just been for my interview at the local Army careers office and will be booked onto the next AOSB Briefing. Really chuffed, now to hit the fitness with a vengeance.

[matt12023]

good old AOSB, i'd say download/buy bleep test and practice it specifically. The damn stopping and starting makes it far worse than a normal run for me.

get yourself over to arrse.co.uk there was loads of good advice on there for the various other things you need to do there, mainly planning ex that sort of thing. I'd also recommend reading 'the week' as its a good way to quickly digest all the world news each week. You'll find that handy for the debate/discussion bit

[okgo]

From what I have seen if you can get fit then you shouldn't really worry about the bleep test...

My housemate has made it into the Royal Marines without training for the bleep test once, he just did a lot of cardio at the gym. Quite surprised really, he didn't seem to actually do that much.

[shouldbworking]

okgo said:

From what I have seen if you can get fit then you shouldn't really worry about the bleep test...

My housemate has made it into the Royal Marines without training for the bleep test once, he just did a lot of cardio at the gym. Quite surprised really, he didn't seem to actually do that much.

Speaking from experience, I wouldn't ignore it. Without some idea of whats going on you'll run too fast at the beginning and end up getting a worse score than you would have with practice.

[okgo]

Fair enough, I mean he has done them in the past at school and things, but obviously he was ok when it came to this time, and the marines want you pretty much the highest grade of bleep test score of any force.