They'll talk about your daughter's homelife, school, hobbies/interests, motivation for joining the Navy and the job she has applied for. They'll ask what her parents/friends think of her joining. She'll also be asked about what will be expected of her in training, ie what does she know about the ...

So I went to see them yesterday (Tuesday). It happened to be a training night as they said, and they invited me to a visit for an interview. They invited you for a visit and interview at another time or that evening?

What did they tell you about training? Did they say there is a two week ...

Good luck with whatever you choose to do.

Don't you have to have perfect vision to be a Fireman?

I thought the Forces in Afghanistan were sporting beards these days because local Afghanis expect men to have beards, so it's a part of the "hearts&minds" to have British Forces with beards too. ARen't the beards some sort of show of respect to the locals, nothing to do with being "special" forces.

Sounds like more people should have a crack at RMAD before heading off to PRMC, if for no other reason than to reaffirm their readiness. I wonder how many of the "harsher" PRMCs had high numbers of participants, is it just a way of weeding more people out? Good effort EA.

I'd have to wonder what your chances are of succeeding in joining the RM if you struggle to find even such basic information.

JCAP3 wrote:

Worthers Original wrote:Or get some Silver Shadows, they're cheap and so get a couple of pairs and alternate them.

Depends on the person, definately not for injury prone people.

Well you'll be using them during training and running in boots.

Or get some Silver Shadows, they're cheap and so get a couple of pairs and alternate them.

Welldone, I bet you wonder what you were worrying about before.

gjd1986 wrote:Why are they so bothered about you having a car down there?

Security reasons perhaps. Unsecured vehicles of serving British military personel seems a tempting target for terrorists.

lodgi wrote:But then again, humans never evolved to run on tarmac or concrete.

I know a couple of guys who run 100mile weeks who wear shoes with the least "support", granted they are both racing whippets and are both pretty good club runners (around 2:30 marathon) but as I said, each to their own.

As with most things there are several schools of thought regarding running shoes. The "conventional" wisdom is that you should wear shoes which absorb the shock of impact but there are other people who wear shoes which simply protect the foot from getting cut up on the surface they are running on ...

MarkBunt wrote:What are the best one's? i was looking at finding a shop who would see my running style in Leicester but i cant find one.. thanks for any help

Have a look in the back of a copy of Runner's World, they have listings of running shops around the country.

foxtrotgolf wrote:

Worthers Original wrote:Which of the 3 grades of VA do you need to achieve to be accepted for the RM?

Have a look at this pdf, it's 3 years out of date mind.

http://www.assoc-optometrists.org/uploa ... 4-navy.pdf

If I read that correctly you only have to make VA3 for RM.