Raf Regiment - Applying for commission

bushyredsocks · Post by **bushyredsocks** » Tue 20 May, 2008 3:38 pm

Hey, I was just wondering does anyone know the minimum ammount of time it takes as a Gunner to apply for a commission to become a Rgt Officer?
I know its 4 years to apply for Corporal, but I haven't heard anything on applying for a commission. Is there even a minimum time?
Someone told me you can apply after 1 or two years, is that true?

Heffernan · Post by **Heffernan** » Tue 20 May, 2008 10:17 pm

You apply to be Cpl? I always thought you get promoted when your CO and/or fellow officers feel your ready..

bushyredsocks · Post by **bushyredsocks** » Tue 20 May, 2008 11:30 pm

No, i know a guy in the Regiment who was an SAC and he filled in all his own papers and entered himself for the F2 course for corporal, and passed.

London Boy · Post by **London Boy** » Wed 21 May, 2008 9:02 am

Heffernan wrote:You apply to be Cpl? I always thought you get promoted when your CO and/or fellow officers feel your ready..

Correct. Or at least that's how it always was i.e. you had to be proposed by NCOs first then that proposal was put forward to the adjutant. You didn't decide yourself to become a Cpl & just fill in paperwork.

London Boy · Post by **London Boy** » Wed 21 May, 2008 9:02 am

bushyredsocks wrote:No, i know a guy in the Regiment who was an SAC and he filled in all his own papers and entered himself for the F2 course for corporal, and passed.

Sounds highly unlikely.

anglo-saxon · Post by **anglo-saxon** » Wed 21 May, 2008 2:53 pm

Last time I looked they weren't unionised, so methinks the chain of command might have something to say about it!

London Boy · Post by **London Boy** » Wed 21 May, 2008 3:01 pm

Exactly!

bushyredsocks · Post by **bushyredsocks** » Thu 22 May, 2008 7:05 pm

Well either way, back to the original post, does anyone know the minimum time to apply for a commission or is there a minimum time?

Hyperlithe · Post by **Hyperlithe** » Fri 23 May, 2008 9:09 am

You have to complete at least one tour before you can apply for either a commission or a change of trade. That's about 2 yrs for us, not sure about the regt. However, you'd probably be more likely to pass OASC if you got a bit more time in and got promoted a couple of times.

RobT · Post by **RobT** » Wed 03 Sep, 2008 2:38 pm

You'd have to apply for the JROC course when you felt prepared enough. Its extremely hard work. The usual trend is that blokes apply for it as senior SAC's or corprals. (EDIT) Usually all keen'ness and morale is sapped away by this point!

Give the TG course a bash first, then if your successful get through being a sprog on a squadron and shit jobs!

Dont be detered by my post though, i served 4 years on QCS and had a blast, if it wasn't the best thing i had ever done it was SHIT! Welcome to the world of "a monking gunner"

Take care

bushyredsocks · Post by **bushyredsocks** » Sat 06 Sep, 2008 3:52 pm

Thanks man thats really useful, and is exactly what I'm going to do.

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