This is from the official publications regarding specialisations:
'Once you have passed your training, there are 25 specialisations for you to choose from, all offering a wide variety of qualifications. Whichever one you choose, your primary role will always be as a Royal Marines Commando.
Most newly trained recruits join the General Duties specialisation but you can volunteer for any of the other 24. We are currently actively recruiting for Driver, Signals, Heavy Weapons Anti-Tank, Heavy Weapons Mortar and Vehicle Mechanic through the Direct Specialisation Scheme (DSS).
The specialisations are: Aircrewman, Armourer, Assault Engineers, Chef, Clerk, Drill Leaders, Driver, Electronic Warfare, Heavy Weapons Anti-tank, Heavy Weapons Air Defence, Heavy Weapons Mortars, Illustrator, Landing Craft, General Duties, Royal Marines Medical Assistant, Metalsmith, Military Provost, Mountain Leader, Physical Training Instructor, Platoon Weapons Instructor, Stores Accountant, Signals, Swimmer Canoeist, Telecommunication Technician or Vehicle Mechanic.'
Apparently one is able to volunteer for any 24 but I thought that you had to be a JNCO to be a ML as it is primarily an instructor branch therefore ineligible as a 'newbie' and to serve SC you have to have served for 3(?) years. So there are only 22 other specialisations that one can apply for for newly trained recruits...
I was suprised to read, or maybe not read in this case, nowt to do with Computers, not in the slightest..
Does a modern troop of Marines not take a Laptop with them when they go into Combat? Wos all this Digital Battlefield I keep hearing about or is a carrier Pigeon still the norm?
I take it that will be one of them new fangled ITSNCOs who lost the computer pass cards whilst leaving them in his car at the service station then............
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