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What specialisation\trade do you want to do in the corps?

Heavy Weapons (Anti-Tank, Air Defence, Mortar)
3
5%
Landing Craft
6
10%
General Duties
11
18%
Mountain Leader
23
38%
Physical Training Instructor
10
16%
Platoon Weapons Instructor
1
2%
Platoon Weapons Instructor
1
2%
Platoon Weapons Instructor
1
2%
Chef
1
2%
Chef
1
2%
Chef
1
2%
Signals/Tels Tech/Comms
2
3%
 
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Just out of curiosity (and the fact that I am bored at work!) I wanted to see what applicants & recruits saw themseleves doing in the corps.

I have thought about this obviously has otherwise I wouldnt have applied. I will hopefully become a Platoon Weapons (Sniper) and eventually Mountain Leader. I have been told that theses are two hard specialisations to get into and that you need to be a JNCO so a few years as a GD Infantryman first.

However with basic training a month away all my thoughts and efforts are on getting through that. :o

(Please note that this isnt about who is best, its just to see what peeps want to do)

I couldnt enter all specialisations as it wont let me enter that many options so have narrowed it down as best as I could. If yours isnt on then tick other and say what you want to do in a post.
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AE, Signals and General Duties.
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General Duties for a few years, but somewhere along the lines I'm aiming for Mountain Leader.

SBS is tempting but I'd never be fit enough!
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It sounded like General Duties was something everyone had to do :-?

I faniced assault engineer, I'm quite good with anything electrical or wires.
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General Duties for a few years, but somewhere along the lines I'm aiming for Mountain Leader.

SBS is tempting but I'd never be fit enough
These ML's are fit lads and hard as cast iron nails. If your fit enough to become a ML the your fit enough to be SBS. I think you should concentrate on passing out before even contcentrating on specializing, that to me seems to make you a bit arrogant. thikking that your going to pass out that easily.
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rambo wrote:
General Duties for a few years, but somewhere along the lines I'm aiming for Mountain Leader.

SBS is tempting but I'd never be fit enough
These ML's are fit lads and hard as cast iron nails. If your fit enough to become a ML the your fit enough to be SBS. I think you should concentrate on passing out before even contcentrating on specializing, that to me seems to make you a bit arrogant. thikking that your going to pass out that easily.
Agreed, there is always someone fitter than you, unless your Fit Lad Mc'fit, and Fit Lad Mc'fit is busy pushing his pressup score while others discuss it on a forum.
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Count, haven't seen you about for ages, did you go back to do basic in the end???

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Nope. I'm back where I started, doing a job I don't like in a town I hate.

I don't think it was for me, If I'm going to be a miserable bastard I might as well be a miserable bastard with money.
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Just get through the 9 month course that leads to getting your Green Hat, then do a tour in a Commando Unit. You will then be in a position to judge what you would like to do.
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I agree with sneaky beaky on this one, we should concentrate on getting our green lid first before all that. I don't even like to say im attempting to join the R.M's as it sounds like im bragging and i don't like to tempt fate.
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No mention of DL's, Sig's or VM's.

I'm still waiting for the Under Water Wood Welding branch to get under way :D
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General duties, mountain leader, PTI, Swimmer Canoeist (crap at swimming though)

But first its getting in and then passing training.
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Yeah im hopeless at swimming too. Not sure what the tests are like for the swimming phase are anyways so reply if you have any ideas. I'm worried about them kitting you out then throwing you in the deep-end :puppydogeyes:
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andy_s wrote:I don't even like to say im attempting to join the R.M's as it sounds like im bragging and i don't like to tempt fate.
I know what you mean. I hate telling people that I am joining the marines. It's like setting yourself up for a fall if you fail. ... not that I plan on failing! :x
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Lads trust me when I say all my thoughts and efforts are on passing the 32 week recruit course. :x

It was just the case that I was at work and bored that I thought I would ask out of interest.

As I said before I couldnt put all specialisations in as it wouldnt let me, thats why I put other so that peeps could select that and say in a post what they wanted to do.

You dont have to do general duties, but this is what most recruits go in to. Plus its not definite that you will get what you want you can be sent anywhere to be trained in any of the specialisations.

Just got back from my Recruit Training Brief at the AFCO. Im all motivated and pysched up now and just want to get on with it!! :x
There was a guy there who had just been briefed on the PRMC and me and the other lad who going to be recruits were asked to tell him about the PRMC and he looked quite worried as we told him what it was all about. :o
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