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Goodluck jay, hope you get what you want!

Yeah the YO's on my course were on exercise.

So Fubar, what happening with yourself, are you waiting for the 2007 batch, is there a chance you might not get in again, if there is high pass rate again?

Hope you make the cut.

Thanks for the support,

I'm going back to Sultan in March to re-take my AIB in the hope of improving my score and getting a place in this year's batch. There is still a chance I might not make it again, it's down to the amount of guys passing selection and their scores.

My aim is to make this years batch. If i don't I'm gonna be following in your footsteps and joining as a recruit, with my long term goal being corps-commission.

Oops! Because I hate it when people edit a post but don't tell any one when i said 'two noted exceptions', I meant no noted exceptions

That'll teach me to proof read...

Howard I pm'd you just now.

They dropped the guy [just] 'cos he kicked some dude in the face? (accidently?)

Wow the marine on POC must of had exceptional qualities to be asked to attended POC...hope for blokes like me and others who'll be too old if they were to try for officers straight off the bat and fail...

As I said, it was never actually stated 'you have failed because...' but that was the word going round. If the training staff are trying to identify people with leadership qualities then I'd imagine that trampling on other people to get ahead yourself, isn't really what they're looking for.

We had two lads on our POC who were both serving Marines, both quality guys, and despite complaining they had no time off work to prepare for their POC (unlike us civvies who had been training for months on end ) they were both at the front on the physical tests. For me this was an impressive testiment to the sort of physical conditioning you end up with when you're in the Corps.

Unfortunately I never found out if they passed AIB/made the batch.

Fubar, good luck with your next AIB mate, I know you've already been there but if you want to go over anything before you head down in March give me a shout. Just been through it recently myself, I don't have all the answers but I might be able to help if you want to go over anything.
Good luck anyway, same to you Jay

Thanks mate