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I have a few questions users won't mind answering.

1) Do you have to go to the same armed forces office that other people use to apply for the paras & regular army, or do the marines have their on specific office.

2) Should i pass since i'm reasonably fit how can i go onto specialist training? Wikipedia dosen't make it too clear. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Mari ... t_training

I would like to specialise as either a swimmer canoeist or sniper, can someone PLEASE make it clear how (BTW i prefer sniper).

3) And my final question is if you specialise in sniping can you then convert to swimmer canoeist.

If you're going to say 'you won't make it kid'; don't bother. Please answer my questions and i will never show my face (well username) here again. Thanks in advance.

I don't know if I am wasting my time here because you might end up going off and working some where else. And if you are planning on buggering off after this it dosn't show much commitment does it. But we all have to start somewhere I guess and I have nothing better to do...

1) Do you have to go to the same armed forces office that other people use to apply for the paras & regular army, or do the marines have their on specific office.

I doubt there is an office out there that doesn't have a force in it but you can't garrenty that office will have somebody in the force you want to talk about.

2) Should i pass since i'm reasonably fit how can i go onto specialist training? Wikipedia dosen't make it too clear.

Search button.

3) And my final question is if you specialise in sniping can you then convert to swimmer canoeist.

If your good enough I don't see why not. That is of course if you are good enough.
Rubbish anwsers I know but do a bit of searching before anwsering a question that isn't on this forum . good luck and hope you stay here if your interested in the forces otherwise expect a disadvantage.

Stinky wrote:

1) Do you have to go to the same armed forces office that other people use to apply for the paras & regular army, or do the marines have their on specific office.

I doubt there is an office out there that doesn't have a force in it but you can't garrenty that office will have somebody in the force you want to talk about.

Or to be slightly less confusing: yes, you just go to a normal office... Get yourself down to the Holborn AFCO.

He knows what I mean

Mate you visit the Royal Navy career office.
The paras go into the army office and RAF regiment go into the RAF office.

You can apply for the Paras and RAF at a Royal Navy careers office eagleye, just thought I'd correct you on that one

Defies the point of having a career office for each force really.

But I was just saying it plain and simple for the new lad because i doubt he knows what Stinky means

Fido wrote:I have a few questions users won't mind answering.



2) Should i pass since i'm reasonably fit how can i go onto specialist training? Wikipedia dosen't make it too clear. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Mari ... t_training

I would like to specialise as either a swimmer canoeist or sniper, can someone PLEASE make it clear how (BTW i prefer sniper).
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YOU CANT SPECIALISE UNTIL YOU HAVE BEEN A MARINE FOR 1 - 2 YEARS THEN U CAN ASK OR YOU WILL BE TOLD WHAT YOU ARE GONNA DO

from what I picked up in my search,

go to the navy web site and look for info on careers for marines, there is a phone number on the top left hand corner of the screen, phone it. They will answer any qustion you may have.

I guess once you in 2 years and become corporol, you express a wish on what you want to do. Then there is some kind of selection process, if you pass, your in.

Thats all speculation, myself I want to go on to be mountain leader.

its all dreams and pie in the sky at this stage.

From what I can remember reading in the forums, you either become a GD (general duties) marine for 2 years before specialisation, or get pinged for a specialisation which is in need of men. After being pinged into a specialisation for a few years, you then get first pick of a specialisation YOU want.

I believe it was Artist who I read that from so gladly correct me please artist

Illustrious wrote:From what I can remember reading in the forums, you either become a GD (general duties) marine for 2 years before specialisation, or get pinged for a specialisation which is in need of men. After being pinged into a specialisation for a few years, you then get first pick of a specialisation YOU want.

I believe it was Artist who I read that from so gladly correct me please artist

when you pass out you can actually pick your own SQ ie some of my oppos became drivers some lc's etc

Fido wrote:I would like to specialise as either a swimmer canoeist or sniper, can someone PLEASE make it clear how (BTW i prefer sniper).

This is a wind up surely?

haha take it easy on the kid, everyone wants to be sf and a sniper when they first join until they realize just how f@#k nails those guys are, i still want to be a sniper but for something like sf, im not thinking about that for at least another 4 or 5 years.

If manpower is needed in a trade then people will be posted there to fill the skills gap.

You can go into SP if you want to straight from RT but it is recommended that you do a couple of years GD beforehand.

Baz

I would like to specialise as either a swimmer canoeist or sniper, can someone PLEASE make it clear how (BTW i prefer sniper).

3) And my final question is if you specialise in sniping can you then convert to swimmer canoeist.

If you're going to say 'you won't make it kid'; don't bother. Please answer my questions and i will never show my face (well username) here again. Thanks in advance.

Sounds like you'd much rather be a James Bond 007/Action Man/Andy McNab character than a Royal Marine mate.