Guards Para Platoon

[grumpy]

Hi All

I am looking at joing the army and hopefully either the grenadier/coldstream guards, if it get through itc that is!!!

Once I have been in a while and gained some experience I would like to do selection for the guards para platoon.

I know most people will say get through itc first, then think about para platoon later. But if I set my goal now as the para platoon, I have something to aim for at itc then once I get through that, something to aim for when i get to a unit.

Can anyone give me more info into what selection is like (fitness, skills & drills or anything which would be helpful, I do know you have to do P Company) and once in what sort of things does the platoon do (on ops and back at barracks). Does it work full time with 3 Para or does it do things independently?

I have looked on the internet, but there is hardly anyhting on there about the platoon, so any further info on the platoon would be grateful.

Cheers,

Grumpy

[sportbilly42]

(snip)......I have looked on the internet, but there is hardly anyhting on there about the platoon, so any further info on the platoon would be grateful.

You sure you're Grumpy? I think even Dopey would have managed to type 'Guards Parachute Platoon' into Google and hit return...............

Here's a few hits

http://www.shinycapstar.com/stnjan06.htm
(Don't get it. The skinny muppet in the piccie, LCpl Raddon, is a Coldstream Guardsman but he's wearing Parachute Regt capbadge? Attached to 3 Para is one thing.... But wearing their cap badge too!!? How odd....)

http://www.army.mod.uk/infantry/regiments/11812.aspx

http://www.arrse.co.uk/cpgn2/Forums/vie ... art=0.html
(8 pages of Arrse waffle...)
http://www.arrse.co.uk/cpgn2/Forums/vie ... 18241.html
(another 8 pages of Arrse waffle... but on a different thread....)

http://www.arrse.co.uk/cpgn2/Forums/vie ... art=0.html
etc...

BTW the Arrse site makes for a better read than this site these days if you're after answers to 'Army' questions... OAMAAM if you have 'Marine' questions.....

This place just seems to be the place for verbal punch ups between Artist and OWK/RC. A shadow of it's former self.

[grumpy]

Sportbilly 42, I have seen some of the searches you found on the internet.

But what I am after is more detail, as they only briefly describe what is involved/they do.

Thanks anyway.

[sportbilly42]

I see you've posted on Arrse

The temptation to answer your query with a copy and paste job from here was just TOO great....
http://www.arrse.co.uk/cpgn2/Forums/vie ... ml#2496193

[Tab]

You will be Guardsman first and any parachuting will cone second, if parachuting appeals to you that much why not join the Para's in the first place or don't you think you are good enough.

[sky ninja steve]

just thinking y dont you join para reg in the first place and get it done in one fail swoop ??????? heard a lot of rumours that the guards platoon is getting f@#k off anyway as in know alot of people dunt really like them being here in the first place to be honest you can just tell that theyre not thought of as the same .