Hey, i'm currently based in germany as a signaller and lately i've really started thinking about joining the paras. Life at my unit is amazingly boring and i don't feel proud to be in the signals. If i joined the paras and passed i'd be proud of myself for what i'd done and from the sounds of things ...

hey, i'm at blandford now, leaving next tuesday though (thank fcuk), they start courses at 2 - 4 week intervals depending on what trade you are, spec ops wait ageeeessss, AS and RS ops wait about 2 or 3 weeks, techs, no idea but who wants to be one of them anyway go Area Systems like me

hey, umm para-recruit, i done basic at lichfield july - october last year and from what i can remember there weren't any para's there, only engineeers and siggys

hey, i'm in the signals doin my trade training at blandford, i wanna do p company as soon as i can but i know that right now i ain't fit enough for it, does anyone know where i can get hold of a fitness routine that i can follow to build my fitness up, ive got ages to get fit for it so i'm just ...

hey, i'm starting basic next monday, god that crept up on me, seems like only yesterday i was a young whipper snapper goin into the careers office for info on joining, those were the days, anyway, anyone else goin for basic on the 28th, next monday!!!!, at lichfield?

hey. about the failure rate, when i was at selection last week there were about 7 or 8 people who'd already tried selection once or twice before, i'm not sure what the pass rate was as i was one of the first to leave after the interview but out of the first group of say 15 people to go for ...

hey, i got back from rsc at lichfield last week, i passed and i'm starting basic at lichfield on th 28th of july, any questions u've got i'd be happy to answer them

hey, got back from rsc yesterday, i passed and got my first choice job, area sys operator in the signals

I'm goin for area sys op in the signals, means i only have to do the run in under something stupid like 14 mins or something hehe, can't wait, not long to go now, anyone have any idea how many press-ups, situps, pullups etc you have to do cuz i've only really got a vague idea of what criteria's ...

Yeah i'm goin lichfield, just got my rail warrant and all the details through today, trying to sort out trains and stuff, turns out the earliest return train i can catch from tamworth on the 2nd is the 21.04!!!! i'm gonna be waiting around in tamworth station for 4 Hours!!

Hey, I've got selection next tuesday and i hurt my leg at footie on saturday, i can walk on it fine but when i try and run i can feel it, it's doin my head in cuz i've had to stop my fitness training, still doin upper body stuff though and i'm walking everyday to help my leg get better in time, i ...

any tips on measuring distances, i haven't got the first idea how i'm gonna work out a route thats a mile and half long?

Hey, I'm goin to the selection center on the 1st of july and i've been doing all my training for the 1 1/2 mile on a treadmill, i'm making not bad time (about 11mins 5sec) but my mate says that when u run on a treadmill you can run further and quicker than if you were running on the road? Is this ...

my selection dates the 1st of july, can't wait

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i just got back from the careers office where i had my second interview and watched a video on the selection center, they're gonna phone me up this week to tell me my selection dates, i can't wait, can anyone who's been to the selection center give me any more info about it and is anyone at the ...