WHERE IS YOUR FRIEND BASED? AS ONE OF THE GUYS HAS ALREADY STATED HE WOULD BE BEST SUITED TO GO TO HIS DIVISIONAL OFFICER.

BULLYING IN THE NAVY IS A REALITY BUT IT IS NOT AN ACCEPTED ONE. I KNOW IT MAY SEEM DIFFICULT BUT IF YOU ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY TELL THE GUY/GAL AND THEY MAY WELL STOP. tHE ...

IF YOU ARE GOING TO JOIN THE NAVY THEN JOIN AS AN OM(C). THEY ARE IN FACT MORE SPECIALISED THAN ANY OTHER OM GROUP. aS FOR QUALS. THEY ARE PRETTY BASIC AND (NOT TO DETRACT FROM THE QUALITY OF THE LADS WHO ARE IN) NOT WORTH THE PAPER THEY ARE PRINTED ON. MOST OF THE WORK WILL EQUATE TO AN NVQ AND ...

12 mins 20 will get you a lot of extra PT mate and believe me that is the last thing you want. If you fail any running or fitness tests they can backclass you. Assuming you are under twenty five 11 mins 13 secs is more than attainable you just need to want it badly enough.

The PT you do down there ...

You would be in line for employment as an interpreter. You will require good language skills both English and Foreign. Quite difficult to get into and with a long waiting list. You will be qualified to work for intelligence units should it be required or wished.
Most CT's leave to work for ...

Depends on your ship and what operations you are involved in at the time. Any deployments (shore) longer than six months i believe you can take your spouse with.
Warfare training will take up to two years and this is spread across sea training, HMS Collingwood, and Dartmouth.
Deployments really ...

Currently serving as a Tiff in Collingwood. Regarding tests to join they are pretty noddy and for someone with your quals. you should have no real difficulty passing them so long a syou keep your head together. They can be quite unnerving as you are under quite a tight time frame. The docs the AFCO ...

Currently undergoing "streaming" at HMS Collingwood. This is where the navy decide where they need the manpower. If they need you to go submariner you have very little say in the matter.
Reference what ships: MEM's can serve on anything. Aircrew will be dependant on their squadron and Weapons ...

Run is 2.4 km that is roughly 1.5 miles if you are under 25 you have to do it in 11mins 13s
The swim is 2 lengths of a twenty five metre pool in pussers (naval) overalls treading water for three minutes three quarters of the way through
29 push ups to a bleep test tape
40 sit ups to a bleep test ...

AEA is the most difficult to get selected for you will have to be the dogs bollocks to get in as one.
You will also have to sit extra lessons and exams in your spare time.
To give you an idea as to how exclusive it is:

129 join up
9 leave prematurely
120 left
16 go AEA

Start studying because ...

Currently serving in HMS Collingwood on the third phase of Tiffs training (the long two year haul).
The ten weeks in Raleigh is apparently being dropped to eight.

Week 1: Basic Introduction to Drill and Phys. First 1.5 mile on the Friday
Week 2: Damage control trianing in the simulator (bloody ...

Reference the scrapping of JSF.

The americans just published their defence policy for the next four years and they are scrapping their order for JSF. We are up yon creek without a paddle

Reference the scrapping of JSF.

The americans just published their defence policy for the next four years and they are scrapping their order for JSF. We are up yon creek without a paddle

OM: OPERATOR MECHANIC (more commonly referred to as opearator monkeys)

MEM: MARINE ENGINEERING MECHANIC (STOKERS)

GO TIFF!!!! GO TIFF!!!!
GO AEM!!!! GO AEM!!!!
AVOID OM!!!! AVOID OM!!!!

Not only that but you all seem to be relatively intelligent laddies so why waste your talents and skills on the cabbages

Personally lads you are all barking up the wrong tree.

The RNR is the way to go! You get to do bugger all
Get paid to do it
And it looks great on the ol CV
Also they will happily pay for you to gain further quals. in the mean time.!!!!