Is anybody starting at Pirbright on the 19th of January? I've read that a few people on here are starting on the 12th and i was just wondering do they get new intakes every week? :-?

yeah pirbright have a new intake every monday, and there is a new intake of girls evry 3rd monday.

Im in week 10 ...

I'm exactly the same, i can run for ages without a problem but when i try and sprint i just dont seem to get anywhere very fast lol

try looking at this website, it has tips on sprinting and explains what the body is doing etc, you might find it useful :wink:

http://www.brianmac.co.uk/articles ...

i thought pirbright was just a training camp

what you getting posted there for?

i go on monday

Am joining the nursing corps

Im a girl though so no handbag jokes lol, the lads that were on my nursing selection got the pi** ripped out of them for wanting to join the QARANC bless them

no problem speak to you soon.

You will have to pm me though because i wont be on here much after monday i will just have to check my messages when i get a chance

Good luck with everything, hope you do well

they are a laugh as long as you do as your told.

There were a few people there that treated it like abit of fun wouldn't listen when the pti's were explaining how to use the static lift and other things, it was for our own safety but they thought they knew better, might i add them people failed ...

yeah you can probably use the army mod site and print off a sheet, when i say they ask you questions about it, they dont spend like 10 minutes asking you the history, its more to make sure you know what you are letting yourself in for lol

They need to make sure you are serious about the job you ...

They ask you how you think the 2 days went, what you feel you could have done better on, what you enjoyed most.

They ask how your family feels about you joining, how you feel about getting deployed, and the fact that you could be killed one day.

They tell you what you need to improve on, and they ...

no problem

what you wanting to join?

edinburgh

yeah my cousin went there when he was 16, isn't your basic for like 42 weeks or something daft like that?

Are you nervous about your interview?

no I'm going to Pirbright on monday

Can't wait

are thanks. wht was it like for you when you done your icebreaker?
how many heaves did you do? and i bought a bar so im guna put it up and practice.

I was quite nervous but it helped that we were seperated into groups of about 12 in the medical, so you only do it in front of that 12 people, plus ...

for the ice breaker there is a board with different catergories on it, for example family, where you live, hobbies etc etc. Just say a little about each catergory, its easy you just tell the truth lol

And the heaves are not a pass or fail, its just a bonus if you can do a few. There were people ...

Thanks for that guys