ACL injuries are surprisingly common for serving members of the forces. It is a very common injury for anyone who plays a lot of football or rugby due to the mechanism of injury (lateral impact to outer knee/lower thigh, often caused by hard tackles). There are literally hundreds of serving members ...

Currently it's the L115A3 in 8.59mm (the Accuracy International AWM .338LM if you want to be all civvy about it). Replacing the L96 7.62mm as the standard sniper weapon.

The L115A3 is a bolt-action rifle that fires the 8.59mm from a 5-round magazine out to ranges in excess of 1500m.

The AW50 (in ...

Sharpshooters........Never heard of them except in films. You are a rifleman and trained to be that. If you can't shoot straight these days with the SA 80 ans SUS AT sight you wont have a very happy tour in one one or more of the combat zones. Once you have been with the unit for a while then you ...

Quarters are only an entitlement for soldiers who are married and/or have children, serving as an attached post. In other words the family members have to be coming with you to the posting.

However there may be "surplus" quarters in some areas that may be hired out at Defence Housing Executive and ...

Unfortunately the Army DO see it as a very important aspect of the recruitment programme. In realistic terms they want every recruit to have a BMI of 20-25 at the start of Ph 1 training. This is to ensure a (roughly) equal start point for PT. In essence, the PT is aimed at getting you to a certain ...

Medical personnel wishing to serve with UKSF have their own selection course. It is classed as an "exercise" by the powers that be, but is really a bit of a killer. The medic/doctor/nurse's pre-hospital care (BATLS/BARTS-type stuff) needs to be spot on, as does their fitness(obviously) There's lots ...