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Interesting, I surprised by a few things. Mainly how short the course is, at 41 weeks, including jump training etc. (RM doing the recruit course, their blackshod and arctic training, plus jumps course etc. would be, what, 18 months?).Bruce McDonald wrote:Matthewl,
This is your best bet.
http://www.defencejobs.gov.au/careers_e ... my514.html
PS: Im planning on joining, after i've finished yr. 12 of course..
The training time does look short but its not as short as you think. You do basic training, employment training, accelerated SF training(not the full program), then after all that they see if you are suitable. You take the SF entry test, then if you pass you do full special forces training which goes a lot longer than 41 weeks.liverpoolirish wrote:Interesting, I surprised by a few things. Mainly how short the course is, at 41 weeks, including jump training etc. (RM doing the recruit course, their blackshod and arctic training, plus jumps course etc. would be, what, 18 months?).Bruce McDonald wrote:Matthewl,
This is your best bet.
http://www.defencejobs.gov.au/careers_e ... my514.html
PS: Im planning on joining, after i've finished yr. 12 of course..
Perhaps it's worth noting that under the definition of "Special Forces" ("Troops which operate behind enemy lines without support from the main force" or somesuch), the Marines, Paras etc. all fit.
As I've said elsewhere, 4 RAR (CDO) are essentially paratroopers/ maritime assault troops, and are really theatre entry forces. They are equivalent to US Rangers or UK Commandos, and all stem from a common source up in Scotland.
I was thinking the same thing, does he even know what he want's?Jesse wrote:matthewl,
I was wondering when you'd come up with another chad post. So you want to join the Auzzy commandos now? Weren't you joing the Irish army? And before that weren't you thinking of joining a private military company? And before that weren't you interested in joining the Dutch commandos?
The chadness never ends with you does it?
Jesse
I was pulling stuff from the Australian Army site and here, and adding in all the courses mentioned above it totalled 41 weeks until you're in a regular company of 4 RAR (bearing in mind that they only had 2 regular companies last time I looked, and had reinforcement from 1 Commando Regiment, their reserve equivalent).Bruce McDonald wrote:
The training time does look short but its not as short as you think. You do basic training, employment training, accelerated SF training(not the full program), then after all that they see if you are suitable. You take the SF entry test, then if you pass you do full special forces training which goes a lot longer than 41 weeks.
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