Getting the green berret. Youngest/Oldest

[matt1389]

15 9 months is the youngest you can apply to join at

i know someone who was a nod down at ctc when the women was completing the all arms cource and he said they boot a box under the 6ft wall for her because she couldnt get over it.

[bird]

She passed her Commando tests on Friday May 31 and was awarded her Green Beret - although that does not qualify her to join the Royal Marines; qualification for the Green Beret does not automatically make the successful candidates members of the Corps.

She isn't actually serving with the Royal I don't think, this quote is off http://www.navynews.co.uk/articles/2002 ... 060601.asp#

Bird

[Maverick00]

Japslapper...PLEASE take another look at the photo of the bird that got the green beret. If you still think she is good looking then you are a fool my boy...

[Jon]

Are you sure that she was given a box? I would have thought that anyone competing for the green beret had to do the same as everyone else.

I remember when she was awarded the beret - it was on the bbc news for a moment. There were at least 2 other women who failed before her attempt.

When I went to the AFCO, I was given a sheet with sample questions to give me an idea what to expect in my interview. One of the questions was 'who was Hannah Snell?' It turned out that she was the only woman ever to serve with the corps on the frontline. She had followed her husband (or fiancee) into the marines. No one ever questioned her gender, but she fought bravely and was wounded twice.[/quote]

[Archie]

I joined in 1971 as a Junior Marine aged 16 years and 2 months, 9 months training later, got green lid and joined 40 Cdo. One lad in the troop was 16 and a couple of weeks and so got his even younger than yours truly.

[voodoo sprout]

On the commando course, capt Tattersall did have the same standards as the other blokes (no boxes), however there was some genuine concern that she was allowed to take the course even thoguh she wasn't needed in the brigade; hence until relatively recently she used her commando skills in the army foundation college (she has since been attached to commando logisitics so is/was/will be serving with the Royal Marines, to answer to bird.

[havoc]

im 16 on 26 oct if i pass evry thing will i passout and be like all the other royal marine command's cos u have to be 15 9 months to pass
can any one help plz