Going in for a chat...

[RobT]

Have a definate plan is my advice. If your in the sixth form then you possibly want to go to uni also?

[LEIGH]

When i went along they made me do six overarm pullups before they would even talk to me about the joining the marines , i do not know if they do this to everyone but they did it to me.

[always go commando]

pull ups!! lol are you skinny?

never heard them do that to anyone before. I ahd to do as many pressups as i could do in 30 seconds for my medical though. to get my heart rate up.

[kwew]

LEIGH
i think they must have been teasing you or you may have come across as weak so they just wanted to check but ive never heard of that being done before, i suppose your just a lucky young man.


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[davo141]

6 pull ups...now if they asked me for that when i went it....i would be banned from the office as when i applied i couldnt do half a overgras pull up

Had to do 10 press ups in ma medical which was a few weeks after i started training so was easy enough...doctor thought so when i nearly killed the poor SOB anyway

They say why you had to do them leigh?

cheers, dave

[Jon]

When I went down the navy man started talkin about pull ups for about 2 minutes "you have to jump up, go rights down, hold for 3 secs, up...." He must of thought that I was a right unfit twat. Didnt talk about much else - brief points about selection, that was basically it. Just gave me some booklets and an application form. Was in and out in about 20mins.

Need to get anohter application form though. filled 1st one in but out of date. Cant be arsed going in so ill just phone them om monday.

[Foxtricks]

For my careers interview they made me do the 'Bottom field Warm up'

[Jon]

If youve got a criminal record I would seriously think of some good answers to put in.

Before I even sat down he asked how old i was and if I had a criminal record (18 and No, by the way). Was also surprised by the age of them - one was mid-20s, other was about 20 at most. Always thought theyd be in 40s at least

[Rugee]

The whole criminal record thing, i think u'll find is not too big a deal if your just honest and tell the truth they seem to be okay with it. (As long as your not a mass murder)

[daywalker]

Hi Tom
If you're going to the AFCO at Sheffield i wouldn't worry too much about them making you do anything like press-ups or pull-ups at the initial contact stage.

The Navy guys there were friendly, informative and very proffessional and they weren't as patronising as you expect them to be.

Give them a call or drop in and get the ball rolling!

[J.M.C]

I was planning on dropping by the AFCO later this week.Can i just do that or do i need an interview arranged first???