TA

[Jason The Argonaut]

Went down to G Company RGJ to hand in my application form last night, got there and guess what.....

The bloody sod's went out carol singing , I mean really carol singing . There was no one there that could help me, so i'll try again another day.

[RobT]

Usually there should be clerks there everyday go and check on a wednesday afternoon if you get chance...or wait till tuesday again

[Smilie-man'81]

Im shattered, just got back from RT3 which was great fun. A whole weekend of shooting! The only problem i had was when we had to do our BPFA. A month of drinking, no exercise and eating crap and i was in no fit state.

Means im spending the next 2 weeks preparing for RT4 and the CFT!

Did anyone actually keep to there fitness training over Christmas?

[RobT]

Im shattered, just got back from RT3 which was great fun. A whole weekend of shooting! The only problem i had was when we had to do our BPFA. A month of drinking, no exercise and eating crap and i was in no fit state.

Means im spending the next 2 weeks preparing for RT4 and the CFT!

Did anyone actually keep to there fitness training over Christmas?

No, i ate, i drank and i feel like a blob again!

Smile man do you do a BPFA every time? On Mods 1 and 2 (Which i guess is your RT1 and RT2) we did a BPFA both times! I dont want to do it on Mod 3 which is this weekend.

Oh well, gym everyday till Friday!

[Jason The Argonaut]

Im shattered, just got back from RT3 which was great fun. A whole weekend of shooting! The only problem i had was when we had to do our BPFA. A month of drinking, no exercise and eating crap and i was in no fit state.

Means im spending the next 2 weeks preparing for RT4 and the CFT!

Did anyone actually keep to there fitness training over Christmas?

Sounds like you had a good time Smilie-man

I must admit my training did suffer over the Christmas period

[lew]

Yea mine to, bloody Christmas cake, I realised how badly not training over the Christmas period had effected me playing rugby yesterday, I was completely F***ed afterwards...


Won mind


lew

[Smilie-man'81]

Im in a lot of pain right now. I had to do my BPFA on RT1 and RT3. On my RT2 i had to do an introduction to weight carrying - 2 miles with about 25 pounds. On RT4 i have to do my CFT - 4 miles with 55 pounds so i dont think i will be doing a BPFA. I may have to do another BPFA on RT5 but i dont know about that.

Have to wait til about June/July to do my CIC though.

I did find out that our annual camp could be in Georgia, America which sounds pretty good.

Cant wait til my training is over so i can go on company weekends.

[Jason The Argonaut]

If you have been in the TA unit say RGJ for 1-2 years, you then decide to join RGJ full time, do you get put straight into a existing company or in with recruits that have just completed training ? Sorry if this has been asked before, I couldn't find it if it was.

[RobT]

Going from Terrier to Reg through the backdoor doesn't happen. You can put your name down for tours and you can apply for FTRS (Full time reserve service) but i don't know what happens if you get accepted for FTRS.

Rob

[Jason The Argonaut]

So if you wana go full time, you got to go throught basic training an all that. ??

[RobT]

No because you fully trained up, hopefully with a few years experience and you'll be attacted to a unit.

Rob

[mercury]

I disagree , I knew a siggy who was fully trained and he had to start from square one, mind you he was a linesman

[Wayne Kerr]

For the county................I think I know him

[cannon_fodder]

As a TA soldier, you can usually skip phase 1 training, especially if you have an operational tour under your belt. That is, if you're going into a similar unit in the regs to the one that you were in with the TA.

Just keep asking. Ask at the careers office - if they say you have to do it all, ask when you get into training. Ask, ask and keep asking... And by the time you're done asking, you'll have done phase 1 again anyway and you'll be a few weeks from the end of phase 2.

Hope this helps;
Mat

[RobT]

Has anyone in a TA infantry unit been in a Recce platoon?