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Posted: **Tue 22 Jun, 2004 6:29 pm**

Minimac, get your A levels while you can mate, they will help even in the Army, and you wont be in the Army for ever, so they will give you a starting point even when you leave.

Posted: **Tue 22 Jun, 2004 7:49 pm**

I guess I should but I can't face it. Makes me angry thinking about 2 more years.

If I have A levels what difference does it make career wise? I'm going in the RGJ. Promotion quicker? I'd rather have promotion on respect and merit than because I can wave a sheet of paper with a few grades on.

MM

Posted: **Tue 22 Jun, 2004 7:55 pm**

MM

You'll get promotion on respect and merit when you're younger, but if you want a shot at reaching the lofty heights of C/Sgt or WO(either grade) then further education will help you out. Doesn't even have to be full A levels, A/S will be ok but, as I've said before, you are going to be hanging around anyway so get educated

If you really can't stick it, then don't, but what are you going to do for the next two years without the magic signature on your form?

Posted: **Tue 22 Jun, 2004 8:02 pm**

Casual labour I guess.

Problem is I look younger than I am. Hence MidiMac.

MM

Posted: **Tue 22 Jun, 2004 9:52 pm**

Do your A-Levels bro. You have 2 years to spare. You don't NEED to work, so why not work on bettering yourself?? Your motivation alone won't guarantee you get into the RGJ, there are alot of things that can totally f**k up your chances that are out of your control. One of my best oppos in training was from SA, tonnes of motivation, fit as hell, nothing could stop him, then on x-mas leave he had a epileptic fit, FIRST time in his LIFE and that's it, his military career over, dreams shattered. That's how real-life goes that's WHY you need something to fall back on. Yeah, it's a pain in the ass everyone telling you that you should do this and that, but most of the guys here probably thought the same about school, me included.

Posted: **Wed 23 Jun, 2004 1:30 pm**

Thanks guys

Giving it some real thought.

MidiMac

Posted: **Wed 23 Jun, 2004 9:18 pm**

Mac, crack on with those A-Levels. It's better to have them than not have them.

But if you do them, make sure you take subjects you have an interest in and put the effort in. I'm kicking myself because I scraped through my A-Levels due to finding some place in town called "the pub". Now i'm thoroughly pissed off with myself as I can't join the RM as an Officer as i'm 10 UCAS points short of the required minimum. So, in hindsight two years of my life spent studying a bit harder would have really paid off.

Remember mate - you only regret the things you don't do, and higher education is a lot different from the schooling you'd have recieved in your GCSEs

Posted: **Thu 24 Jun, 2004 9:33 am**

Am now considering a handson course at college. I think it was mainly the school I'm at. Its crap.

MidiMac

Posted: **Sat 26 Jun, 2004 5:31 pm**

A-level will stand in your favor massively, even if you join up at soldier level. If you go to a good collage insted of some school sixth form, then you will probably enjoy doing them, it's very different to school. You might be able to make a pact with your ol'ma too; "Ma, if I sign up for A-levels will you sign my Army Reserve inlistment forms?" You CAN be a student and a TA at the same time as far as I know.

Posted: **Fri 16 Jul, 2004 11:19 am**

Join the Army now!!!

I did a levels, they were shit, I did shit, ah well.

Mate, RGJ are the best. Slack jackets

We are one of the most respected infantry regiments and one of the better known.
Andy McNab was RGJ

Posted: **Tue 30 Nov, 2004 12:42 am**

With respect to the original question, my dad was 3RGJ from 72 to 84, so I spent most my childhood growing up in married quarters and living the Army way of life to some degree. Although I can never tell you what its like to be a part of the Regiment as a squaddie I can tell you that the Regiment looks after its own, like an extended family so to speak. I have nothing but the upmost respect and adoration for my old man both then and now and for the men he served with and the men who continue to serve with the Royal Green Jackets

Posted: **Tue 30 Nov, 2004 8:47 am**

TA_soldier_abernethy wrote:Join the Army now!!!

Good advice coming from a student in the TA!!

Posted: **Tue 30 Nov, 2004 5:54 pm**

the best line Infantry regiments come from the prince of wales divison, If your from the area join the STAFFORDS!

Posted: **Thu 02 Dec, 2004 8:35 pm**

m-a-s-s-e-y wrote:the best line Infantry regiments come from the prince of wales divison, If your from the area join the STAFFORDS!

no thanks, cant beat the good old 95th....although we heard that 3RGJ was amalgamated into 2RGJ, times they are a changing....

Posted: **Thu 23 Dec, 2004 3:16 pm**

weel i was told by a RGJ NCO that 1RGJ was going to be used as the new air assult, and 2RGJ was spear head,,, and maybe talks of a 3RGJ or a 3LI. But the RGJ are a good reg,