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Ok, i'm in training for the POC and i really need any help i can get! God, some of these questions are lame but i need to make sure i'm on the right route. I would REALLY appreciate some help on this. A few questions:

1) I came down with a chest infection a few weeks ago and had a shitty fever...if i get ill during training do you just have to put your head down and carry on or do you get a break?

2) I've got the right academic qualifications to be an officer but a large tattoo on my forearm. Will this be a problem as i know it can be for police officers?

3) I can currently do about 40 press-ups/sit-ups and about 6 pull-ups. I can run 3 miles in about the recomended 22 mins. I know it's hardly ground breaking but i've got about 2 months to bring myself up. What should i be aiming for to be succesful in the POC without just scraping in and have i got enough time to do it? Should i wait longer before trying the POC?

4) SPRINTING! I've been doing interval training a lot because my sprinting really lets me down. How important is to be a great sprinter for the POC? I can run for years at 75% of my heart rate but get me on the 100m track and i'm a shambles!! Plus, is it true you have to do 5x60m in under 42 seconds?? Isn't that impossible?

5) When doing sit-ups, do your knees have to be together? I know it's a dumb question but i do find it easier when my legs are slightly apart (!)

6) What is the average age of people taking the POC. I'm 18 and i've got images of being surrounded by huge 23 year old graduees and thinking my age may work against me......?

7) How did you guys survive the wait for the POC?? I want this so badly, i'm training 25/7 and i cant wait to get f@#k stuck in!

Thanks for all your help............DAN

I hope this helps.....

1, Do not train when ill! EVER you could make it worse and end up having to take months off!!!!

2, No

3, 60+ press ups/80+ situps/9+ pull ups/ oh and run faster!

4, Practise bleep test

5, keep knees together, hands on side of head elbows and shoulders must touch the deck on the recline stage or it dont count as a rep!

6, Wouldnt have a clue as im still training to be super fit for my poc.

Aye,

wilson

So what sort of times should I be aiming for on my runs?
Thats the one thing i thought i could fly!

DAN

I was told if an NCO was to apply for officer trainingg and had a tattoo on his forearm he would not be accepted?

Good Luck Guys, i'll try and find out some info as my mate is applying for the POC second time round.

Ross

So has anyone got a clue about the whole tattoo thing?

Plus, if during marine training you come down with a fever, are you given time off to recover or do you have to stick with it? It sounds sensible to allow time for recovery but i suppose if your in training to be the best...

And finally, if i can do 60 push ups, 80 sit ups (in 2mins), 10 pull ups, run 3 miles in under 22 mins, do 45 burpees in a minute and reach level 12 on the Bleep test, i should be able to pass the POC right????

I remember hearing if you have a head ache you goto the medical centre and see what they say, they give u tablets etc??i guess they tell you NCO's/CO's the problem?

Ross

Dan, as long as your tattoo is not a military emblem/symbol/crest etc, there will be no problems.

SICK PARADE
Royal or to the point SBA's have one remedy for all ills, from a broken leg to the common cold -CODIENE- You better believe IT.
Aye

23 aint old mate!!!!!!!!

Im 24 and going in shortly and Ill be willing to bet my tired old legs will run rings around you kids!!! how old are you? If your very young you might want to get some worldly experiance before undertaking the POC!

Aye,
wilson

Hell, i know 23 aint old! If i could, id rather be 23 trying for the POC than 18. To be fair, a 23 year old has more muscle bulk and confidence than most spotty 18 year olds just rolling outta college. So do many 18 year olds try for the POC and do many get through? Is your age taken into account in your marking?

Passed the AIB at Sultan at 16. If you're good enough they'll take you. Mind you I then failed Maths O Level 3 times, so it all went West.

You failed maths three times and they still let you take £multi-million machines into the sky?

As I'm sure you can appreciate, at 16/17 applications for quadratics take a rear seat to applications for the bird in hand! My maths etc improved dramatically when I was given the opportunity to apply the theory to practical useage.
R U sayin Oim Fick oar wot! U wont sum?

Well you need 2 A levels to join as a RM Officer I was thinking of joining when I finish my A levels but have now decided to join after going to uni and in the mean time I am going to join the Reserves as a Regular. This decision came after talking to RM officer and friends etc. about 70% of people who pass the AIB have a degree, this is what I was told at my meeting also you need to know a hell of a lot about the history and current make up of the corps and also because the AIB is run by the Navy I guess you need to know about naval history too .
I thought that joining the reserves also means that if I find I dont like it dont have to join full time after degree!!

I was gonna do that, I went along to an RMR meeting in May and a marine went through it with all 30 of us (The guy was a regular Mountin leader staff sargent). I didn't want to go in as an officer but i wanted another year at college and a degree after that so i thought i'd get some experience in the Reserves whilst all that was happening.
Then i descided that I just wanted to get on with it becuase by the time i had finished all that i would have been seteled into my twenties. I no its worth doing but, well... (I'm sure some of you no what i mean). I can get a degree later on in life if i want/need it. So here i am finishing of my last year at college getting fit for the Regular Marines next year.

Go for it mate it sounds like a worth while idea, but as you'll find out it is more commitment than you think (they'll keep stressing it when you go for the first visit).

Good luck,

:turn-l: Jason :turn-l: