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Posted: **Fri 05 Jan, 2007 3:05 am**

Good afternoon gentlemen, long time lurker, first time poster here.

I would be grateful if someone could please help me with a few wally questions that I can’t find on search.

Q1 ) On my application form it asks about debt and financial obligations, what should I put down?
I am a university student so I owe tuition fees that the government borrows me till I graduate and I also have a £3,000 debt on my credit card.
Will any of this go against me?

(If it helps, with my credit card debt I am not over my limit and am making and have been making payments to clear it off in several months time.)

Do I send off my application or wait till all the debt is clear?

Q2 ) What are the travel opportunities like with the RMR? Do you get the chance to go abroad much? i.e. Norway. Or is that only for the regular guys?

Q3 ) After training, can you volunteer for active service and how long would you be away for? i.e. If I have 4 months of free time and I’m up for it, will they ship me out and let me earn some £££ then send me back for afterwards or is there a minimum time you must serve i.e. 6 months duty etc.

Q4 ) What is the pay for active service like?

Thanks guys.

CoalFaceCnut2

P.S. KiloAlpha, I like your slideshow mate, would be good to see more of that kind of stuff, very interesting.

Posted: **Fri 05 Jan, 2007 4:21 am**

oryt fella, i read or was told by someone, that the limit was around 3000, not to sure tho, also i think RMR and other reserve forces get paid the same amount as the regs per day they work, also not 100% sure on this , i no this is true with TA, the best thing you can do is ring your afco up, they wont bite there sound people in the know, a few of them are toffs but the rest are quality, basicaly id fook uni of and join full time, but im not tax dodging

and your not me so....'sup to you!

nyty nyt x x x x

smudge

Posted: **Fri 05 Jan, 2007 7:10 am**

A overseas tour is normally 6 months with 3 months operational training before hand and a month or so leave afterwards .Thats for the ta anyway
would think the rmr would be similiar.So with 4 months spare your not going to the sand pit .May have the chance to attach yourself to a big exercise somewhere or do a long course.

Posted: **Fri 05 Jan, 2007 11:20 am**

im currently at uni(too late to f@#k it off now

) and when i finish (this year) il owe something in the region of 13 grand! this is purely loan from the slc/government,so will it count towards my debt as i only have to pay it back at a small percentage of whatever i earn over say 1500 a year if that makes sense-works out usually approx 5 pound a week once you start work.personally ive got no debt to loan companies or credit cards etc so will i still have to declare my student loan??

Posted: **Fri 05 Jan, 2007 11:24 am**

CoalfaceCnut2 wrote:I am a university student so I owe tuition fees that the government borrows me till I graduate and I also have a £3,000 debt on my credit card.

I have £9000 student loan, but this does not come into the picture as you only start paying back when you earn £15k or more which won't happen whilst you are at CTC.

I have a question for you. If you are still a student then why did you not take out the £3k per annum student loan? Why the credit card instead?

Posted: **Fri 05 Jan, 2007 11:24 am**

Declare everything! If you dont they could discharge you plus its for your benefit.

I told them about my student loan. You will be earning under the threshold anyway so no repayments

Posted: **Fri 05 Jan, 2007 1:34 pm**

CoalfaceCnut2 wrote: P.S. KiloAlpha, I like your slideshow mate, would be good to see more of that kind of stuff, very interesting.

Good to hear someone likes it, people were asking for pics of training and stuff so i thought i might aswell help out and all. Thanks for the praise.

Posted: **Fri 05 Jan, 2007 1:38 pm**

KiloAlpha - is the long room with row after row of beds in the foundation block?

(Oh, and I agree with the other guy - its a great idea and some good pics on there too)

Posted: **Fri 05 Jan, 2007 1:42 pm**

KiloAlpha wrote:
CoalfaceCnut2 wrote: P.S. KiloAlpha, I like your slideshow mate, would be good to see more of that kind of stuff, very interesting.
Good to hear someone likes it, people were asking for pics of training and stuff so i thought i might aswell help out and all. Thanks for the praise.

Great pics there mate, thanks

Posted: **Fri 05 Jan, 2007 2:33 pm**

JCAP3 wrote:
KiloAlpha wrote:
CoalfaceCnut2 wrote: P.S. KiloAlpha, I like your slideshow mate, would be good to see more of that kind of stuff, very interesting.
Good to hear someone likes it, people were asking for pics of training and stuff so i thought i might aswell help out and all. Thanks for the praise.
Great pics there mate, thanks

Nice slide show. I like the way everywhere you look in the foundation block there is an iron.

Posted: **Fri 05 Jan, 2007 2:47 pm**

To answer your question mate, don't worry about your student debts, just put down everything that you owe, it won't hold you back at all. I imagine it's looking for anyone that may have significant monetary debts that may cause a problem, they understand what your finances will be like as a student. Best of luck.

Posted: **Fri 05 Jan, 2007 3:01 pm**

LostandFound wrote:KiloAlpha - is the long room with row after row of beds in the foundation block?

(Oh, and I agree with the other guy - its a great idea and some good pics on there too)

Yep the long room with bed after bed is foundation, to avode confusement there is two sides to the room with lockers back to back housing around 30 each side (i dont know if i showed this very well in the slideshow).

Cheers for the support boys.

Posted: **Wed 10 Jan, 2007 4:24 pm**

Thanks for the response fellas. Just one question left though for anyone in the know.

What are the travel opportunities like in the RMR? is travel only for the regs?

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