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Passed Selection

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Passed Selection

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hey guys i passed selection today at ADSC Lichfield.
did prity well and got offered my job in the infantry, just gota wait to get my date now but ive been told early April :D
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Post by Dixie66 »

Congratulations....is that a standard waiting period between selection and phase 1 or case by case?

cheers
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hey thanks a lot :)

prity much a case by case, depending on intake or avaliability of the job you have chosen :D
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Congrats man. I just came back from there last week passed for the guards, got told april aswell because its like the start of the new recruiting year or something, tempted to go back and try for paras though.
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MEDICAL - pased
INTERVEIW - passed
ADSC - passed
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cheers nick09, congrats to you too for passing.
well you should have a good think about it, you dont wanna be stuck doing something you dont wanna do :D
only you can decide dont let anyone push you either way :)
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Well done mate, i start in 17 days aswell. Same regiment aswell 2 royal anglian the poachers, good luck mate all the best.
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Post by Dawber »

Congrats on passing mate was it easier than you thought it was going to be or harder? and did you get a dental check up?
BARB - Passed
Basic Skills - Complete
Reg Choice - The Duke Of Lancaster's
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silas wrote:cheers nick09, congrats to you too for passing.
well you should have a good think about it, you dont wanna be stuck doing something you dont wanna do :D
only you can decide dont let anyone push you either way :)
Thanks :) had a nice long chat to my ACIO today and decided that im gonna stay and go for the guards parachute plantoon, then maybe attempt a transfer over in a few years which im happy with.

Also got my date today .. 5th April.. maybe you might get the same.
BARB - passed
MEDICAL - pased
INTERVEIW - passed
ADSC - passed
INTAKE - 5th april
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cheers guys.
it was exactly as i was expecting as im a rejoiner so done it all b4.
If you have done your homework and got your fitness to a good level selection is no problem. you dont have to be super fit, just show really good effort and team working skills. and lots of respect for you training staff :D
got my intake date aswell today and as soon as i finish at ITC ill be going to germany wohoo :D
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Post by tobyj »

Just reading over this, and im sure weve said this before. there is no dental check at Selection.
BARB Test: Passed
Basic Skills: Passed
Written Medical: Passed
Interviews: Passed
ADSC: - Passed
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tobyj wrote:Just reading over this, and im sure weve said this before. there is no dental check at Selection.
this is true Dawber but there will be one in the medicals first week of phaze one or cic whichever your doing. so make sure everything is done by then or they could be funny about it
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Ahh, i didnt know you had one when you go for Basic.
BARB Test: Passed
Basic Skills: Passed
Written Medical: Passed
Interviews: Passed
ADSC: - Passed
Intake - 1st March
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Post by maunder123 »

Just make sure you get to the dentist before you start. ask for all fillings and removals etc when you go and just get its all ship-ship :P
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Post by Dawber »

oh right so theres one at basic, what happens if you havent got all your dental done?
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A best book then, i aint been in nearly a year.
BARB Test: Passed
Basic Skills: Passed
Written Medical: Passed
Interviews: Passed
ADSC: - Passed
Intake - 1st March
Choosen Regiment - The Coldstream Guards
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