army based jobs

[ATI_7500]

You don't want to know, believe me...

[Hagar]

If you're serious about this I think your best bet is to enquire at your local Army Cadet unit. I'm sure they will welcome you with open arms & you will get some idea of what you'll be letting yourself in for with no obligations. This is a typical unit. http://www.somersetacf.org.uk/Whoweare.html
Your local unit doesn't appear to have a website. Here's the details. http://www.digitalbristol.org/members/shireweb/U/armycad.htm

If you have any interest in aviation the ATC might suit you better. http://192.5.30.122/aircadets/atc_index.html

[Woodlouse2002]

Pre NATO they were known as Officers groundsheets. Probably still are.

[spitfire boy]

This is probably the best way known to man of putting a female off the army. [sarcasm]well done everybody[/sarcasm]

[Hagar]

This is probably the best way known to man of putting a female off the army. [sarcasm]well done everybody[/sarcasm]

I'm not trying to put anyone off but I think this needs some careful consideration. Army life doesn't suit everyone & it would definitely not be my first choice of career in the current situation.

[geckos_ftw]

i dont have a clue what theyre on about, but knowing you blokes favour certain...ahem...activities...i think i may have a vague idea...  ;) dont worry, im pretty hard to dissuade from something once i have my eye on it, no matter what it entails.

stubborn as a mule (though much prettier  ;) )

sophie  ::)

[geckos_ftw]

If you're serious about this I think your best bet is to enquire at your local Army Cadet unit. I'm sure they will welcome you with open arms & you will get some idea of what you'll be letting yourself in for with no obligations. This is a typical unit. http://www.somersetacf.org.uk/Whoweare.html
Your local unit doesn't appear to have a website. Here's the details. http://www.digitalbristol.org/members/shireweb/U/armycad.htm

If you have any interest in aviation the ATC might suit you better. http://192.5.30.122/aircadets/atc_index.html

thank you hagar, i am looking into army cadets at the moment, i just have to try to find the details...
i have a couple of mates in the local air cadets..i shall talk to them also i think.

[ATI_7500]

This is probably the best way known to man of putting a female off the army.

Just telling her the truth.


A woman can be the nicest girlfriend/fiancee/wife/mother in their civilian life, but as soon as they start basic training, they start being like fangirls for the young upper ranks.

Seen it, experienced it, nearly fell for it.

[Woodlouse2002]

Seen it, experienced it, nearly fell for it.

What did the charming officer offer you for your services?

[geckos_ftw]

This is probably the best way known to man of putting a female off the army.

Just telling her the truth.


A woman can be the nicest girlfriend/fiancee/wife/mother in their civilian life, but as soon as they start basic training, they start being like fangirls for the young upper ranks.

Seen it, experienced it, nearly fell for it.

so they turn into the groupies of the armed forces?

[H]

[quote][quote]what exactly is a commission?
and what is the advantage of obtaining one?
curiosity cannot be cured
sophie

[ATI_7500]

so they turn into the groupies of the armed forces?

More into voluntry matresses for their superiors and comerades.

[geckos_ftw]

hmm....well, i'm not put off. nor am i worried about that. i think it's good that i know this prior to joining so i know what to avoid, so it's not a bad thing you've said.

thanks.  :)
sophie

[ATI_7500]

I'm not putting down women in the army in gerneral, but there really seem to be two types. One that's only in for the sake of it and one that really wants to pursue their military career.

Like the girl that was only 1.60m tall, but nearly did the 30km march in the same time as me (we were 5 minutes apart). After basic, she got posted to the mountain infantry.
Or the female paratrooper seargeant who was the only woman in her company...here being noted that the paratroopers are the sickest and most sexist part of the Heer.

[geckos_ftw]

id be joining because im sick of everyone putting me down  :-[ . i figured that the army would give me a fresh start and bleach my head of all the impurities that people have installed.
im sick of being the rejected one. i figured that if i joined, id meet some other girls who are like me, and some guys who dont care that im capable of dump tackling them. desk work doesnt suit me, and because of my personality im pretty much shunted in society. if it weren't for Akula id have no friends at school. as it is, im being forced in to stuff i dont want to do, and i feel that im going nowhere. i want to do something with my life, go somewhere, be part of an active team. im fed up with having to care about what everyone else thinks of me. i cant go to school, don my pe kit and start playing games roughly. i get called a man by people because im a less feminine person and im fed up with it  >:( . i prettymuch suck at all sports that require speed, but i do really well if something needs stubbornness and determination.. also, ive thought and thought about what job options i have and i just cant find anything that i want to do because nothing is outdoorsey enough, or active enough. i say to myself "do you really want to be sitting behind a desk for the rest of your life filing paper?"  :-?  and i know that i dont. ive researched various jobs and nothing suits me. im musical artistic and tomboyish. the music and art industry are very unstable and talent is pi$$ taken when you try to shine through the reams of unskilled tw@ts who get up there.

basically, i want a fresh start, clean slate and the oppertunity to work hard in any weather condition. ive looked at myself and the required personality traits, and it just fits. i get really angry sometimes, and ive found (when at scouts) when i tackle something like, for instance an assault course, that i can focus all my rage at that obstacle and i get through it. i feel embarrassed to just be myself and i know thats not right. in scouts i was able to free myself, and it was good because i excelled on things like night hikes, and camping weekends. it pains me a lot that i have to bottle my true self up and be this...false person. its difficult to keep up, and i thought that if i joined the armed forces, i could just be myself, and achieve what i want to achieve not what someone else wants me to achieve.

its kinda complicated, but i want to join so i can have the freedom of not being tied to a filing cabinet for the rest of my life  ;)

as i said im gonna join the local army cadets and get a taster and sort my A-levels out so i have a plan B should i decide that i was wrong.

stubborn as a mule,
determined to the end
and crazy as it gets
sophie  ::)  :P