Hi all,
I was originally planning on trying out for the regulars once fit, however, I had a set back with a leg injury which took forever to heal but now all sorted, and I’ve also had a good career opportunity (job and qualification) on civvie street come up that I would be silly to not take.
The above has made me consider trying to join RMR instead of the regulars, as this is the only way of being able to achieve everything that I want (providing I have what it takes, of course).
My questions in regards to RMR are:
1 - Are they respected by the regular guys?
2 - Is there scope to go regulars after a few years? If not, how do the 12 months contracts work that you can do.
3 - Do you actually do everything that’s in the 32 week course on your reserve course?
4 - Will the reserves get the same ‘new’ kit as the regulars? (bit of a bones question I know, but who doesn’t want the best kit?)
5 - Do you get the same sense of ‘brotherhood’ in the reserves as you do in the regulars?
6 - What specialisations can you do? I’ve seen the few listed on the website but I’m assuming that’s not exhaustive.
7 - Do you get to go on many exercises overseas, or is that only if you’re attached to a regular unit for a year.
8 - Are most training sessions done at your local unit as the nearest detachment for me is Merseyside, but I live about 2 hours away from there.
9 - What is life like at a RMR unit once you’ve got your green lid?
10 - Do you get to do adventurous training in the reserves?
Thanks all for taking the time out to read my post and hopefully answer some of my questions.
I was originally planning on trying out for the regulars once fit, however, I had a set back with a leg injury which took forever to heal but now all sorted, and I’ve also had a good career opportunity (job and qualification) on civvie street come up that I would be silly to not take.
The above has made me consider trying to join RMR instead of the regulars, as this is the only way of being able to achieve everything that I want (providing I have what it takes, of course).
My questions in regards to RMR are:
1 - Are they respected by the regular guys?
2 - Is there scope to go regulars after a few years? If not, how do the 12 months contracts work that you can do.
3 - Do you actually do everything that’s in the 32 week course on your reserve course?
4 - Will the reserves get the same ‘new’ kit as the regulars? (bit of a bones question I know, but who doesn’t want the best kit?)
5 - Do you get the same sense of ‘brotherhood’ in the reserves as you do in the regulars?
6 - What specialisations can you do? I’ve seen the few listed on the website but I’m assuming that’s not exhaustive.
7 - Do you get to go on many exercises overseas, or is that only if you’re attached to a regular unit for a year.
8 - Are most training sessions done at your local unit as the nearest detachment for me is Merseyside, but I live about 2 hours away from there.
9 - What is life like at a RMR unit once you’ve got your green lid?
10 - Do you get to do adventurous training in the reserves?
Thanks all for taking the time out to read my post and hopefully answer some of my questions.