Good morning all it’s my goal to be a Royal Marine Commando and hears my story thus far
Having recently applied to join the RAF as a WSOp(Weapon System Operator) and failed to even make the filter interview stage due to lack of life skills. I’ve decided to get back into a normal routine and settle back into a basic job and peruse my original ambition of been a Royal Marine Commando. After seeing the RAF recruitment campaign on TV and noticing they where after ICT Techs’ (my field) I phoned up for a brochure but after having a good read thought and reading a lot of diary’s from people currently in service as techs it didn’t seem it was all it was cracked up to be, thus I ended up applying for WSOp EW (electronic warfare). Obviously a big mistake as it was way out my league and not of a particular interest, having never left the county and not having any flying experience or anything in my past pointing towards WSOp they turned me down promptly. They told me to apply for something else or come back in a year with some life skills to which I asked what specifically and was told to help grannies across the road and delivery meals on wheels. (Got to admire their humour)
My reason for not applying for the Royal Marines in the first place was due to an ongoing sporting injury and knowing it would take me a good while to recover and get to a level of fitness required for the RM. After the lengthy process of waiting to hear from the RAF I am pretty much mended to a point where I can train adequately to the stature of a commando and won’t let anything side track me.
This brings me to my questions and the needing of your advice before I pick up the phone and get the ball rolling again. I passed the main subjects in school and along my journey have gained a qualification in plumbing and 2 IT qualifications 1 of which is the equivalent to an A level.
I never attended Uni and all the jobs I’ve worked in the past have been of a part time, get by stature. (supermarkets, labourer etc) I didn’t attend any youth organisations as a child and don’t have any team leading skills per say. I’ve taught IT in the past voluntarily as well as MMA (mixed martial arts) but as life skills go at least on the RAF side of things that’s not adequate.
What should I do, or what do I need to do to gain some life experience before applying for the RM and will have applying for the RAF and been knocked back effect my RM application. In my eyes it doesn’t look clever going for two totally different careers. For reference I won’t be applying for RM for at least a few months.
I’m assuming (not always the best thing to do) that Ninja or RMRO would be the best people to answer this, but all views and opinions are welcome however harsh they may be and thank you in advance for you input.
Don
Having recently applied to join the RAF as a WSOp(Weapon System Operator) and failed to even make the filter interview stage due to lack of life skills. I’ve decided to get back into a normal routine and settle back into a basic job and peruse my original ambition of been a Royal Marine Commando. After seeing the RAF recruitment campaign on TV and noticing they where after ICT Techs’ (my field) I phoned up for a brochure but after having a good read thought and reading a lot of diary’s from people currently in service as techs it didn’t seem it was all it was cracked up to be, thus I ended up applying for WSOp EW (electronic warfare). Obviously a big mistake as it was way out my league and not of a particular interest, having never left the county and not having any flying experience or anything in my past pointing towards WSOp they turned me down promptly. They told me to apply for something else or come back in a year with some life skills to which I asked what specifically and was told to help grannies across the road and delivery meals on wheels. (Got to admire their humour)
My reason for not applying for the Royal Marines in the first place was due to an ongoing sporting injury and knowing it would take me a good while to recover and get to a level of fitness required for the RM. After the lengthy process of waiting to hear from the RAF I am pretty much mended to a point where I can train adequately to the stature of a commando and won’t let anything side track me.
This brings me to my questions and the needing of your advice before I pick up the phone and get the ball rolling again. I passed the main subjects in school and along my journey have gained a qualification in plumbing and 2 IT qualifications 1 of which is the equivalent to an A level.
I never attended Uni and all the jobs I’ve worked in the past have been of a part time, get by stature. (supermarkets, labourer etc) I didn’t attend any youth organisations as a child and don’t have any team leading skills per say. I’ve taught IT in the past voluntarily as well as MMA (mixed martial arts) but as life skills go at least on the RAF side of things that’s not adequate.
What should I do, or what do I need to do to gain some life experience before applying for the RM and will have applying for the RAF and been knocked back effect my RM application. In my eyes it doesn’t look clever going for two totally different careers. For reference I won’t be applying for RM for at least a few months.
I’m assuming (not always the best thing to do) that Ninja or RMRO would be the best people to answer this, but all views and opinions are welcome however harsh they may be and thank you in advance for you input.
Don
