When I went into my 5th year at University, I was getting a bit sick and tired of supporting myself financially by doing the regular, boring, dead-end part-time jobs that students usually get. I'd heard of the Officer Training Corps and although I'd always fancied myself as a bit of a G.I. Jane type, I also figured that I wasn't cut out for it at all. I went along to the open night, however, just to be nosy, and ended up joining up which was the best decision of my life. The OTC is classified as Territorial Army, but is classified as Class B, therefore it is very unlikely that anyone that was part of it would ever be called up. Also, you can only join if you ...  Read the complete review

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After spending the night under a poncho that was suspended from bungee's and sleeping on a flimsy roll mat, I was not fully refreshed and ready for action when I crawled out from under the basha. However, a few cups of ration tea later and a barely cooked breakfast I was packed, locked and cocked ready for another full day at the "office". The troops had already been assembled thanks to my Platoon Sergeant and we were trudging along a snow covered Scottish hillside up by Aylth, NW of Dundee. We were heading out to attack a few positions, perform a recce and set up an ambush. The weather was not in our favour. Snow saturated our ...  Read the complete review

I've been in the TA over seven years now and my attitude to it has developed the whole time. When I first joined it was because a friend persuaded me to go along, I was at college and not at all interested in the military but I went along out of curiousity. What I found was a group of people from all sorts of different backgrounds who have a sense of adventure, want to do something constructive with their spare time and develop themselves personally. In my unit there are plumbers, IT experts, motorcycle couriers, students, a millionaire, psychiatrists, and loads more. The first few years to me it was just a hobby (although you get paid for it) - you go along ...  Read the complete review

This opinion may offend. As a former member of the regular and terrortorial army (CORPORAL, CORPS ROYAL ENGINEERS) I have come to the conclusion that the whole spirit of the S.T.A.B.s has been taken away. This has happened because of two reasons. The first one is the influx of women into teeth arms, if women want to play soldiers they should, either join the ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS or buy an action man. The efficency of a section / troop squadron and possibly even a regiment, is dictated by it's weakest link. A woman does not have the ability or the aggressive motivation, eg, a woman is not capable of man-packing Milan or Gimpy to a location, or being ...  Read the complete review