Territorial Army (TA)

i think you (ex cpl RE) should be ashamed. Women play a big part in the armed forces, any corps should have women, infantry have women as medics, clerks, chefs etc thats right its the way it should be. i think youre a sad man, who obviosly doesnt get any attention from women especially the ones in green, which is why you have to say that. Iam in the RE, yes at the moment iam a stab, but i work full time for them. which i have done for 3/4 of the time i have served. i am in the process of joining the regular army, and iam easily qualified for jobs in RE regular. As iam a qualified draughsman and the skill does transfer to draughsman RE class 2 or 1 equivilent. Thats ...  Read the complete review

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

oh well ,wot are u all going on about yah mate meet me in the field then? and see whot a woman can dooooo; ha ha ,my cilt is biger than your balls,so wot and were not 10000% brithish

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