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**Bushmills** · 26-01-2012, 03:52

Originally Posted by quiller

"Bushmills"
"regional"
"similar ethos to the Yeomanry"
"high quality recruits"
"trooper"

If you are not in the North Irish Horse already then it seems you really want to be, wait out on on the new NW Sqn.

Might be a bit hard for me to get to commute to drill nights.

However, if you need help setting up a "Light horse" Sqn give me a shout.

**XRE_987** · 26-01-2012, 04:11

Originally Posted by FORMER_FYRDMAN

...

If you decide to stay in, I'd give it a while and see how the next 24 months develop. I resigned from the Regs because I didn't fancy flirting with alchoholism on the plains of Northern Germany while the rest of my contemporaries built interesting careers elsewhere. No sooner had I left than the Wall came down, Saddam came out to play and the Army embarked on the most challenging 20 years of its post-war existence. Take your time, have a look at all the options and don't do anything in haste. That said, if after all that you really have had enough, don't waste any more time on it and move on to pastures new.

I'm with FFD on this. Give it some time. It's difficult knowing exactly what you're signing up for until you get there, but look at the options arrsers are suggesting here, and think about what you want. I left because I was bored (and the alcoholism thing) on the plains of Southern England. I was 6 - 24 months away from from my CoW course but got impatient. I did try to tell them I'd leave if I wasn't placed soon... seems the Army doesn't respond well to blackmail and, of course, I couldn't back down...

- Regrets, I've had a few... -

Don't have any of your own.

**polar** · 26-01-2012, 07:22

Originally Posted by sundance

Nope not a scaley.

What corps? Although I'm using scaley as reference.

I can't really see why TA DE officers in Sigs can't deploy in junior posts. Roles are similar to non technical manager/project manager. It's only when you'd ask a signals troop to fix bayonets (sorry... having a laugh here), do you see difference between regular and TA. Otherwise a properly selected regular or TA DE officer should have similar experience - some more than others but not sure which.

The technical managers are regular/TA LE Supervisors or TA PQO officers, I would drop TA LE supervisors off this list for the normal non deployment of TA subbie reasons (and the TA supervisors aren't being trained properly/seriously) .

**One_of_the_strange** · 26-01-2012, 10:04

Originally Posted by theblindking

Quite right - I don't know which coy but 5MI have a presence in Lisburn. You could keep your commision and get a tour in, though doing what fuck knows.
I don't know what the INT Corps attitude to ex-commissioned ranks joining as soldiers is. OOTS can probably elaborate seeing as he did IPB for the Claudian Invasion - apparently the INTWO for XX Legion was a right bastard.

Charming. I'm not quite that old you know, when I joined we were grappling with this whole new fangled gunpowder thing and what it might do to the battlefield. And wasn't Rebel the INTWO ? He's always seemed OK to me.

More seriously, I have no idea what we do these days about recruitment, attitudes etc. Seems a shame to bin something that's taken so much effort to acquire though.

**forniup** · 26-01-2012, 17:53

Originally Posted by squigeypie

Transfer to the QOY do a FAC course, which will be open to you, get your live ordinance done, join JTAC for H18/19

job jobbed.

Except for that isn't job jobbed at all. QOY have no PID's for Forward Air Controllers so it is not "open to you" nor will you get on the course.

To do so you would need to get mobilised to do the course which would involve convincing the Arty Regt deploying (or in QOY case the Formation Recce Regt) to give you a FAC PID and mobilise you.

It is also not as simple as getting live ordnance done.
If I was you I wouldn't advise people in something you clearly know sod all about

**squigeypie** · 26-01-2012, 19:15

Originally Posted by forniup

Except for that isn't job jobbed at all. QOY have no PID's for Forward Air Controllers so it is not "open to you" nor will you get on the course.

To do so you would need to get mobilised to do the course which would involve convincing the Arty Regt deploying (or in QOY case the Formation Recce Regt) to give you a FAC PID and mobilise you.

It is also not as simple as getting live ordnance done.
If I was you I wouldn't advise people in something you clearly know sod all about

Well excuse me, better make that the RY and RWxY then, they have and continue to have people doing this on a regular basis, officers too. Infact there is a course ongoing currently(3pax for H16 ) and persons lined up to a FAC cse for H18 , and yes you have to mobilise you cant learn this in 2 weeks. I only said QOY 'cause the OP is from NI, sorry there not in the loop.

Knob

**forniup** · 26-01-2012, 20:21

Originally Posted by squigeypie

Well excuse me, better make that the RY and RWxY then, they have and continue to have people doing this on a regular basis, officers too. Infact there is a course ongoing currently(3pax for H16 ) and persons lined up to a FAC cse for H18 , and yes you have to mobilise you cant learn this in 2 weeks. I only said QOY 'cause the OP is from NI, sorry there not in the loop.

Knob

No Yeomanry Regiments have PID's for FAC's. Although they have had a couple of officers do this on earlier Herricks they most definatley do not have people doing this on a regular basis. People on the course now will not be deploying on H16 or H17 for that matter as there isn't enough time for them to complete all the necessary currency training as well as PDT. In fact the only TA FAC for H17 is a HAC officer.
I am well aware how long the course is and am also aware that you are talking out of your hoop.