Thread: The Rules

Here we are then, a dedicated forum for questions about AOSB, regimental selection boards, familiarisation visits, Sandhurst, interview technique, how much to bribe your ACA and so on. It would be nice if the old salts would spend some time giving potential officers the benefit of their vast experience.

The rules are as for the main officers' board, with the two following additions:

1. Try to remain calm in the face of naive and spacky questions: that's what this forum is all about.

2. Try not to post if you don't actually know the answer or part of it. Tips on passing AOSB from people who haven't passed AOSB are worse than useless; tips on Sandhurst from people who haven't been there ditto.

Now crack on.

New rule:

For the avoidance of doubt, banter is fine; egging potential officers - particularly women - on to post photos of themselves or do otherwise silly things is not. There is plenty of room elsewhere on the site for all that kind of stuff.

... and some advice:

Avoid using your real name when posting. These threads are read by members of AOSB boards and they may well be on the lookout for Tarquin Cholmondeley-Featherstonhaugh, Kevin Bloggs or Joan Hunter-Dunn as they pass through Westbury after asking particularly egregious questions here. Make any arrangements to meet by PM.

Please use the search function to ascertain whether your question has been asked before; it almost certainly has.

Right, I have a couple of questions but first a bit of background on moi. I'm final year in my first degree and have been in the OTC for a year. I'm finishing this degree and then going on at a different uni to study nursing. I want to join the army as an officer or soldier, I haven't decided yet but am currently looking into how to join as an officer.

There seem to be loads of stages and I'm a bit baffled. So, these familiarisation visits - how do you arrange them? Is it a case of contacting the regiment directly or doing it through the careers office?

Secondly, perhaps not so relevant to this section, is it the same process to apply for a bursary to be a nursing officer as any other officer? Because I know they do the tarts and vicars course and not the 44 week one..

Thirdly, do you think it matters that I'm already going to be receiving a bursary from the welsh govt?

Lastly, can I apply for a bursary even once I've started the degree?

Oh Christ and actually just one last thing. Does anyone know how much the AOSB is based around planex's and stuff because let's just say I need to work on it if so..

Cheers guys.