ARmy Rumour SErvice

Originally Posted by dannyboy1988m

hi everyone
ok so i applied for army in july passed barb, medical forms were cleared passed pre adsc and i thought it was adsc next but it seems that i have to do interview what is the interview about because i have already done 1 also when do you do the numercy/litercy test because i have not done that yet.

You've got your interview with the recruiter, and then the second with his boss, mine was with a warrant officer. It was pretty relaxed, just remember to say what he wants to hear, but don't lie or bend the truth and don't ramble on.
I hadn't done the numeracy or literacy tests either until the interview with the warrant officer. Bit unorganised. It's simple stuff, but I'm better at maths than English even though my GCSEs prove differently
Good luck not that you need it :D

Originally Posted by Johntheone

i've heard, near next to nothing for my P1, just a lil nervous like!

Same John, still waiting on the recruiter to say something, he said your looking at april onwards... don't get your hopes up he said, all the spaces reset on april because peoples contracts are up and they have to leave and new people have to join.

Am sure there will be quite alot of people dropping out because they don't want to wait around or something comes up for the people wanting to join, april or there-abouts is when your going in.

One thing I was wondering, most recruiters seem to be giving the "Because of the recession, you're looking at around April to start P1..." speech. Does that mean they are cutting back intakes until then to save money? Or do they just really have THAT vast amount of applications that April seems the most likely date? All a bit vague with not much info to back it up

i heard the the army is reaching its top manning thts why they are being selective and ths why you get graded on adsc i think thts the main reason and also there is no jobs. correct me if im wrong

Some time ago now a recruiter who regularly comes on here to give advice said that due to the recession the Army has seen a huge increase in the number of applicants, so training places are been loaded up at a fast rate. He also said that the with the rise in applicants the Army now has the luxury of been able to pick the cream of the crop and do not have to accept everybody that walks into the AFCO/ACIO.

Originally Posted by ash_p

One thing I was wondering, most recruiters seem to be giving the "Because of the recession, you're looking at around April to start P1..." speech. Does that mean they are cutting back intakes until then to save money? Or do they just really have THAT vast amount of applications that April seems the most likely date? All a bit vague with not much info to back it up

Um no, because of the recession (ie people with no jobs) have joined the army not because they want to, but because it was an open job in theory. So the point is, with all the influx of people, the army has to basically weed out those not suitable for the army. Its just taking longer because of the sheer amount of people joining up.

Originally Posted by ash_p

One thing I was wondering, most recruiters seem to be giving the "Because of the recession, you're looking at around April to start P1..." speech. Does that mean they are cutting back intakes until then to save money? Or do they just really have THAT vast amount of applications that April seems the most likely date? All a bit vague with not much info to back it up

Like every thing in life we are run on budgets and there is only so much money allocated to training. We are approx 100,000 fully manned and with the introduction of Veng contracts which allow old sods like me to stay in past 22 years and less people getting out the Army because of the recession there less places open as fewer soldiers are getting out. There is a massive rise in applicants at the moment so realistically the standards are the highest theyve been for a long time. All you can do is put in 100% at the ADSC and do everything the Recruiting staff/training staff and aDSOs ask of you and hope to get an A or B grade as anything else may not get you a place. Regarding more places coming available for April its because budget years are April to April so they then can allocate training places to wheres needed on the big recruiting calendar. Just do as your Recruiter tells you and you will be on the right track.

Hey everyone. I'm new here (obviously), but been lurking unregistered for the past few days.

I put my application in last week and have my BARB test on Tuesday, this is the 2nd time I applied the first time I broke my wrist on selection and got sent home and deffered :( (During a mess around with the lads I fell over a bag and fell awkward) and never went back (Informed AFCO) Well I'm back now and more determined to get in. I already have my job list in mind

1st: RAC: Tank Crewman (MBT)
2nd: RHA: Mounted Gunner (Kings Troop) (My older brother is there)
3rd: Infantry (Though may move this to 2nd before all is said and done)

Sadly it seems I've come at a bad time since it's going to take a while to everything to go through now it seems and well into next year before I'll get on basic I guess :(