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Originally Posted by pensionprisoner

Originally Posted by sparky8

Yes this is ARRSE, however this is a sticky thread in the REME forum. It is not the Naafi bar, where people a hell of a lot funnier than you contribute. The idea behind making this is a sticky is that people can ask current soldiers what life is like, something they can't get on the Army public website. Don't you get it?

Thank you for your contribution so far, I see that after 30 posts and 2 months of being a member you are so up your own arrse that you see fit to tell regular users how to do it!

Thanks 4 all the kind comments they are really appreciated, however, u give me a good reason why techs in this day and age should be promoted on time as opposed to the rest of the REME who are promoted on merit alone. Maybe its retention, if so why arnt trades like metal smiths or vms promoted on time as they r seriously undermanned.
Please dont try to tell me that it bring them on a par with their counterparts in civvy street as this is total ARRSE.
its nice to see that you have been snooping on my profile agent sculler, however i must goto the NAAFI board as ordered to polish up on my sense of humour and maybe swear a little. Oh by the way ill be the one wearing the pips!!!
bye
bye
p.s) if u dont like another users honest opinion dont ask for it!!

pensionprisoner, I can honestly say that i am glad i dont work for you....if you are indeed a pip wearer. FFS you should be promoting this Corps regardless of trade. I think you are a failed tech all bitter and twisted who had to travel on that lonely road to Bordon. I would be very suprised if you are who you say you are. Take time to think about whether you are better off OUT as your negative attitute stinks.
p.s another users honest opinion TTFN until the next bone post

Originally Posted by arrse90

Originally Posted by pensionprisoner

Originally Posted by sparky8

Yes this is ARRSE, however this is a sticky thread in the REME forum. It is not the Naafi bar, where people a hell of a lot funnier than you contribute. The idea behind making this is a sticky is that people can ask current soldiers what life is like, something they can't get on the Army public website. Don't you get it?

Thank you for your contribution so far, I see that after 30 posts and 2 months of being a member you are so up your own arrse that you see fit to tell regular users how to do it!

Thanks 4 all the kind comments they are really appreciated, however, u give me a good reason why techs in this day and age should be promoted on time as opposed to the rest of the REME who are promoted on merit alone. Maybe its retention, if so why arnt trades like metal smiths or vms promoted on time as they r seriously undermanned.
Please dont try to tell me that it bring them on a par with their counterparts in civvy street as this is total ARRSE.
its nice to see that you have been snooping on my profile agent sculler, however i must goto the NAAFI board as ordered to polish up on my sense of humour and maybe swear a little. Oh by the way ill be the one wearing the pips!!!
bye
bye
p.s) if u dont like another users honest opinion dont ask for it!!

pensionprisoner, I can honestly say that i am glad i dont work for you....if you are indeed a pip wearer. FFS you should be promoting this Corps regardless of trade. I think you are a failed tech all bitter and twisted who had to travel on that lonely road to Bordon. I would be very suprised if you are who you say you are. Take time to think about whether you are better off OUT as your negative attitute stinks.
p.s another users honest opinion TTFN until the next bone post

He isn't commissioned. He couldn't even spell the word let alone use a road map to find Camberley.

Originally Posted by pensionprisoner

1. Join the army do 18 months trg and come out as a Lcpl
.....blah.....blah....
4. do guard 2IC whilst the other trades who have a few years longer stag on in the cold.....more sh1te........

I joined up a while ago with a VM and he got his LCpl before me, he actually came back to Bordon just as I was finishing my basic course wearing it. Maybe it had something to do with the 18 month basic course that I had to complete (staging on the gate at Bordon) or that he was already half qualified when he joined, but whatever, you are talking sh1te.

Originally Posted by pensionprisoner

Originally Posted by sparky8

Yes this is ARRSE, however this is a sticky thread in the REME forum. It is not the Naafi bar, where people a hell of a lot funnier than you contribute. The idea behind making this is a sticky is that people can ask current soldiers what life is like, something they can't get on the Army public website. Don't you get it?

Thank you for your contribution so far, I see that after 30 posts and 2 months of being a member you are so up your own arrse that you see fit to tell regular users how to do it!

Thanks 4 all the kind comments they are really appreciated, however, u give me a good reason why techs in this day and age should be promoted on time as opposed to the rest of the REME who are promoted on merit alone. Maybe its retention, if so why arnt trades like metal smiths or vms promoted on time as they r seriously undermanned.
Please dont try to tell me that it bring them on a par with their counterparts in civvy street as this is total ARRSE.
its nice to see that you have been snooping on my profile agent sculler, however i must goto the NAAFI board as ordered to polish up on my sense of humour and maybe swear a little. Oh by the way ill be the one wearing the pips!!!
bye
bye
p.s) if u dont like another users honest opinion dont ask for it!!

Instead of trying to p*ss on a helpful thread for those who have asked a specific question why not start one on your specific trade to try and help those interested in REME? If you are a bearer of pips this may prove more fruitful than your contribution to this thread so far!!

I did 24 years in REME, tech tels by trade and was using a mixture of experience, techncal qualifications and man management skills mostly by the time I left as an ASM in a DLO/DPA role. Never did the degree thing (started but never finished the same route as Sparky) but it hasn't hindered me to date.

Now work in the defence industry in a support role and deal with both military and civil servants in a similar role that I used to perform on a daily basis. Confirmation that the skills you learn throughout your career may well lead you into the second career after the military. You may however choose a completely different second career.

The info in the para above included just to show those trying to decide which route to take that it can lead to a full and interesting military career and beyond.

Good luck in whatever choice you make - just be sure to explore all your options before you commit. I joined many years ago with the intention of being a REME driver or Recce Mech. Thankfully someone pointed out the additional benefits in the route I finally selected.

Originally Posted by All_I_Want

Originally Posted by pensionprisoner

1. Join the army do 18 months trg and come out as a Lcpl
.....blah.....blah....
4. do guard 2IC whilst the other trades who have a few years longer stag on in the cold.....more sh1te........

I joined up a while ago with a VM and he got his LCpl before me, he actually came back to Bordon just as I was finishing my basic course wearing it. Maybe it had something to do with the 18 month basic course that I had to complete (staging on the gate at Bordon) or that he was already half qualified when he joined, but whatever, you are talking sh1te.

Or u r just a completely pooh at your job!!!

Originally Posted by pensionprisoner

Originally Posted by All_I_Want

Originally Posted by pensionprisoner

1. Join the army do 18 months trg and come out as a Lcpl
.....blah.....blah....
4. do guard 2IC whilst the other trades who have a few years longer stag on in the cold.....more sh1te........

I joined up a while ago with a VM and he got his LCpl before me, he actually came back to Bordon just as I was finishing my basic course wearing it. Maybe it had something to do with the 18 month basic course that I had to complete (staging on the gate at Bordon) or that he was already half qualified when he joined, but whatever, you are talking sh1te.

Or u r just a completely pooh at your job!!!

You are a total throbber are you not? It makes no difference as you say above, I was not going to get promoted before I had finished my basic course was I? Either you are a wind up merchant or totally dense.

Don't feed the Troll guys.

Just to further bust a myth about how easy Techs get their promotion, on the previous Cfn-LCpl promotion board, a young VM was promoted on his first CR. Now firstly let me say bl00dy well done to that lad, obviously had a stellar year and I am in no way belittling his achievement.
If you look at it another way, this lad would have had his first LCpl tape at about the same time as his tech peers from basic training, I wonder if he is any more mature or ready for his elevation to JNCO.

Originally Posted by sparky8

Don't feed the Troll guys.

Just to further bust a myth about how easy Techs get their promotion, on the previous Cfn-LCpl promotion board, a young VM was promoted on his first CR. Now firstly let me say bl00dy well done to that lad, obviously had a stellar year and I am in no way belittling his achievement.
If you look at it another way, this lad would have had his first LCpl tape at about the same time as his tech peers from basic training, I wonder if he is any more mature or ready for his elevation to JNCO.

Well done to the VM, however i dont think it is correct for people to use time served from basic training as an example, fair enough VM trg is shorter than a techs, however they are not in the field army. using this way of thinking a cfn who sits in arborfield or bordon for a couple of months due to waiting for a course etc should have this time accounted for even before they arrive at thier first unit. What if someone is intjured in trade trg and is sick for 6 months, should this time be counted. some vm crafties spend more time in bordon waiting for courses etc than a tech does. should they be awarded lcpl at the end of the vm course (which still happens in the majority of cases). The fact remains that for the majority a tape is awarded at a time when it is not merited.

example in 99% of the cases
tech does 18 months in Arborfield picks up lcpl upon posting
vm goes to bordon same time waits for a course, does a course etc finishes 6 months earlier than the tech goes to field army and is lucky to pick up in 2nd year.

doing the maths who is being disadvantaged.

OK then, lets debate this. How do you propose that we should do the career structure of a technician. From your posts it seems that you aren't a tech so you may find it a little difficult to put yourself in their shoes.
Now from my own perspective, I only joined the army because I wanted to use it as a stepping stone to joining the police after 3 years hence why I was never all that fussed about what my promotion path or qualifications were.
Part of my job now is to give induction visits to all new Cfn technicians that arrive at SEAE. Without a doubt the majority of guys and girls want a decent qualification from their service. Few seem overly concerned or aware of their promotion perhaps it is because it is still a way away and they live in the now.
So from that we need to keep the academic side up so that we can get them acreditation to an outside educational body. Once they have that, what is the carrot to keep them in the army if we dont get them acelerated promotion? Love of the job? Well at the moment all I seem to hear is that Technicians, especially class 2, are underworked and feel undervalued on the shop floor. Add to that the fact that the job is less and less technical and more and more vehicle electrics. So love of the job is a hard one to justify at the moment.