ARmy Rumour SErvice

What do you want to do? Which one does that? There's your answer.

Do you think this is the right place for an unbiased opinion?

You've heard great things about 4/73? I have worked with a few of their blokes and they were good and knew their shit, however I know people that were attached to one of their troops on Herrick 6 and some who were in the same FOB and they didn't have a good word to say about them. I also did a course where all the examples of how not to do things were 4/73. Other people who had worked along side them on other tours and you'll never guess what, yep they didn't have a good thing to say about them either.

Phone up 4/73 and speak to their trg wing, they can tell you what sort of jobs the Bty do, then speak to the PF and they can tell you exactly what their role within 16X is and then make your decision from there.

thanks like i said all the good stuff came from them at 4/73 i was more towards pf thanks for the info

Both organisation would require you to write coherent patrol reports. Therefore I suggest you concentrate on learning to punctuate your sentences.

As to role while 16X PF have a clearly articulated role and enduring requirement, I suggest that the same is not true of 4/73 Bty. Given that the cold war is over and formation recce (including BRF) is done by the RAC recce regiments (with others attached/embedded), it is not really clear what 4/73 Bty are actually for; in the current economic environment this, may well mean that their future is less secure (than 16X PF).

thanks all info is greatfulf recieved , but the puntuation coment isnt true at the entry level

Go Royal Marines, stick your hand up for the specialist qualification 'Recconaisance Operator', after finishing your general duties (you may not get it first time though) Its a way into the Mountain Leader world, a branch that in my opinion deserves full Special Forces status. You'll get your jumps in, plenty of diving, gucci kit and weapons, a load of additional qualifications and bags of tours/exercises.

Plus chicks dig marines

no way ive heard how nails the ml course is and how crazy the lads are i agree with the sf status as i hear sb go on the course and fail

Originally Posted by bravolegend

no way ive heard how nails the ml course is and how crazy the lads are i agree with the sf status as i hear sb go on the course and fail

I've worked with both, at length but I suspect that's bollocks. They are 2 entirely different animals.

Have a look at this, it offers more than PF and 4/73 combined.

Brigade Patrol Troop - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

A further plus side is that once qualified you will be part of a unit considered as a Brigade Asset, that essentially means that you could end up anywhere, at any time and doing anything.