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He has got his parental consent....
Great news, Harrogate is absolutely the right place for him to go. Hopefully he can get into the right trade in Royal Signals, REME or RLC, do few years there then decide if he wants to stay long term. If he works hard and keeps his nose clean he'll have all the options open to him.
I quite like my job now and work with lots of nice people. But in the Army I used to laugh my t1ts off every single day and I miss it.
Good stuff it's a great caree choice, and compared to civy street over the next 5 years at least he will have an income. He will also get the opportunity to learn a trade. Well done.
Why can't he study Media at Trafford College? 
Bloody public sector with their golden plated pensions.
It's a shame people still join the army IMO.
What do you do Lifer?
Why?
I was in the Army.
(Salvation)
I wanted to join at 15 1/2 as a boy soldier (infantry). My dad wouldnt sign me over. So we compremised and i joint at 16 with a trade. It was great realy enjoyed myself.
Only done 6 years saw a lot of places and learnt alot about myself and what makes the world go round.
Its worth the experience and its a great life.
Let him go and find his feet in the world.
by the way, you can't just walk into engineering posts,
Well, by way of a little update a very proud (if slightly emotional) Dad and a gibbering wreck of a Mum, dropped of our eldest boy at Harrogate Army Foundation College this afternoon (Mothers Day of all days!)
It's a bit dusty in here....
Good luck and best wishes to your family. I'm sure your boy will thrive.
Great stuff! What Unit is he planning on joining? I can remember my parents dropping me off at the Junior Leaders Regiment in Bovington, Dorset, in June 1985 at the age of 16! I only managed to do 23 years, retiring at 40 😀
Hopefully, he will have a great time and get to see the rest of the world.
Cheers. He can't wait to get on with it. I found it all a bit weird.
We were all led into a large theatre where we had a presentation from the commanding officer where they told us what our children would be doing over the next year. After the presentation the recruits were all led from the room and we then went into a further presentation where they simply referred to them as "our junior soldiers" 🙂
Popocatapetl, he's opted for the Fusiliers (against my advice as he could have gone for the signals)
I'd have persuaded him to go in to the Armoured Corps. You get to fire big guns and brag about being a " Tank Commander"' which was the best job in the world! And as the Army is now all "Bowmanised"' (their digital secure comms system), he can get decent IT stream quals as well. Plus Grunts have to do lots of walking! Hopefully he will change his mind!
Infantry / Armoured Corps - both the same thing these days.
i remember my dad dropping me off at the train station wishing me good luck, gave me £5 and off i went to ATR Pirbright. that was 9 years ago, im now a civvi. Wished i stayed in but family choices had to be made and my trade was dying (went from 35 to 20 in 6 months) not many small trades in the forces.
any way, good luck, have fun you will always remember your time as a RCT.
Good luck to him bregante.... He's joining as a kid but will turn out a man during his stint. Hope my boy does the same.
He'll have a fantastic time. Good on him!!
Best of luck to Breggie junior. And I'll echo my earlier comments on the thread: At least he didn't join the Bizzies. 🙂
Good luck to him.
Nowt wrong with being a 'bizzie' and serving/protecting your community
bloodynora, ignore dd, he's only pulling my leg. He's always there. Like toothache. 😉
Good on the lad he'll have a great time make some mates for life.
I’ve not served in HM Forces, so I hope I’m not romanticizing it, but the camaraderie and sense of belonging that he’ll no doubt experience will be something special.
All the best to him.
Wishing him all the best
Holmesey
Great news, Bregante, my best wishes to you all.
buy him a bong
Bregante, good luck to your lad. My dad, my step-dad and my step-brother were all in the military; my dad with the RAF out in Singapore, (captured by the Japanese), my Step-dad with the RAF, was out in Aden and the Middle-East, and my Step-Brother with the Navy, on Coventry in the Falklands, but I don't think any would express any regrets about being in the Services.
I'm absolutely certain he'll do you proud.