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Hey mate, couldn't get any info on Melb postings today, hardly had a chance to scratch my ****!! Sorry bud :(, will try again tommorro.
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No worries mate, no real hurry just whenever you have to time to have a bit of a dig. Most likely to start the process next year after the silly season anyway.
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Oh and with choccos, go ready reservist, much more money in it if you keep up to date with your AIRN compliancy and courses.
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________________________________________ 07 BF MkII BOSS 260 XR8 6spd manual! EGO ![]() There's no replacement for displacement!!! ![]() Handling: Bilstein Shocks with King springs all round, Whiteline 27mm front swaybar & 22mm rear adj, upgraded PBR rotors, calipers and braided lines all round with Bendix Ultimate pads. Go Fast Bits: Herrod C.A.I with K&N 4" pod flter, Herrod Helix spacer, Herrod oil breathers, Tridon 72c thermostat, Herrod 2.5" stainless cat back zorst. |
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Dutchman, if you are in Ballaratt, pop down to "Ranger Barracks" as the green machine calls it. They are currently recruiting for various roles, they can give you a heads up on what they have available and what other depots have.
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I think I would be stationed at Greenborough in the Northern suburbs though because i will be living at or near La Trobe uni for the next 2 1/2 to 3 years, only come home to Ballarat in the summer. Does ready reservist require more contact hours with the brigade or is it purely keeping up to date and qualified?
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From my understanding from the guys i met on course recently, they said it only requires you to keep up to date with courses and AIRN, gets you like a lump some of 12g every 3yrs tax free ![]()
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This may be a very silly question but are more advanced courses such as parachuting available to the humble reservist?
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Or, anything to do with aviation. Anything other than that, not a chance mate. E.g, SASR & 2CDO have reservists, thats a whole differen't ball game tho!!
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Haha I think I'd wait untill a few good years were under my belt before I even started thinking about Special Forces
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If that is what your keen on, RAINF is the way to go hands down mate.
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If only Australia had something like the Royal Marines Commando (commando infantry without being SF) not sure I'd be right for SF it's a tough gig
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This couldn't be further from the truth, make sure you get the facts right before posting in here as you have provided thedutchman with some very questionable words. First off, reserves is nothing like the ARA (Australian regular army). They are a totally different ball game, but i wont get into that. You would only go to Duntroon if you sign up as an officer, not as a digger.Effectively your mate can not go straight into the regs and be an officer, there is many fulltime courses that he would be required to do before he can make the transition to full time. The training in choko's (reserves) is no where near as full on as the training that is done in the ARA. You have to remember people sign up to be reserves for a lifestyle and a change on the weekends, not for a full on job. thedutchman92 from what you have asked mate it looks like you would like to do it to get some service time up and have some fun. There are many jobs in the army and the only two jobs that get to blow stuff up, shoot things and do all the fun stuff, is the infantry and combat engineers. Of course there are other jobs that do those things but not as commonly as these two. I would recommend you sign up as a rifleman if this is what you want from the reserves. As a reservist you have the army at your feet, you make it work for you, they cant tell you when and where you have to do things. You can get specialist courses but it is very rare for a choko to get any unless it is required for that unit. for example, you would only get a land rover code if your unit required it for an exercise coming up. There is many budget cuts right now so reserve units have hardly any resources to use as the ARA is scrounging every cent to try and fund there training. Bunyip is on the money for ready reserves, as long as you maintain your AIRN you will receive your payments. There is a catch though as there is an amount of hours you need to do each year to maintain the payments. i know alot of my mates that have discharged from the ARA have transferred over to ready reserves and say its easy money. If you have any questions shoot me a PM mate, Fordomatic |
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Was wondering when you'd see this thread fordomatic haha, was gonna point thedutchman your way but got side tracked.
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#45 | ||
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Gotta go the Air Force reserves and take it easy ;)
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Cos the normal airforce isn't already easy enough... ;)
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Is any consideration given for people with relevant experience in regards to the position they'd receive?
I'm always in Unimog's and Mack's. I've also got an AS4, M1A1 and M88 drivers ticket. I'm also M1A1 and M88 maintenance qualified. |
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It is easy to transfer between brigades (Greensborough to Ballarat) over summer for example?
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Ah excellent! That solves that then
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YE-US! Wait. I don't know
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clearly, this was wrong. Until one reads this, direct from the officer info page "Army Reserve (ARES) Officer Training Both the GSO and the SSO courses can be undertaken on a part-time basis (Army Reserve - ARES). The topics studied by regular and reserve officers (GSO and SSO) are the same, except in the case of reserve officers (who undertake the Ares GSO FAC – Army Reserve General Service Officer First Appointment Course) there is a need for more flexible study and learning arrangements in order to achieve the same level of competence as a regular First Appointment officer." So unless I'm reading that wrong (which is possible, I'm knackered), he'll be doing exactly the same training, over a more flexible period of time, to gain the same qualifications as FAO. What would be the point of doing that training again?
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YE-US! Wait. I don't know
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Hmm. Fair enough then. Thanks for clarifying.
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Just as a side question (for interests sake) has anyone done the SFDRS and does it still exist today?
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Just go full time mate. its only 4 years. Full timers hate chocos. So many stories of chocos getting bashed cause they were acting cocky thinking they know better then us.
4 years in the rainf will fly bye you will love it. Just have a 2nd thought about it okay champ!!!! |
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I'm still at uni though mate, GRES is the only option at the moment
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