(-A-) Interview 3

This is a follow on from interview 2 and the last one in the recruiting office. If there is any topics that still need to be discussed or explored a bit more before setting the date for ADSC (Army development and selection centre) they arrange this interview, basically after my last interview i went away and took the time to have a solid three job briefs and write up my icebreaker so these just needed to be sorted out basically, as they then write up a report recommending me for ADSC, so as it's on there recommendations they want to make sure your not going to flop out on them.

The recruiter i was with was a Warrent officer 1, basically your top ranking non-commissioned officer, (highest rank i can get to) he went through the same topics as before essentially, however phase 1 and 2 training was looked at in much greater detail, as he believes there are 3 kinds of people who fail and drop out,

Unprepared Physically, basically your not going to be getting a 5 star pampering treatment, i can't think of words to put this into persective of just how tough phase one training will be, they turn you from being a civilian into a fighting soldier, imagin a man turning into a werewolf but draged across 14 weeks, thats no painless transformation ha You'll be put through army PT circuit training, assault course's, 10-20 mile runs in all conditions and it goes on. You will be suffering from sleep deprivation, sever exhaustion and your expected to learn a lot in a short space of time too, from weapons and grenade handeling, to field craft and basic medical treatments. it's going to be intensive to say the least.

Injurys, Unfortunatly not much you can do about this one, but once in the army they have some of the best medical care available to get you on the mend

Mentally, if you have an attitude, answer back, are lazy, or are a bit of a loner type and not team player, there's the door, i'll be assesed on this throughout selection and they will push you to breaking point to see what happens. If you show any of the above your assesor will flag you up, they won't tell you they will just show the results to your interviewer at the end and it will effect your score. One of the things i was also told is if you are asked to do something in the army by a higher ranking person, you can question the methods to how you do it if you think there could be a better way, not what your being asked to do and end of the day, if he says your doing it his way, you do it and show him the results when your done. Also one of the things they do is get amputies into the field craft exercises and slap them up with seriously realistic wounds, screaming etc to de sensitise you to that kind of thing too, scary stuff.

Not understanding or knowing, The army is a lifestyle, as the army comes before any personal needs. people who don't realise this generally will drop out of army life pretty quickly, i also found out if i did leave after 4 years min service, for the 12 years of the contract i am part of something thats know as a liability reserve, in other words if we go into world war 3, i will be called on and don't have a choice in it, after those 12 years i'm at whats called a man in control point, if i leave there are no tie's at all.

Anyways, basically i pro'ed it, did my icebreaker too and nailed that and my date for selection is the 25th of january, if i pass that... i'm in.

xo

This is what i have in store for me, now these videos are a little sugar coated as not to scare people off but still.