defence members

[walesy]

hey all just wonderin how many others here are either past or present defence members... i know of a few already...

myself im navy

[02DUBH]

leave for kapooka on june 8th as a gun number in army

[minux]

Ex infantry army. Anything else is just not good enough

[88GreenVN]

Ex Dept of Defence DSCW

[Garth]

ex defence member here. navy to be exact.

[System]

not in the defence force, but i was thinking of the reserves since i already have a permanent job.

I've been told not to because they have a bad rep with full timers, is this true?

[walesy]

i know a few reservists and never had a problem with them and theyve never said anything bout it so i dont think so...

what were u in as garth?

[Garth]

i know a few reservists and never had a problem with them and theyve never said anything bout it so i dont think so...

what were u in as garth?

i was a signalman now i beleive they are called comunication system operators or analasts or something, i left as the first class of hte joint radio ops and signalman all merged, oh thats right, think they are called cis we used to laugh, i would have been a lccis if i stayed.

[walesy]

yeah CIS communication information systems... yeah im a XXX (x) (edited)
im still an AB maybe ill get promoted if i get off my ass and finish my comp log

[Robbo_c]

leave for kapooka on june 8th as a gun number in army

Hey mate,im just wondering how long it took for you to get in from the day you had your YOU session up until now.Im currently in the YOU session stage and im just wondering how long it will take before i get in.

[maginoodle]

with minux was infantry. done lots of different specific jobs, machine gunner, sig, motarman, grunt bucket head some more cant remember off the top of my head.

[02DUBH]

people who have done it before me said it takes around a month to have you next lot of interviews.

mine was postponed because i was working, my enlistment process has taken over 8 months

hope that made sense

[Robbo_c]

people who have done it before me said it takes around a month to have you next lot of interviews.

mine was postponed because i was working, my enlistment process has taken over 8 months

hope that made sense

Cool thanks for the info

[02DUBH]

no problems, if you need any info on the interviews and medical and stuff like that send me a pm and ill help were i can

[Shounak]

Going RMC in July.

[Shounak]

not in the defence force, but i was thinking of the reserves since i already have a permanent job.

I've been told not to because they have a bad rep with full timers, is this true?

We all wear the same uniform. I think you'll find rivalry goes on everywhere in the ADF.

Section vs. section, company vs. company, Officer vs. OR, Service vs. Service, Full time vs. Part time.

It's all good fun and we're all part of the same family.

Apparently Choc Officers are the worst people to deal with though. Any truth to that Craig?

[System]

We all wear the same uniform. I think you'll find rivalry goes on everywhere in the ADF.

Section vs. section, company vs. company, Officer vs. OR, Service vs. Service, Full time vs. Part time.

It's all good fun and we're all part of the same family.

Apparently Choc Officers are the worst people to deal with though. Any truth to that Craig?

yeah haha, was thinking of artillery, i went to the recuitment open day and they said "NA do the engineers!" but.. why the hell would i want to finish one day doing civil work, to go to my reserve job doing.... civil work? lol

[minux]

Apparently Choc Officers are the worst people to deal with though. Any truth to that Craig?

reservist officers are right up there with adfa knobs and people who come from cadets.

Most reservists are really good, you do get the jack pricks who are gobby as all hell and are only there for a bit of tax free cash though.

[Shounak]

yeah haha, was thinking of artillery, i went to the recuitment open day and they said "NA do the engineers!" but.. why the hell would i want to finish one day doing civil work, to go to my reserve job doing.... civil work? lol

DFR will do anything to meet their quota.

Although when I was going in as a Reserve Finance Officer initially, the careers guy talked me out of it. He asked me if I'd rather sit behind a desk or play with guns after doing my civvy job.

Don't do Chocs for the cash unless you're a strapped Uni student. Play soldier and have fun. It also looks great on the resume, provided the interviewer isn't intimidated by the army thing (which apparently happens).

Lol Minux, you failed to mention Direct Entry O's. Heard plenty about them from diggers. Ready made Colonels. Ready Mix Concrete.

[System]

DFR will do anything to meet their quota.

Although when I was going in as a Reserve Finance Officer initially, the careers guy talked me out of it. He asked me if I'd rather sit behind a desk or play with guns after doing my civvy job.

Don't do Chocs for the cash unless you're a strapped Uni student. Play soldier and have fun. It also looks great on the resume, provided the interviewer isn't intimidated by the army thing (which apparently happens).

Lol Minux, you failed to mention Direct Entry O's. Heard plenty about them from diggers. Ready made Colonels. Ready Mix Concrete.

true... the engineers DO get to blow shit up... plus heres a small world for ya- the reserves commander guy for the engineers lives on a farm up the road from where i live!

[walesy]

its not always the engineers that get to blow shit up

[System]

its not always the engineers that get to blow shit up

of course but like, purposly blow up bridges and stuff like that, regular army blow up people INSIDE stuff

[Galixia]

ive been a storesman in the army for the last 6 years and have just changed to the signals corps

[walesy]

of course but like, purposly blow up bridges and stuff like that, regular army blow up people INSIDE stuff

oh army lol yeah i was gunna say im not an engineer but its my rate that plays with torpedos

[02DUBH]

anyone who has done kapooka before got any tips or advice to make it easier or anything to watch out for?