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Originally Posted by MeridiaNx
Hi all,
Being a young lad (23) who's currently a bit unsure as to what career direction I might be heading since graduating from uni, I've come back to looking at the forces again, more specifically the Royal Marines. <snip>
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You sound far too intelligent to waste your time signing up for a commission. You can spell, and everything.
Seriously though, the life of an RM officer is not easy. For a start your training is tougher than that of the men you will lead and you'll be at Lympstone for longer proving yourself fit enough to do the job. From there on a mind like yours would work well at thinking things through before acting, a trait not often found in army officers. RAF officers basically have all their thinking done for them by their ground crew or office staff.
I say do it, but take it from me, the training is a proper fookin killer, and I only did the 30 week variety, an officer does another 2 weeks on top of that with higher levels to acheive IIRC. Whatever you do, if you get the choice, go for 42 and in particular 'K' Co. if you can swing it.