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Very true Dean

How much is your pension

@@stn7172 you don't ask them questions

Dean, you were one of the lucky ones, hats off to you fella 🍺

Can I join if I'm American? What would it take? Qualifications, I want dual citizenship. I'm 30, single, no kids. I have English heritage and Irish heritage from probably 100s of years ago.

Good One Criag. Looking forward to a video detailing diff job responsibilities, covering sup 1 to 4.

Thanks for that update mate and good to hear

Ah awesome, glad it has helped mate

Sadly, that's all revenue generated from TV adverts. It's an obscene amount of money that businesses pay, and of course, athletes want their share. All because sports fans are a target audience. I, too, served for 20 years. Follow the money, life is so unfair. That some lout in a chair is worth more attention than the salt of the earth heroes you mention.

Exarmy - Agree 100% , also disgusting that Army etc have to pay for food .

exactly the reason not to bother joining the army. Now, you are driving ambulances in Scotland, who the hell signs up for that crap?

why didn't you become a footballer ? or a movie star or a singer? they worked hard too to be where they are.

It suck and thanks for your service. My grandad was warrant officer inside of the gordon highlanders and he got massively underpaid and my cousin(she's a footballer for Ross county) and she insulted him because of it

Dream on....

@@romeo9017 any chance you can expand on that comment?

I wonder if you get a free coffin?

Is that Robbie James who served at 114 Pro Coy Gutersloh?

No worries 🤙🤙

Yes I can look into this

@@CombatReadyHQ Cheers

Yes I've heard Australian pay is pretty good

Thank you mate hope all is well

Yes all good thanks 👍

Not going to lie Lawre - as a soldier I took home 22k and of that I EASILY kept more money than my 30k salary now. So it’s not that bad. Long as you don’t buy daft cars etc.

@Garry Ellison who cares he’s got a better life outside of the military. Why slave for other peoples problems and pointless operations. He has freedom now and a better work-life balance.

Your pension starts being paid into from the day you join or your 18th birthday if you joined before then.

@@CombatReadyHQ Hi Craig, Thanks for getting back. Back in 61 there was no agreement in place and full service up to 9 years had to be served to get the pension. As I said I had to leave for compassionate reasons. My father died leaving my mother on her own who had a nervous breakdown. They made me pay for several equipment courses I had taken locally. I seem to remember it was a nominal sum of £50 and I also had to pay for my transportation back home in the UK. I was cleaned out. Not happy memories.

Really good to hear! 🙏🤙

Haha seen it mate 😂 and was a decent video. Thanks mate 🤙

@@CombatReadyHQ what are the chances of that ahahah, think a lot of people watched it got a lot of people talking 😂 no worries I enjoy your content a lot

Haha I've seen quite a few of your videos mate, they are decent videos and yes it did, I and a quote a few people at work bring that video up to me. Thanks mate appreciate it.

Good luck mate

Make sure you smash it 🤜🤛👍

Good luck

All the best mate. Where did u go for your assessment?

I left phase 1 at pirbright 6 weeks ago now you’ll enjoy it good luck👍

I believe it is very similar but I'm unsure

Hi mate thank you and yes it's something I could look into

Field marshal is only a wartime position .

@@colinmelling6369 I know that a Field-Marshal is only a position held in War time.This applies to a Marshal of the Royal Air Force,and an Admiral of the Fleet in the Navy. The Chief of Defence,can be a Full Admiral,Air Chief Marshal and also a Full General.

Perhaps you remember the Selous Scouts? I met one of them in Cape Town a few years back. Name of Dennis Croukamp I believe

This would depend on the unit as to whether there is extra PT sessions, but if you go to the PTI asking for help and advice I'm sure they would help you

@@CombatReadyHQ I see. Cheers. I'm a brick in the water so need to get in the pool and get some time in the water.

the max age u can join is around 30

@@felixboldy1152 no its 35

@@seb4374 oh okay

you still have 1 more year to join

Go for it lad ✌️🇬🇧

Although there are different pension schemes, you only need to learn about the one that is active when you join - you don't get the choice to go onto a previous one even if the terms are better. If you are serving and a new scheme comes in, you may have the option to stay on your existing scheme and, even if not, you will have preserved rights covering your service to the date of changeover. Your pay staff will be able to guide you on the the options open to you.

Some people on here on the old pension, plus 2015 Service. So both could be good screening lad ✌️🇬🇧

You can’t become a train driver without qualifications and a criminal record though?

@@RoshyGT no formal qualifications required, as you sit an assessment, which isn't the hardest of assessments to pass! Then on the job training to qualify as a train driver! As for having a criminal record, I couldn't tell you, but I'm sure if it wasn't a serious offence it wouldn't be held against you!

Just don't spend your money on crap the money is plenty good

@@Runner-Boy your talking about young adults here, they're always going to spend their money on crap! The average adult has 45 years of work ahead of them, you need to earn as much as you possibly can to retire early, and enjoy what time you'll have next! So why not start your working life on the pay scale of a level 7 army major!

@@williambartlett1054 retire early why i want to work

Yeah I wouldn't be happy with that if I was doing the same as then

Haha yes mate

@@CombatReadyHQ they should be looked after a lot more

I wouldn't mind if the tax went up so the armed forces police and NHS get paid more im sure loads feel the same, we wouldn't be were we are today if it wasn't for people like you we should count our lucky stars thank you all 👍

I think funeral expenses are included though. :P

@@TheDdm1234 ouch 😢

Here you go mate I done thus video on medics and their phase two training and beyond ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gEILloHgwRc.html

@@CombatReadyHQ ahh yeah, nice one mate 👍

Thank you

I know 😂😂

If you do 9 do 12 and get your tax free terminal bonus of £11k

Paid 24/7 but actually only a few times you actually work 24/7. Normal days are from 8-4, with a lunch break for about 1-2 hours.

Considering the average wage in this country (including London) is 30,000, a WO1 earns almost double. Add in the fact they have free dental, an extra 10 days leave, free accommodation (for over 37 year olds) or subsidised housing (my 2 bedroom military house is £170 a month compared to a local average of £700 a month), not to mention other income such as LSA (money earned per day on exercise or operation), it's a wealth 95% of the population will never achieve. Even a lowly Cpl earning £35,000 is bringing home an income after tax better than 75% of the population.

Forget about it, pay is crap!

It's decided but there is leeway at times and can sometimes change slightly if needed

Thanks a lot mate, got my assessment centre on the 12th of May 🤞🏼

@@alexlockhart8378 good luck

@@alexlockhart8378 pls can I have your IG name

I believe the infantry may be supplement 2 but might be 3

@@CombatReadyHQ Cheers

Infantry are on Supplement 2

Good question, did you ever find the answer?

Depends on your job role. Most of the RA are supp 1

You don’t join the military for money

Naoise Kenneally: There was back in the 60s and 70s ("active service" allowance) but I don't know if they still get it.

Would depend on how you saved each month

As a 2nd Lieutenant would be a platoon or troop commander, they would definitely see combat.

Thank you

Yeah, become an ambulance driver in Scotland by joining the army. Sure, great!

That will depend on a number of factors including rank, location, unit role, operational deployment. Recruits will generally share with 5 - 7 others and then with 2 or 3 as a junior soldier. Corporals upwards will normally have their own rooms, the SNCOs in the sergeants' mess. Officer cadets at Sandhurst share with one other, but officers generally have their own rooms in the officers' mess. Of course, all this changes when units are deployed for training or on operations.

The base pay appears the same, but factor in years of service rises, and the Sergeant Major could well make more than an actual Major. The Sergeant Major has far more administrative responsibilities, but is desk bound. His days of running and gunning are over

for one to become a sergent major he or she must have served for several years but a captain is a relatively newly commissioned officer so the years of service also plays a role in salaries, you will find warrant officer earning more than some commissioned officer

If you join as a 2nd Lt then you can be a captain in 5 years. A Sgt Major is going to take 20 years to get there. Hence the better pay for a Sgt Major. Very very few enlisted are going to make as a Sgt and even fewer make it to Sgt Major.

Some privates served longer with more expertise than a red ass Captain. ✌️🇬🇧

If you have went to university why on earth would you consider joining the British army?

@@xavier01110 why not..?

@@briant5685 Because there are just far better career choices for people with degrees. A degree puts you in debt and takes a few years to get so why would you then choose to go into a job that doesn't even require a degree. It's certainly a respectable and admirable decision to make but it's damn foolish. The army isn't an easy life and the pay isn't great when you consider the line of work you're in. You could get a far easier and higher paid job if you have a degree. Being an Officer in the British army only makes sense if you're rich and bored out of your mind or if you have just finished college or A levels but aren't interested in going to Uni or getting an apprenticeship. Do what you want mate but joining the army after going to uni means you've put yourself into unnecessary debt and wasted 4 years of your life.

@@xavier01110 couldn't disagree more. You can have all the education in the world however serving in the British Army both as a soldier and an officer can gain you extensive confidence, life skills, leadership skills, various other qualifications and much much more. There are so many opportunities that the forces can provide.

@@danielsutton4978 yes I now agree with you. I had no idea before doing some research how many opportunities the British army offers and how you can develop as a person. It's certainly worth it.

I have on the 12th and 13th

David Pae i have it on the 12th mate , why have you got it on the 13th aswell?

@@jcollins1755 i go Lichfield train station on the 12th at 5pm them get taken to the AC and do my assessment the next day, ill be staying there overnight

David Pae oh ok mate, im going to pirbright, it says on my portal that its only 1 day for me 9-5 , must be cause its different training centres? Lol

@@jcollins1755 must be mate, but I've seen people still only have to do the 9-5 at Lichfield on the same day, might be something today with social distance or something?

I am unsure sorry

a bigger bird box - woodpecker...

All RMPs are at least a L/corp0ral with a high proportion of Cpl,

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