What regiment should i join

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Alright lads i recently applied to the infantry as part of the princess of wales royal regiment but was speaking to some1 who has recently left the royal marines and he reckons that them and the paras spend a lot more time abroad on exercise than the regular infantry and lead a more exciting life in general.

Is this true? Busterdog LE. Every infantryman on this site is thirsting to tell you that theirs is the finest regiment in the British army and quite right too, such is regimental pride. If you were a Scot I would suggest you join your local regiment, ALL Scottish regiments are excellent, tough, very professional, stiff with battle honours and bursting with pride though sadly they are soon all to amalgamate and the next two years will be very frustrating for them.

The Paras are a great outfit as are the Marines though they are not army but just check out the PWRR which I suspect is your local regiment.

One of their battalions, they have two, recently completed an extremely successful tour in Iraq, during which one of their number was awarded the Victoria Cross several others also received very well deserved awards. As regiments go they don't get much better than that! Indeed their record in Iraq to date is unequalled.

Good luck in deciding which is best for you, though one thing is for sure, when you do eventually join the regiment of your choice you will believe it's the best one in the army Jay - Busterdog just gave you what is the probably the best summary of the info you will get here Cabarfeidh Old-Salt. We don't have to say ours is the best, it is just naturally assumed to be the case And join the Stop it Lord Vader!

The Royal Marines will give you a much bigger scope for variety than the infantry. If I had my time again I would join them for sure. Don't what ever you do, do what i did and join a Guards Regiment. The Green Jackets or Light infantry might be worth considering despite the fact everyone else hates them.

Think about it long and hard though. Dont let the recruiting office 'push' you into any old slot that needs filling. Which ever regiment you choose , good luck. I work with an ex marine and it sounds like he had a much more interesting time than in the infantry.

More chance of seeing the world too. LostBoss LE. What is more if you dislike clothes it is ideal as they drop their kit at every oppourtunity. Don't join the Paras unless you like talking about yourself. BChris Clanker. Royal Irish all the way Faugh a ballagh! RCSignals LE. LostBoss said:. Click to expand Balkanexpress Old-Salt. Joker War Hero. I wouldn't really worry about being deployed and on exercise.

Once you do join I think you will be surprised how often you are actually away. For example one of the Regiments that you have already mentioned are about to go into their training phase and are looking at being back in camp only for three weekends from now up until Christmas. So three weekends out of sixteen? Follow that with a run of Pre deployment training and then a six month tour on the back of it.

If you want to spend anymore time away then that perhaps I suggest the French Foreign Legion! GunzablazinUK Clanker. Im going to the Queens Div' Royal Anglian Regiment seeing that im from Northants, and have been told they are a great regiment to join got my final interview and selection soon and then 22 long weeks at Catterick to look forward to.

Good luck. Down side of it is that its brutal, you get 2 weeks off a year which must be spent in France and you have no life or freedom and you end up serving with the best and worst the world has to offer Watch that "Escape to the Legion" Channel 4 reality show for a taster of what is on offer in the Legion I did 5 years with 2eme REP 4 cie back in the 80s and for the doubters amongst you ill be happy to answer any questions on the subject.

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