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Dont think you can sign up for that specifically though, if you aren't good enough you'd be stuck in as an officer for however many years in another regiment.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but you might be assigned a different role if you did sign up for the Air corps, depending on your skills.

well once im out of education im hoping to enroll to become an officer and go from there really, but yeah im very interested in the Air Corps!

how good is your eyesight too- something that'll be very important

believe it or not, when i recently went for an eye test i was told i have an 'above average eyesight' ^-^

also (please excuse the extreme noob knowlege with this sort of stuff) buuttttttt, what would you need to look into to become a recon/ sharp shooter type of soldier?

Please forgive me if this link is incorrect http://www.army.mod.uk/rolefinder/role/200/

Cheers bud!

Intelligence operative sounds quite cool:O

keeping my options open:

If i don't get into the AC's ill more than likely try from an paratrooper/ infantry officer role and try and apply for a sniper role later on

bubble buster inbound!!! 50-60k in the AAC is top-whack wages... Major and above.

Also, officers are not snipers, ever. If you want to be a sniper, join as a private and hope you're a good enough shot to make it (airsoft is not a good indication of this).

That's a really helpful site, thanks dude

Now here's a dilemma- reconnaisance tank crewman, rocket system gunner or AS90 gunner?

yeah i understand thats the top ranks wage but its still an interesting regiment!

Ahhh okay like i said apologies for the nooby knowledge xD & Thats good then! F***ing despise sniping in airsoft!

the army is a strange beast... you'll join a regiment and they'll employ you as they see fit. you might have joined as a tankie expecting to drive reconnaisance vehicles but you could end up being the gunner in a challenger, likewise you could join expecting to be a rocket system gunner but end up being the loading monkey in an artillery unit. If you're intending to join the army to do a specific job, expect to be disappointed (unless that job is very broad, e.g. medic, logistic...

yeah my cousin who has been all over the place with the army told me that, he went from being a corporal medic in the parachute regiment to a communications and logistics officer. hence why ive said im keeping my options wide open, im just interested and keen to find out more about those sort of things!

Also, the army air corp is the only one of the services you don't have to be an officer to be a pilot, if Uni doesn't sound like your thing!

That said, if you do become an officer, you get paid a bit more and have better promotion chances if you have a degree

hmm, true and not... in the AAC SNCOs can become pilots but it's a good 10 years worth of not being a pilot before you can do that, additionally Royal Marine senior NCOs can become pilots also. Promotion as a graduate joining as an officer is in theory no quicker than as someone with just A-Levels, graduates will be promoted to OF2 on completion of IOT (initial officer training) and non graduates will have to wait, but promotion to OF2 is automatic anyway and it's a 7 year MINIMUM wa...