The TA

DipStick McSwindler

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OS119

all units are different, but very roughly its one training night per week, and most units also do an additional phys night per week. its theoretically one weekend per month, but most recruit programmes would get to two very quickly, and then - i think - they do a 2 week block.

apart from the commuting, the problem you're going to have (from recall, and i'm old, so treat with care...) is that you'd need to have a reasonably convincing address in NI in order for you to be accepted. check that with a unit in NI though...

C Coy 2RIR are in Armagh, but you'd be, imv, wanting to work out if you'd drive up and down each night, get the train, or even stay over. this might well impact on whether you went for the closest unit, or a unit that was more convenient.

i could not personally recommend 206 Bty RA in Newtownards - i wouldn't want you to think that just because they're good blokes, lots of whom have tours to sandy places under their belts, have a very close relationship with the rest of 105 Regt RA in Scotland, are hugely professional and train in GB with exeptional regularity, that i was pushing you in any particular direction...

DipStick McSwindler

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thecommietommy

feeney92 wrote: »

Moderator you can close this thread, Found Out I cannot apply because of my residency, thanks for the info OS119!!

No doubt you'll be back under a different username giving a different location wouldn't you Walter

DipStick McSwindler

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thecommietommy

feeney92 wrote: »

Funny.

Almost as funny as a fella supposed to be living in Dublin asking about joining the British Reserve :rolleyes: Their's plenty of reserve battalions in Dubin. So what are you going to do, travel up on a train once or twice a week to do your bit for Queen and country ?

http://www.military.ie/reserve

OS119

thecommietommy wrote: »

Almost as funny as a fella supposed to be living in Dublin asking about joining the British Reserve :rolleyes: Their's plenty of reserve battalions in Dubin. So what are you going to do, travel up on a train once or twice a week to do your bit for Queen and country ?

and why not? theres more than a few do it the other way around.

his choices are feck all to do with you - so go back to your stone, or bridge...

thecommietommy

OS119 wrote: »

and why not? theres more than a few do it the other way around.

his choices are feck all to do with you - so go back to your stone, or bridge...

Yeah, nationalist lads living in border towns and villages who could probably walk to attend the nearest Reserve in Clones or Ballyshannon or wherever :rolleyes: And what Irishman wants to serve in a British force when he can serve in an Irish one - like I did in my time. As for " his choices ", there's no shortage of choices in the Reserve in Dublin, engineers, medical, transport etc FFS.

DipStick McSwindler

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cruasder777

thecommietommy wrote: »

Yeah, nationalist lads living in border towns and villages who could probably walk to attend the nearest Reserve in Clones or Ballyshannon or wherever :rolleyes: And what Irishman wants to serve in a British force when he can serve in an Irish one - like I did in my time. As for " his choices ", there's no shortage of choices in the Reserve in Dublin, engineers, medical, transport etc FFS.

You got a chance to train in Cyprus and Africa then ? NI TA units do.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9m5YB8GGa0&feature=player_embedded#
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Whilst still supporting the main effort in Afghanistan, this year will also see the TA unit involved in Op Olympic later this year, as well as deploying to Africa for a third time to train the Ugandan Peoples Defence Force, who are helping to bring stability to Somalia.

Morpheus

thecommietommy wrote: »

Yeah, nationalist lads living in border towns and villages who could probably walk to attend the nearest Reserve in Clones or Ballyshannon or wherever :rolleyes: And what Irishman wants to serve in a British force when he can serve in an Irish one - like I did in my time. As for " his choices ", there's no shortage of choices in the Reserve in Dublin, engineers, medical, transport etc FFS.

Wish there was a dislike button for this kind of knuckle dragging comment. He can join whatever army he wants and its none of your business. troll.:rolleyes:

thecommietommy

feeney92 wrote: »

I know Im Part Of One. My reasoning is none of your concern. All I asked for was info, which I recieved.



Not with these "Cutbacks". but thats a different matter

I have served in my country's RDF, better to be an Irishman than a Brit any day. Now off and do your bit for Queen and country.

thecommietommy

cruasder777 wrote: »

You got a chance to train in Cyprus and Africa then ? NI TA units do.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9m5YB8GGa0&feature=player_embedded#
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Whilst still supporting the main effort in Afghanistan, this year will also see the TA unit involved in Op Olympic later this year, as well as deploying to Africa for a third time to train the Ugandan Peoples Defence Force, who are helping to bring stability to Somalia.

Yeah and just 0.001% of the TA get the chance as a PR job !!!!! He'd be more realistic getting a lottery ticket or just booking a weeks holiday to Cyprus. Or in my day, a few weeks at Fort Dunree out side Buncrana (tell you one thing, don't know about now but back then the girls from North Donegal and Derry were as hot looking as any women you'd see in Cyprus or the Med any day !! )

Morpheus

thecommietommy wrote: »

I have served in my country's RDF, better to be an Irishman than a Brit any day. Now off and do your bit for Queen and country.

Yawn.... zzzz :rolleyes:

cruasder777

thecommietommy wrote: »

Yeah and just 0.001% of the TA get the chance as a PR job !!!!! He'd be more realistic getting a lottery ticket or just booking a weeks holiday to Cyprus. Or in my day, a few weeks at Fort Dunree out side Buncrana (tell you one thing, don't know about now but back then the girls from North Donegal and Derry were as hot looking as any women you'd see in Cyprus or the Med any day !! )

That's not true, in the future 30% of the regular army will be TA.

You seem very bitter.

tac foley

thecommietommy wrote: »

Yeah and just 0.001% of the TA get the chance as a PR job !!!!! He'd be more realistic getting a lottery ticket or just booking a weeks holiday to Cyprus. Or in my day, a few weeks at Fort Dunree out side Buncrana (tell you one thing, don't know about now but back then the girls from North Donegal and Derry were as hot looking as any women you'd see in Cyprus or the Med any day !! )

Ah, >10% of the British Armed Forces in Afghanistan are TA, principally in medical posts, but with many in operational infantry and signals units, as well as 'other parts' of the BA.

It took me just over 3/100000 of second to come up with that figure from the MoD.

By today's reckoning that's, uh, just over 1100 TA soldiers. Please make some effort to get your f£ckwit remarks in some sort of coherent order before you press that send button on your mammy's computer.

tac

DipStick McSwindler

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thecommietommy

tac foley wrote: »

Ah, >10% of the British Armed Forces in Afghanistan are TA, principally in medical posts, but with many in operational infantry and signals units, as well as 'other parts' of the BA.

It took me just over 3/100000 of second to come up with that figure from the MoD.

By today's reckoning that's, uh, just over 1100 TA soldiers. Please make some effort to get your f£ckwit remarks in some sort of coherent order before you press that send button on your mammy's computer.

tac

Ok so if he's a nurse of a doctor he might get to Afghanistan

feeney92 wrote: »

I Am an irishman, and If I could take that final step and do service for my country I would. but with the Cadets only taking 21/5000 Applicants and coming up against Phds, Masters Degrees and people who have previously served in Afghanistan with the BA, I dont think my chances are as good as you seem to think.

Oh so now you want to be an officer in the Brits :eek: Dear me, I only made it to corporal in the auld FCA (Reserve) years ago. Anyway, shouldn't you be checking out the timetables form Dublin to Belfast or wherever as you'll be commuting once or twice a week to serve Queen and country, and also, won't the costs of all that commuting be prohibitive Walter ?

Worn with pride by Irishmen and women -

thecommietommy

cruasder777 wrote: »

That's not true, in the future 30% of the regular army will be TA.

You seem very bitter.

Yeah and in future the Irish army reserve will have a greater role - more the reason to join them. Anyway, would you not think it would be a little expensive for yer man who claims to be living in Dublin to commute up and down once or twice a week if not down right unpractical

DipStick McSwindler

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DipStick McSwindler

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thecommietommy

feeney92 wrote: »

You only made it to corporal thats fair enough, but from your moronic posts I can see why you only made it that far. as for being an officer, yes I want to be a Leader. oh and to further add insult to injury..........

The definition of Irony
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" The definition of Irony " - posting advertisements for foreign armies and then claiming to be an Irishman
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thecommietommy

feeney92 wrote: »

thecommietommy wrote: »

Again your High IQ proves its worth. yes I posted that advertisement....I am just that good.

If your such an Irishman why did you only make it to corporal in the FCA?

Had to give up training due to a bad motorbike accident. Anything else.

DipStick McSwindler

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tac foley

Just one TA unit - not doctors or nurses.....

ENGINEERS from Aldershot's Territorial Army are set for a deployment to Afghanistan.

'Local MP Gerald Howarth visited the home of the engineers in Shoe Lane on Saturday (February 18), to talk about the troops’ role in the conflict and the training they have completed to prepare for their tour.

They will leave on March 6 for a six-month deployment with the Royal Engineer Regiment.

The role of the engineer troop is to provide support to the headquarters of the 8 Force Engineer Brigade.

The troop is made up of signallers, drivers, electricians, vehicle mechanics, chefs and clerks.'

Again, check your 'facts'.

tac

KickstartHeart

thecommietommy wrote: »

Yeah and in future the Irish army reserve will have a greater role - more the reason to join them. Anyway, would you not think it would be a little expensive for yer man who claims to be living in Dublin to commute up and down once or twice a week if not down right unpractical

Personally, I wouldn't want to serve in the British armed forces. But if someone wants to, thats their perogative. Let them make their own decision and don't give them bother because of those decisions.

The badge that you parade on this thread is of the Irish volunteers and subsequently was adopted by the Irish Defence Forces. Both organizations were/and are existant to protect the FREE WILL of the Irish people. Feeney92 is an Irish person. If he wants to join a military other than the Irish Defence Forces then thats his decision.

You as an ex-reservist NCO, who generally brings down the public image of the Irish Defence Forces (I promise they're not like this lad to everyone else who's reading this btw) have no right to flaunt the FF badge and give people hastle for making their own decisions. I'd remind you that as a reservist you served to protect the peoples rights to make their own decisions.

Posting the FF badge here and telling someone what they SHOULD'NT do is like putting an ambulance service badge in someones face and telling them they should take heroin.

thecommietommy

tac foley wrote: »

Just one TA unit - not doctors or nurses.....

ENGINEERS from Aldershot's Territorial Army are set for a deployment to Afghanistan.

'Local MP Gerald Howarth visited the home of the engineers in Shoe Lane on Saturday (February 18), to talk about the troops’ role in the conflict and the training they have completed to prepare for their tour.

They will leave on March 6 for a six-month deployment with the Royal Engineer Regiment.

The role of the engineer troop is to provide support to the headquarters of the 8 Force Engineer Brigade.

The troop is made up of signallers, drivers, electricians, vehicle mechanics, chefs and clerks.'

Again, check your 'facts'.

tac

Ok, so instead of driving up to the north once or twice a week, Walter should should go over to the engineers in Shoe Lane and might get a bit of 'action' with HM forces instead of joining his own country's reserve or PDF.

thecommietommy

KickstartHeart wrote: »

Personally, I wouldn't want to serve in the British armed forces. But if someone wants to, thats their perogative. Let them make their own decision and don't give them bother because of those decisions.

The badge that you parade on this thread is of the Irish volunteers and subsequently was adopted by the Irish Defence Forces. Both organizations were/and are existant to protect the FREE WILL of the Irish people. Feeney92 is an Irish person. If he wants to join a military other than the Irish Defence Forces then thats his decision.

You as an ex-reservist NCO, who generally brings down the public image of the Irish Defence Forces (I promise they're not like this lad to everyone else who's reading this btw) have no right to flaunt the FF badge and give people hastle for making their own decisions. I'd remind you that as a reservist you served to protect the peoples rights to make their own decisions.

Posting the FF badge here and telling someone what they SHOULD'NT do is like putting an ambulance service badge in someones face and telling them they should take heroin.

"to protect the FREE WILL of the Irish people. " Yes, but did it not occur to you that by going off to join a foreign army, Walter is doing the exact opposite of this ? But then you don't see HM forces as foreign now do you As for analogy to heroin and an ambulance

( And just remember, the Irish volunteers were formed in response to the formation and threats of the Ulster Volunteers and British army. You couldn't disrespect the Irish volunteers principles more than by saying that for a fella to want and go off and join that same army is somehow fulfilling what they stood for. Gombeenism at it's worst).

Worn with pride by Irishmen and women -

cruasder777

thecommietommy wrote: »

"to protect the FREE WILL of the Irish people. " Yes, but did it not occur to you that by going off to join a foreign army, Walter is doing the exact opposite of this ? But then you don't see HM forces as foreign now do you As for analogy to heroin and an ambulance

( And just remember, the Irish volunteers were formed in response to the formation and threats of the Ulster Volunteers and British army. You couldn't disrespect the Irish volunteers principles more than by saying that for a fella to want and go off and join that same army is somehow fulfilling what they stood for. Gombeenism at it's worst).

Worn with pride by Irishmen and women -

Its a moot point, some English regiments fought each other in the English civil war on opposite sides, the British army trains with armies it has fought world wars against and now heavily trains with the French a foe for hundreds of yrs.

History moves on.

Morpheus

and irish soldiers complete english courses before returning here as instructors and vice versa.

DipStick McSwindler

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KickstartHeart

Commietommy I'd remind you that I said I wouldn't join the British military. How would I not see a foreign countries army as foreign?

Your logic on this issue is running parallel to trying to fit a golf ball into a hose pipe.


Put asside your personally contradicting political ideals for a second, and realise that someone can join the British military if they want to.

You should really get over yourself. You were an FCA Corporal. Hardly something of military/historical/political prestige. Your'e nothing to give people hastle for making their own decisions about what force they join.

thecommietommy

cruasder777 wrote: »

Its a moot point, some English regiments fought each other in the English civil war on opposite sides, the British army trains with armies it has fought world wars against and now heavily trains with the French a foe for hundreds of yrs.

History moves on.

Totally pointless post. They are English regiments in the British army, the Irish army is the army of the ROI if you didn't know. The poor boy seems to think the Irish War of Independence was some sort of internal British civil war or something, obviously 'Eire' to him is some sort of wayward child who needs Mummy to keep an eye on Freudian slip there matey.

Morphéus wrote: »

and irish soldiers complete english courses before returning here as instructors and vice versa.

A few Irish soldiers complete courses with the UK AND many others such as the USA, Scandinavian forces in the Nordic battlegroup, the many UN forces they have been on missions with around the world.

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davetherave

thecommietommy wrote: »

And what Irishman wants to serve in a British force when he can serve in an Irish one - like I did in my time.

A former Nco in my company is over in Rmas at the moment, I'll be sure to let him know what some gob****e on the Internet thinks of him. Similarly another guy, a private out of the same company is now serving with the irish guards.
They didn't have the opportunity to join the PDF due to the recruitment embargo so now they are across the water taking the queens shilling.

tac foley

If anybody else apart from me and the one tearing the ass out of it for his own political wet-dreams is still reading this thread -

The British Army has within it not a single 'English' regiment. What it DOES have are a lot of regiments that proudly proclaim their heritage by being called -

Regular -
The Scots Guards
The Irish Guards
The Welsh Guards
The Royal Irish Regiment
The Royal Scottish Borderers
The Black Watch
The Highlanders
The Royal Welsh
The Royal Gibraltar Regiment
the Royal Gurkha Rifles

TA -

The Royal Regiment of Scotland [TA]
The Royal Irish Rgiment [TA]
The Royal Welsh [TA]

There IS, if you want to make a point, the Royal Anglian Regiment, but that is regional rather than ethnically titled. The nickname of one battalion - The Vikings - is no more than a nod to the ancient ancestry of much of the eastern part of England from which the RAR gets its recruits.

As noted, there is not a single 'Royal English Regiment', nor has there ever been in the history of the BA.

TBH, I'm not certain sure why I'm doing this - all this information is as easy for commietommy to find as it is for me.

I therefore name him - TROLL OF THE YEAR.

tac

tac foley

thecommietommy wrote: »

Had to give up training due to a bad motorbike accident. Anything else.

Ah, that so?

Well, I'm glad to hear it was nothing trivial.

tac

thecommietommy

tac foley wrote: »

If anybody else apart from me and the one tearing the ass out of it for his own political wet-dreams is still reading this thread -

The British Army has within it not a single 'English' regiment. What it DOES have are a lot of regiments that proudly proclaim their heritage by being called -

Regular -
The Scots Guards
The Irish Guards
The Welsh Guards
The Royal Irish Regiment
The Royal Scottish Borderers
The Black Watch
The Highlanders
The Royal Welsh
The Royal Gibraltar Regiment
the Royal Gurkha Rifles

TA -

The Royal Regiment of Scotland [TA]
The Royal Irish Rgiment [TA]
The Royal Welsh [TA]

There IS, if you want to make a point, the Royal Anglian Regiment, but that is regional rather than ethnically titled. The nickname of one battalion - The Vikings - is no more than a nod to the ancient ancestry of much of the eastern part of England from which the RAR gets its recruits.

As noted, there is not a single 'Royal English Regiment', nor has there ever been in the history of the BA.

TBH, I'm not certain sure why I'm doing this - all this information is as easy for commietommy to find as it is for me.

I therefore name him - TROLL OF THE YEAR.

tac

Oh deary me, I'm supposed to get hung up about silly little pedantic nonsense about regimental traditions etc As for the ' The Irish Guards ', the vast majority of them are fellas from England with names like Mulligan, Kelly etc with great grand daddy's or whatever from Ireland. But then again, so are the Parachute regiment, Royal Marines etc are essentially English.

Regardless, ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

tac foley

Sir - you are writing a load of Boolocks.

Please carry on without me.

tac

Fratton Fred

There used to be a guy called Patsy the Nazi who came out with the dame sort of Walter mitty crap as our friend commie the tommy, or is it the commie tommy.

Patsy got site banned I believe.

Dublinhill16

Have my PDF psychometric test tomorrow, wish me luck, anyone tips?

goldie fish

Dublinhill16 wrote: »

Have my PDF psychometric test tomorrow, wish me luck, anyone tips?

Don't answer the way you think they want you to answer, answer honestly.

Lemming

And best of luck Dublinhill16

iceage

Read the question, read the question..then read the question. Best of luck.

DipStick McSwindler

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Local-womanizer

iceage wrote: »

Read the question, read the question..then read the question. Best of luck.

Don't forget to actually answer the question!!

thecommietommy

tac foley wrote: »

Sir - you are writing a load of Boolocks.

Please carry on without me.

tac

Yes I will Fred

Fratton Fred wrote: »

There used to be a guy called Patsy the Nazi who came out with the dame sort of Walter mitty crap as our friend commie the tommy, or is it the commie tommy.

Patsy got site banned I believe.

Sure thing Tac, don't see Getz around these days much As for the Walter Mitty crap, I'm not the one claiming to be looking for information on the TA so he can drive up to the six counties a few times a week when he could join the Reserve in Dublin.

( Well since you asked, as for Patsy, he's probably too busy with unionist friends of yours on politics.ie )

Poccington

Well this thread went well...

Tommy is taking two weeks off. Thread closed.