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2021 Cadetship

JRK1995

2021 Officer Cadetship is open for applications, best of luck everyone!

Bit of background on myself, I'm 25 so this is my only chance to get in. Trying to get my km down to 3:30. After doing everything 'right' I found myself in a boring office job... very unfulfilled so I decided to go for the cadetship, something I have thought about since I was a kid. Hopefully I'll see this out to the very end to find myself starting at the end of the year and I hope there's some other boards members who'll be joining me in this competition.

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CavanBG1997

Any soul hear a word back yet? No one I have talked to has, neither rejection or interview offer

RWJ1995

mcc_c wrote: »

Fair play man! Have you received Garda vetting yet? Got an invite as well but haven't got a vetting email yet

@RWJ1995 I have no idea how they do it, it could go by any number of ways so I would try not to worry just yet. I think interviews go on till the 30th so there should be loads

Fair play on the Army invite man. Got an email earlier today for the Navy interview but also have an application going for the Army so will have to wait and see, cheers!

mcc_c

Cadetirldub wrote: »

Just got my invitation for Army interview. I did stage 2 on the 28th. Hope you all get good news over the coming days

Fair play man! Have you received Garda vetting yet? Got an invite as well but haven't got a vetting email yet

@RWJ1995 I have no idea how they do it, it could go by any number of ways so I would try not to worry just yet. I think interviews go on till the 30th so there should be loads

RWJ1995

Anyone have any idea how they go about the interview invitations? Is it chronological from your stage 2 date? Did my stage 2 on the 28th and starting to get a bit nervous now haha

Rodoge

By email

TRL23

Is the interview invitation by email or do they ring your phone ?

Rodoge

Tf136 wrote: »

Anyone get anything back from the navy?

I got my garda vetting this morning and just got invited for the Navy Interview at 4 today for the 13th of July , best of luck everyone else!

Mozroy96

Did anyone who did their stage 2 on the 29th get any offers for an interview yet?

Cadetirldub

Just got my invitation for Army interview. I did stage 2 on the 28th. Hope you all get good news over the coming days

Tf136

Anyone get anything back from the navy?

CS97

TRL23 wrote: »

What day did you do your stage 2 lad ?

Thursday the 24th man

TRL23

CS97 wrote: »

It is yeah.

What day did you do your stage 2 lad ?

CS97

It is yeah.

Dilbert75

CS97 wrote: »

Any one else get an interview offer? Got mine at 10 this morning for the 14th of July.

Is that for army?

CS97

Any one else get an interview offer? Got mine at 10 this morning for the 14th of July.

Cadetirldub

Rodoge wrote: »

Did anyone receive the Garda vetting email yet?

I haven't anyway

Rodoge

Did anyone receive the Garda vetting email yet?

Swindled

I spent 17 years in the defence forces, I had some good times and met some great people, but now you'd be mad to join them they way things have gone. They were always just a small local force, but now they are just a shadow of even that. Don't do it would be my advice. If you're genuinely into the military life, join a reputable one abroad and have a decent experience and career. That's what I would do in your position and had my time over. If you're more into flying or seafaring, than you are into the military side, then do that the civilian commercial way, don't make this mistake of trying to do it though the DF. You can take or leave this advice, I probably wouldn't have listened to it either when I was your age. I won't be responding to posts or questions, you can learn the long hard way, or the easy way, it won't matter to me, but perhaps just one person reading this thread will take a better route in life. Good luck.

JustThisGuy

Cadetirldub wrote: »

Can't imagine it would be a very easy process switching between branches. As far as I know the Navy only do about 3 months of the cadetship and then go down to Cork to do separate training so you wouldn't have the necessary skills for another branch. You would have a better chance transferring units within the army, not sure how easy that is for officers but I'm sure it happens a lot
Maybe somebody else knows more.

I imagine cadetship and general service would be the same difficulty regarding transfers Just due to age had to go navy route and family & home being in Dublin would be the main reason for transfer. Hopefully I hear an answer as so far I've got straight after recruit training, after 1 year service and after 2 year service ðŸ˜€

Hk289

mcc_c wrote: »

I'll pm you to free up the thread!

Yeah lad no bother

mcc_c

Hk289 wrote: »

Thanks bud, what is life like after the cadetship like, did your friend go overseas quickly or what happens after it?

I'll pm you to free up the thread!

Hk289

mcc_c wrote: »

I know a guy who did it, he said it is hard but rewarding and he loved it. From what I gather it's more about how far you can push yourself mentally more than anything.

If possible you should look into the RDF as well but I don't think they'll recruit before next year.

Thanks bud, what is life like after the cadetship like, did your friend go overseas quickly or what happens after it?

mcc_c

Hk289 wrote: »

Thanks, do you know anybody else doing the cadetship atm and what do they think it’s like? Just wondering on how hard it is?

I know a guy who did it, he said it is hard but rewarding and he loved it. From what I gather it's more about how far you can push yourself mentally more than anything.

If possible you should look into the RDF as well but I don't think they'll recruit before next year.

Hk289

Thanks, do you know anybody else doing the cadetship atm and what do they think it’s like? Just wondering on how hard it is?

mcc_c

Hk289 wrote: »

Hi guys looking to do the cadetship next year, just wondering what was the talks with the current cadets like and what was the cadet school like?

Fair play for making the decision. The cadets talked through what to expect in training, it you listen to the Defence Forces podcast on the three cadetships it will give you a fairly similar idea.

I would suggest downloading the Terms and Conditions for the 2021 cadetship of the Army/Navy/Air Corps depending on which one you're interested in. They contain all the information you need to know.

The fitness to get in is 20 pushups in a minute, 20 sit ups in a minute and a 2.4km run in less than 11:40min for males and 13:10min for females. There are also certain educational requirements, these are all available in the terms and conditions.

My advice would be to soak up as much information on the DF as you can through their podcasts and social media channels. I would also download the terms and conditions and make sure you understand fully what's needed.

Good luck!

Hk289

Also does anybody know what kind of fitness is needed at the start and do you need to do assessments once your in?

Hk289

Hi guys looking to do the cadetship next year, just wondering what was the talks with the current cadets like and what was the cadet school like?

Cadetirldub

JustThisGuy wrote: »

Howya lads, just a quick one , hopefully someone has an answer. What is it like to get transfers from branch to branch ? Let's say from army to navy or vice versa, due to your home and family being on the other side of the country from base? Also after how long can you apply for this transfer? Straight outta recruit training or after 1/2 years service ?

Can't imagine it would be a very easy process switching between branches. As far as I know the Navy only do about 3 months of the cadetship and then go down to Cork to do separate training so you wouldn't have the necessary skills for another branch. You would have a better chance transferring units within the army, not sure how easy that is for officers but I'm sure it happens a lot
Maybe somebody else knows more.

JustThisGuy

Howya lads, just a quick one , hopefully someone has an answer. What is it like to get transfers from branch to branch ? Let's say from army to navy or vice versa, due to your home and family being on the other side of the country from base? Also after how long can you apply for this transfer? Straight outta recruit training or after 1/2 years service ?

CS97

mcc_c wrote: »

That's great thank you, interested to hear from the junior officers. Did they bring yous to the cadet school?

Afraid not, covid regulations seemed to put a halt to that.