Joining the irish defence forces

bitemybanger · 20-06-2008 06:07PM

KINGPIN wrote: »

i applied in april no response yet, thats awfully quick medical and pt ^^

Tell me bout it, was in St Bricins over 5 hours getting the med done and the corpral in there siad its usualy about 10 days notice but two days???
A birdie told me last week that new recruits are starting in Gormanstown early August, that will probably be us.

Local-womanizer · 21-06-2008 06:08PM

The hearing test for the PDF is the same as the RDF I presume?I have done the RDF one and you will fail if you listen to an MP3 or go out the night before!Luckily I got it but it is failable if you do listen to music etc.Dident help for our bus driver having the radio up near full whack on the way to it!

Is the medicals the same also?Again I got through mine fine for the RDF,cupping and all!!:(

Some people have said to tell the interveiwers you were a captain of a sports team,do they check this up atall?Dont want to caught lieing.I just want to cover all angles so as not to screw up.

Thanks.

NoQuarter · 21-06-2008 09:08PM

Local-womanizer wrote: »

Some people have said to tell the interveiwers you were a captain of a sports team,do they check this up atall?Dont want to caught lieing.I just want to cover all angles so as not to screw up.

Thanks.

no they dont check it at all, i said it in mine, and if by some miracle they did check it, just tell them "if your not cheating your not trying" and youll luck even better in their eyes!

Dr.Sanchez · 23-06-2008 05:49PM

I did my fitness/medical in april... They sent me back all my reference's and birth cert today in the post, no letters attached...

Can someone tell me if thats a good or bad thing???

-aurora · 02-07-2008 12:51AM

i got the same then a few weeks later got a letter for the medical

Cato · 04-07-2008 12:22PM

i remeber reading this thread nearly a year ago when i sent my first application away, its been a long wait but i finally got it, thanks to all of ye for the help and suggestions, it helped alot.

dahamster · 04-07-2008 02:01PM

Cato wrote: »

i remeber reading this thread nearly a year ago when i sent my first application away, its been a long wait but i finally got it, thanks to all of ye for the help and suggestions, it helped alot.

Well done, best of luck. Keep your head down, your eyes open and your mouth shut and you'll do fine in recruit training.Remember when you want to jack it in (and you will) that it doesn't last forever.

ChapOfDRyans · 04-07-2008 05:59PM

i sent my stuff away 2-3 weeks ago.

How long can i expect to wait?

NoQuarter · 04-07-2008 09:39PM

ChapOfDRyans wrote: »

i sent my stuff away 2-3 weeks ago.

How long can i expect to wait?

see post number 367:eek:

conno3001 · 05-07-2008 03:49AM

Hey folks just looking for some advice, thought I might as well try this forum.

Heres my situation at the moment:

I'm 16
I have my Junior Cert
I left school over a year ago for personal reasons
I'm turning 17 in just under a month
I am currently in a FAS course, but I have decided the office life won't be for me...

I remember reading sometime last year on a reserves website that you can apply when your 16 as long as your 17 the day you start training.

If this applies to the PDF, I am not exactly sure. A good friend of mine recently has passed his interview and medical so I would guess the application process takes around 2-3 months on average, so if I can save some time that would be pretty damn good...

As for my young age and education, would that hold me back interview wise?

I've also been looking into joining the PDF for some time now, so I have a general idea of what I'm getting into.

Any other advice would be very welcomed also.

Thanks for your time, Conno.

muletide · 05-07-2008 08:56AM

conno3001 wrote: »

Hey folks just looking for some advice, thought I might as well try this forum.

Heres my situation at the moment:
I'm 16

I have my Junior Cert

I left school over a year ago for personal reasons

I'm turning 17 in just under a month

I am currently in a FAS course, but I have decided the office life won't be for me...

I remember reading sometime last year on a reserves website that you can apply when your 16 as long as your 17 the day you start training.

If this applies to the PDF, I am not exactly sure. A good friend of mine recently has passed his interview and medical so I would guess the application process takes around 2-3 months on average, so if I can save some time that would be pretty damn good...

As for my young age and education, would that hold me back interview wise?

I've also been looking into joining the PDF for some time now, so I have a general idea of what I'm getting into.

Any other advice would be very welcomed also.

Thanks for your time, Conno.

finish school - you will regret it for the rest of your life if you dont

RFHazard · 05-07-2008 12:46PM

conno3001 wrote: »

Hey folks just looking for some advice, thought I might as well try this forum.

Heres my situation at the moment:
I'm 16

I have my Junior Cert

I left school over a year ago for personal reasons

I'm turning 17 in just under a month

I am currently in a FAS course, but I have decided the office life won't be for me...

I remember reading sometime last year on a reserves website that you can apply when your 16 as long as your 17 the day you start training.

If this applies to the PDF, I am not exactly sure. A good friend of mine recently has passed his interview and medical so I would guess the application process takes around 2-3 months on average, so if I can save some time that would be pretty damn good...

As for my young age and education, would that hold me back interview wise?

I've also been looking into joining the PDF for some time now, so I have a general idea of what I'm getting into.

Any other advice would be very welcomed also.

Thanks for your time, Conno.

HI Conno,

I'm with muletide. Go back to school first and then join up. Whatever your personal reasons there are many other options to getting your leaving cert without having to go back to your old school.

To answer your question, there are no minimum educational requirements required for you to join the defence forces, but you will have to get a consent form signed by your parents/guardians if you are under 18.

Some of the defence forces most valuable members have come from similar situations and it is no reason to suggest that you will not make an excellent soldier.

Technically, your age and education will not hold you back at interview, but a board may well use their discretion if they feel that you could do with a bit more time to mature before joining (which is quiet likely these days)

There are schemes for those who join to go back to school and obtain their leaving cert through the army but there are no guarantees that you will be accepted for it down the road.

In short, you can join once you are 17 regardless of education, but you are better off coming in with as much education as you can. It will give you options inside the organisation such as trainee tech schemes etc, and when you leave in the future. You don't want to be trapped in the DF years down the line because you can't afford to leave, but can't get a job paying similar wages on the outside.

You have plenty of time to join up, and an extra year or two of education will be a massive advantage to you when you do.

Best of luck and feel free to PM me if you want

RFHazard

conno3001 · 05-07-2008 10:26PM

RFHazard wrote: »

HI Conno,

I'm with muletide. Go back to school first and then join up. Whatever your personal reasons there are many other options to getting your leaving cert without having to go back to your old school.

To answer your question, there are no minimum educational requirements required for you to join the defence forces, but you will have to get a consent form signed by your parents/guardians if you are under 18.

Some of the defence forces most valuable members have come from similar situations and it is no reason to suggest that you will not make an excellent soldier.

Technically, your age and education will not hold you back at interview, but a board may well use their discretion if they feel that you could do with a bit more time to mature before joining (which is quiet likely these days)

There are schemes for those who join to go back to school and obtain their leaving cert through the army but there are no guarantees that you will be accepted for it down the road.

In short, you can join once you are 17 regardless of education, but you are better off coming in with as much education as you can. It will give you options inside the organisation such as trainee tech schemes etc, and when you leave in the future. You don't want to be trapped in the DF years down the line because you can't afford to leave, but can't get a job paying similar wages on the outside.

You have plenty of time to join up, and an extra year or two of education will be a massive advantage to you when you do.

Best of luck and feel free to PM me if you want

RFHazard

Thanks for the helpful replies.

Although I'm sure the wiser choice would be to head back to school and get the leaving out of the way, I have my mind set on joining the army as soon as possible and have been for quite some time now.

I may try and get it done in the army, even if that isn't a sure thing, it couldn't hurt to try.

On another note I'm turning 17 on the 25th of July, so I was wondering if I should send away a set of forms I have here that I got from my friend that is joining and he had a spare set... I do not know where exactly to post the forms to though and he doesn't either since he got a friend's father to hand in the form because he is in the army, I'm based in Dublin if thats of any use.

Thanks in advance for any replies, Conno.

ChapOfDRyans · 06-07-2008 10:42AM

It depends on what brigade you are sending them to,seen as your from Dublin its more likely the eastern brigade.As far as I know its

Officer In charge
Personal management section
2 eastern brigade HQ
cathal brugha barracks
Rathmines
Dublin6

bitemybanger · 06-07-2008 04:16PM

muletide wrote: »

finish school - you will regret it for the rest of your life if you dont

+1 on that one

conno3001 · 06-07-2008 07:24PM

ChapOfDRyans wrote: »

It depends on what brigade you are sending them to,seen as your from Dublin its more likely the eastern brigade.As far as I know its

Officer In charge
Personal management section
2 eastern brigade HQ
cathal brugha barracks
Rathmines
Dublin6

Thanks for the info.

Conno

SailingSOLDIER · 11-07-2008 11:31AM

muletide wrote: »

finish school - you will regret it for the rest of your life if you dont

Defo i done the leaving worked for a few years then jioned the navy last year.... i have already been sent to college for further specialist training

ChapOfDRyans · 11-07-2008 12:06PM

SailingSOLDIER wrote: »

Defo i done the leaving worked for a few years then jioned the navy last year.... i have already been sent to college for further specialist training

What way did you join if you dont mind me asking?

Enlistment or cadet?

SailingSOLDIER · 11-07-2008 12:07PM

enlistment

melikedonunts · 28-07-2008 04:01PM

anyboady receive any info on when the next intake may be,was thinking thier might be 1 around september,would this lot already be notified

KINGPIN · 28-07-2008 04:53PM

applied in march , have interview scheduled for start of next month.

SailingSOLDIER · 28-07-2008 05:59PM

if its the Navy rumour has it its september

c-90 · 30-07-2008 11:19AM

any word on the cut backs, are they not recruiting after this year?

im 17 next month and the local reserves are back in september, if i try and join in september will i get in or is it too late

minidazzler · 30-07-2008 03:35PM

c-90 wrote: »

any word on the cut backs, are they not recruiting after this year?

im 17 next month and the local reserves are back in september, if i try and join in september will i get in or is it too late

You should get in but I have a feeling this year is gonna be tight on Uniforms so get in on the first day you can so you can be one of the first to get a Uniform. and get it faster.

c-90 · 31-07-2008 03:14PM

minidazzler wrote: »

You should get in but I have a feeling this year is gonna be tight on Uniforms so get in on the first day you can so you can be one of the first to get a Uniform. and get it faster.

thanks dude

murph226 · 31-07-2008 03:51PM

SailingSOLDIER wrote: »

Defo i done the leaving worked for a few years then jioned the navy last year.... i have already been sent to college for further specialist training

Curious, what specialist training do you speak of?

SailingSOLDIER · 01-08-2008 05:37PM

this and that cant specify online

murph226 · 01-08-2008 08:04PM

navy seal is it?:rolleyes:

SailingSOLDIER · 01-08-2008 10:56PM

murph226 wrote: »

navy seal is it?:rolleyes:

nope..... due to the nature of my work i can't disclose info

murph226 · 02-08-2008 09:06AM

I'm not asking you to disclose info, just asking what you do?

E.R.A'S, E.A'S, R.R.T'S, its not top secret bud?

Joining the irish defence forces

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