How to become an army officer

 

The Army carries out tasks given to it by the democratically elected Government of the United Kingdom (UK).

Its primary task is to help defend the interests of the UK, which consists of England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. This may involve service overseas as part of a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Force or any other multi-national deployment. Soldiers may also be deployed on United Nations (UN) operations and used to help in other emergencies.

 

To Become An Army officer you need to demonstrate the following qualities:

 

 

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Become A British Army Officer | Pass The Army Officer Selection Process

 

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This website is designed to give you information about the regiment, its history, its organisation and about the lives of all those soldiers and their families serving in the present regiment or its glorious past.

 

Make purchases online, but you must be logged on. Then when your cash back amounts to the payment limit you will receive payment from Armed Forces Friends. So you get more and you will still not have to pay anything to use and enjoy Armed Forces Friends. This is an online variation on the NAAFI dividend stamps.


Due to unprecedented demand the Army Fund will be staging "Music on Fire!" on 22-24 September 2015 . This unmissable fireworks and musical spectacular will once again be held in the exclusive setting of The Royal Academy, . So put the dates in your diary and get ready to dust off that picnic basket!

 

The Band is stationed at Wellington Barracks, close to Buckingham Palace, in central London. Members of the Band are able to keep in contact with the remainder of the Regiment, wherever it is serving, through entertainment visits and in the participation of all the major events closely associated with the Grenadier Guards.

 

The First Battalion is made up of three rifle companies, The Queen's Company, No 2 Company and The Inkerman Company, and Support Company consisting of a recce platoon, an anti-tank platoon, a mortar platoon and a machine gun platoon. Nijmegen Company, which is stationed in Wellington Barracks, London, upholds the customs and traditions of the Second Battalion, and performs a variety of ceremonial duties.


The modern regiment, converted to a Light Infantry Regiment on 22nd July 2005. It comprises one operational battalion, which is at the forefront of British Military operations. Currently based in Hounslow, the battalion will move to Chester in July, 2005.

Rather that take the easy option and go for a run, the Sappers from 63 Training and Support Squadron, Royal Engineers, built a mile’s worth of state-of-the-art bridging over a 30-hour period between the 14th and 15th of July.


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  • Movement of personnel and materiel - the support to specialist operations, helicopter medical evacuation and delivery of vital equipment.

    The opportunities offered in the Army Air Corps, both in the air and on the ground, are as varied as its role.


  • Control and direction of firepower - Army Aviation can rapidly move to observe enemy forces and engage with other weapon systems such as Fighter Ground Attack, Main Battle Tanks, Artillery and mortars, land based rocket systems or even Naval Fire Support Systems.