I would encourage any school leaver to join the Regt because.....well the main thing is it's different form the army.
You are in the first instance going to be employed amongst air-minded people - always a good thing?? Secondly you are not tied to any particular specialisation for your whole career - Infantry (Field Sqns), Air Defence (Rapier - but for how long?), NBC (nuff said), Force Protection, Combat Survival Training, Training establishments various, Forward Air Control and then there's the out of branch (whoops - out of Corps) tours - with the Army (16 Air Assault, OPTAG, Sandhurst (instructor), etc, etc.
You can now go all the way (almost) to the top - NB the increasing numbers of 2* + that there are.
19 Years man and boy in the Corps. "Proud to serve" and never a dull moment.
Oh and let's face it you usually have both your bed and your toilet provided in a sturdy non moveable form.
Downside is that you will probably be deployed 8 months out of every year.
Oh yes and there are the NATO jobs.
Greetings from Kabul!!
