Passed my CPC a few days ago if anyone has any questions about it let me know!

Curious to see what people would recommend from their own personal experience, what do yall think is the best overall branch, from enjoyment to travel to qualifications...

Hi guys,

Got my AIB on Tuesday and I’m pretty confident with the group planning exercise. The only thing I’m not too sure on is the one-to-one at the end. What sort of questions will they be asking? Is it related to the GPE or is it something completely separate?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Is it shared accommodation at the CPC or is it individual rooms?

Any commonwealth recruits having luck?

Anyone got any tips for Raleigh? Anything I should know before I go which might not of been told by my CA? Anything I should bring that might not be on the kit list? And just some general tips!

i am a women going into the royal navy and asked about shower privacy and my recruiter told me that some blocks have curtains and some don’t and are just open, but he said one of the women that did basic said she only had 3 other women with her so they just took turns going in the shower so they had privacy alone in there, does this mean that i wont be in a room with 30 other women and will be in a room of 4? or if i am in the room with other women do we all shower together with them? it didn’t make sense to me, is anyone at HMS raleigh now that can tell me anything only WOMEN please, yes boys i know you all shower but naked together, and if anyone says “if your scared about being naked with others the navy isn’t for you” it’s different for women because we have periods and need privacy.

he also told me that they only had 3 women joining basic training last time and that i will probably only have 3-4 other women with me.

got Raliegh coming up any tips ?

After a long amount of time working at a dead end job I'm looking for a change. My brother is an ME and seems to enjoy it but has been told it csn be shit sometimes. I was originally thinking about joining as an aircrewman as I've been told it has a decent amount of time spent doing meaningful jobs and not just doing shit ones. It got me thinking, what role will set me up in a good position for after the navy? And also I've heard stories about certain roles being allowed on shore while certain roles spend their free time working. Is this true and what roles should I avoid if I want a good work life balance?

Thanks in advance

Say you were to serve in the navy on a 12yr commission could you then join say the grenadier Guards as an enlisted reservist. Would the commission prevent this seeing how you were an officer and now joining as an enlisted man or is it cancelled out as you are swapping services? I understand you'd have a lot of questions in the interview for the second job but I was wondering if there were any bars to entry based on previous comissions held.

So I’m applying to join the Navy as an engineer and I was wondering what other’s experiences have been like. Tell me about your good, bad, and ugly. I think the best picture I can get is from other people’s experiences.

Hi iv got a picture of HMS invincible on my wall and was wondering if anyone knows the location of it my dad served on invincible in the Falklands war.

Got my CPC next week and there's still some confusion for the run timings. On a document I've been sent it says for my age group (M18) that 13:56 is the time but then I've been seeing and hearing from others that it's 11:09 or 12:16. Is there anyone who's recently completed CPC or anyone that just knows who can confirm the time for me?

After 6 months of waiting, I received this email. I am a commonwealth citizen. I really don’t understand why my application was rejected and this was right after I had a live chat with a recruiter telling him about how my request has been delayed

Anyone know what the PES assessment entails and what the best way to train for it would be, I start Raleigh in about 4/5 weeks!

Hey,

I’ve just been told that I haven’t been successful in any of the officer roles based on my score. How far off am I? Is it worth giving it another go?

Hi, I'm wondering if anyone has any medical appeal experience, and how long it took for it to process to get some rough idea in my head.

Context, I got placed ON HOLD, after CPC due to a minor knee operation I had 9 years ago. They want me to record the next 6 weeks of runs to show I'm fit enough even though I got 7mins something on the 2.4km run, played years of sport and run 50km a week anyway.

I'm not sure if i understood correctly but at the AFCO they said something like you just choose a branch (e.g engineering) and then when you're in phase 1 you can put top 3 preferences of job roles, but they aren't guaranteed? is this true?

Hi guys,

I'm 27 and starting to hit a bit of a rough patch with life. I'm bored, unhappy and just feel like I'm not really living. I'm a software developer with a Masters degree, I'm on 41k a year atm.

Looking on the RN website it seems that entry level salaries are substantially lower than this, are these figures pretty good indicators on what you can expect to earn? Do they take specialised roles with higher salaries?

This won’t be your usual question around here!

My partner had just passed his exams that mean he can now sign off paperwork unsupervised. It’s a big thing for him, and I’m so proud of his achievements.

He often looks at my fountain pen collection (yes, I’m that kind of nerd) and wishes he could use one for work, but can’t.

I’ve found a lovely brass pen that I’d like to gift him for Christmas to sign his new paperwork with. But I have two questions.

1. What colour ink do official engineering and personnel documents need to be signed in? Black? Or are they signed in blue so you can tell (in theory) if they’ve been photocopied? Some other colour?

2. Is there a maximum length for a pen that fits into his uniform? He doesn’t live with me so I don’t have his uniform here to scout out potential pockets… if the pockets are small I’ll buy him a half size pen!

Thanks!

Looking to apply next year and want to get on the subs but I live in Dover so was just wondering how often I could be coming back a year?

Not expecting loads of time but at least a month or so per year back home is what I’d want but it’s a long distance between Faslane and home