Hey, I have been serving 21 years in UK MOD. I was just wondering what daily life is like in RAR? Is it pretty chill, like the UK, or more in line with how the US run business? This is coming from someone who is mildly accustomed to having flexibility to go gym or grab a coffee when I feel like it. Currently a WO2 in Parachute Regiment thinking about options when I can take EDP. Thanks.
Hey all,
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You might be sick of these posts but looking for some 'on the ground' experience and some sound advice moving forward.
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I'm currently coming to the end of my time in the British army, well, 6 years away. I've served 20 so far, and I am now looking to the future. I have served in The Parachute Regiment for that 20 years, minus the 1 year I spent in training. I'll have 3 jobs left.
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I will time out at 42 years old. For me, that's far too young. I could likely drive for commision inside the UK MOD, but that would only give me 10 years maximum (realistically), taking me to 52. Really, I don't deem that as an age I can retire.
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I understand that the ADF allows service to continue without cut off until the age of 60 or there abouts. I could, therefore, likely move to the ADF as a Sgt, maybe inside a RAR battalion, and then progress for around 18 years. That's a lot of time I could give to ADF service. I'll take my UK pension and monthly EDP with me.
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Are there any ex UK soldiers here who have moved across? I think the biggest shock factors for a previous 26-year serving Sgt major would be jumping back into a more rigid routine. I assume the freedoms I've become used to will no longer exist. I'm not too sure about the differences in culture between ADF and the UK MOD. Apart from the fact that the ADF seems to be proud of reflecting a lot more lethality and maybe endorsing their infantry more than we do in the UK.
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I know the likely move location would be Townsville, and again, I don't know the positives or negatives for people who have moved there.
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I am not even sure what day to day military life looks like for an ADF RAR soldier of any rank.
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So anyone, both UK transfer or original ADF soldier born and bred, I would be keen to hear your perspective.
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Thanks for your time all!
Anyone having these issues since update? Screen went black the other day, and the menu was there but just couldn't see. Stutters on running and sliding and just general deysnc. Whole thing feels awful. Even had like spiral graphical black lines coming from some objects.
Hey, does anyone else have really bad desync after the recent update? I'm finding stutters on sliding and throwing grenades. This also is not representing on the top left symbols for lag or anything. Strange. Worsened overnight. Playing on a pretty powerful PC also!
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