UOTC - What 'kit' do they give you thats worth so much?

Bearing in mind that if you have a radio and you lose it on ex, your insurance will cover you (most likely). That's one of the reasons why they ask you to get kit insurance. UAS get different kit.... if anything it's worth more. And the UAS doesn't just get the 'occasional' flight.....!!

UAS get better kit?

UAS get better kit?

Liverpool all the way... we beat the cr*p out of your OTC at the engineering weekend, by the way.

How many people at your unit, more or less?

Well done. Can't reeeeally say I'm bothered about engineers or any of those other random competitions, I've only been on one and silly DTUS won nearly everything therea anyway.

Intake into Athlone (1st year) is 200-250 (depending upon what the CO wants) but retension isn't amazing - in my year 204 joined and 120ish passed out of Athlone Company and about 70 (I think) finished B company. This year we took 250 into Athlone and about I think about 160 passed out but I'm not too sure exactly.

Yes we are big and yes it does mean we are cooler. Fact.

And UAS - if you are going to wear greens please learn how to iron them at least.

One wears green dear, not greens.

Only prepubescent cadet wannabes and septics call them 'greens'

Only thing you should iron is the shirt (or jacket, combat, lightweight if you want to be anal), and iron that once right and you'll never need to do it again.

If you want to see FiveFiveSix cry, just walk around wearing ironed trousers/smocks.

Well hello Mr Pedantic. Yes I mean their shirts and yes you would have cried if you had seen them.

if you want to sound like a cadet wannabe or a septic and instantly mark yourself out as such, feel free to crack on...

Is that the pecking order for gobby TA then? The shame of it. If only you were more like the TA unit I've been working with - no attitude, just professionalism.

C_B_C - I'd not expect UAS to do the same as OTC in the same way I'd not expect an RAF Officer to have the same training as an Army Officer.

I would tell you what I did on my UAS but I'd be here all day.... so I won't bother

Well done. Can't reeeeally say I'm bothered about engineers or any of those other random competitions, I've only been on one and silly DTUS won nearly everything therea anyway.

Intake into Athlone (1st year) is 200-250 (depending upon what the CO wants) but retension isn't amazing - in my year 204 joined and 120ish passed out of Athlone Company and about 70 (I think) finished B company. This year we took 250 into Athlone and about I think about 160 passed out but I'm not too sure exactly.

Yes we are big and yes it does mean we are cooler. Fact.
And UAS - if you are going to wear greens please learn how to iron them at least.

I'm not saying that the UAS is similar to the OTC, I'm saying that the OTC is better.

I'm not saying that the UAS is similar to the OTC, I'm saying that the OTC is better.



Go on then... or is it just an excuse to give you another day to come up with something?



I'll give you that one about the Unit's size:

160 intake first year at Liverpool OTC.

But I guess we're just elite then :P

I've learnt how to use, strip and maintain the SA-80 So have 13 year old cadets), learnt all the basic BCD (first aid stuff), radio comunication (Bowman?), day and night navigation, patroling, shooting, drill, camouflage & concealment (we've all seen the hour long lesson of how to stuff the wrong colour grass in your webbing), we've done a quick Observing course, and we've done all sorts of attacking excersises: from firing manouvers to creeping up to a sniper position (in which I dragged myself through a freezing river for half an hour, only to be caught as soon as I popped my head over the bank)....(Sounds tough).
I also could've done the engineering weekend (learning how to put bridges together, and learning all about the engineering tanks), I've missed about three good "enemy" weekends, where we play enemy for the regular army (and get payed for it), ....(you missed out "and got slaughtered" from the OTC guys playing enemy I've seenand countless other optional weekends, basically because of how demanding my course and my boxing club are.
On top of this there are all the sport teams, fitness training, and most importantly: all of the social events (the best I've ever seen).

Some of the comments on here are a joke. My unit is better than yours etc. Grow up FFS.

Beat me 2 it.

Be careful chum, or you'll get called nasty names by ProStacker too...

The thought of it makes me cry at night.

p.s. loving the Nitrox in your profile.

Some of the comments on here are a joke. My unit is better than yours etc. Grow up FFS.

C_B_C. Didn't you try to get into a UAS and got into the UOTC instead? I'm sure I remember you wanting to be an RAF pilot?

Either way its all abit pathetic this. The UAS and UOTC are different but both are extremly good organistations for future officers in the forces.

Don't know if this is banter or are you being serious? You sound a bit like you think you've "been there and done it all" - your in the UOTC which is part of the TA that isn't eligible for deployment, not a Captain with 27 years experience in the SAS.