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Hi guys, I was wondering if anyone has ever taken part in their uni's URNU? I had a look around the net and couldn't really find any specific information on them (even the RN's site seems a bit hazzy on them).
Does anyone reccommend any websites with information on them?
Or any personal experiences?
Thanks,
Ossie.
Does anyone reccommend any websites with information on them?
Or any personal experiences?
Thanks,
Ossie.
I'm sure someone can tell you a lot more than me, but from what I've seen of URNUs they are fantastic. Each has a ship which they use on some weekends to go away on day trips or overnight and they navigate and plan these journeys as well as looking after the majority of running the ship. They have a meeting house on land too where they meet after university and on weekends. You can do exchanges with OTCs and UASs throughout the year also.
Reply 2
If you want to be a FAA pilot join a UAS for the flying otherwise go ahead and join the URNU – either one will offer you great mates, amazing A.T. at a fraction of the real cost, masses of socialising, unforgettable banter and above all a great insight into a potential career. I have just finished 3 years UAS and wouldn’t change a thing.
All the best
J
All the best
J
If the UL URNU is ropey (which it is!) then I suggest that you check around the other units and see if they have a better web designer/compsci. All the units offer very similar types and amounts of activity so you will see the sort of things that are on offer.
There is no point in getting hung up on the detail, the staff are on 2-3 year tours and the students are only there for 3 years, so the whole tone and style of the place changes every year - you just have to cope with/enjoy/influence what it is like during your time there.
There is no point in getting hung up on the detail, the staff are on 2-3 year tours and the students are only there for 3 years, so the whole tone and style of the place changes every year - you just have to cope with/enjoy/influence what it is like during your time there.
Reply 4
james_harkin
If you want to be a FAA pilot join a UAS for the flying otherwise go ahead and join the URNU – either one will offer you great mates, amazing A.T. at a fraction of the real cost, masses of socialising, unforgettable banter and above all a great insight into a potential career. I have just finished 3 years UAS and wouldn’t change a thing.
All the best
J
All the best
J
Not so. I was in Bristol URNU and along with another cadet showed interest in the Fleet Air Arm and was offered a place on an RN flying camp in my first easter break. Bristol URNU (http://www.bris.ac.uk/Groups/BristolURNU/) was a great place. We had drill nights every Wednesday, sea weekends, visits to BRNC Dartmouth and HMNB Portsmouth. So if you are interested in the F.A.A. then join the URNU not a UAS as first and foremost you are a RN officer then a pilot.
Although saying that I'm off to OASC in October as I'm more interested in the RAF Intelligence branch than the RN!
Reply 5
CB
I was just offering the same advice that I was given by a RN chap from 20 Sqn - Harrier OCU.
J
I was just offering the same advice that I was given by a RN chap from 20 Sqn - Harrier OCU.
J
Reply 6
I have 2 mates in the URNU - one as a UCE and one as a standard uni reservist. They both love it and have done so much, including a lot of flying experience in Naval Rotary and FW a/c, ship visits, expeds with their own ships to places like Holland, France and the Channel Islands.
Like the UAS there is also plenty of sport available. Flying like the UAS has to offer is few and far between - Chrisbristol you are obviously in a minority! A sponsored FAA pilot stude I knew was told to joint he UAS and attend URNU as well to get some flying in.
James is offering some sound advice
IAS
Like the UAS there is also plenty of sport available. Flying like the UAS has to offer is few and far between - Chrisbristol you are obviously in a minority! A sponsored FAA pilot stude I knew was told to joint he UAS and attend URNU as well to get some flying in.
James is offering some sound advice
IAS
Reply 7
He might be offering some sound advice but as I said you can get the chance of going to a FAA camp with the URNU. If the guy wants to be in the FAA he still has to pass the Admiralty Interview Board (AIB), which assesses a candidates abilities as a potential RN Officer. I still stick by my statement that the URNU is the better to join as it prepares you to pass the AIB. The RN is looking first and foremost for potential Naval Officers not potential FAA pilots and being a full member of an URNU will carry more weight (at AIB) than being a UAS member and occasionally turing up to URNU lectures.
Reply 8
No it won't.
The Navy are more than happy to take UAS guys.
They are looking for Officers, whether you joined UAS or URNU doesn't matter but these FAA camps are few and far between! The Navy currently are recruiting pilots more than the RAF especially for FJ so are happy to look in all areas.
You can do research and organise trips to Naval stations. Have done this many times on my UAS as well as attending local URNU drill nights.
DEs have to research without attending the URNU...
If flying is what you seriously want, join the UAS and get the flying in. Plenty of time and opportunities to do activites with the URNU - I was offered the chance to go on their boat to France for a week last year, as well as going on joint trips, such as Merlin flying/Jetstream flying and getting a chance to chat to the Navy guys. UAS studes also get attached to FAA Sqns on SVAs especially at Cottesmore and Wittering.
Just don't rule out the UAS if you want FAA.
The Navy are more than happy to take UAS guys.
They are looking for Officers, whether you joined UAS or URNU doesn't matter but these FAA camps are few and far between! The Navy currently are recruiting pilots more than the RAF especially for FJ so are happy to look in all areas.
You can do research and organise trips to Naval stations. Have done this many times on my UAS as well as attending local URNU drill nights.
DEs have to research without attending the URNU...
If flying is what you seriously want, join the UAS and get the flying in. Plenty of time and opportunities to do activites with the URNU - I was offered the chance to go on their boat to France for a week last year, as well as going on joint trips, such as Merlin flying/Jetstream flying and getting a chance to chat to the Navy guys. UAS studes also get attached to FAA Sqns on SVAs especially at Cottesmore and Wittering.
Just don't rule out the UAS if you want FAA.
Whoa there folks! Surely you can see that, as usual, the best answer is, it depends.
If you are happy with the nature of RN life, maybe have family or friends in the Service, or were a Sea Cadet, or are simply convinced or unperturbed by what naval life will hold, then join the UAS and check out whether flying is for you. Enhance your CV at AIB by having a few hours under your belt and be able to talk about your passion for flying from a position of a whole 10 hours experience!
If, on the other hand, you know that you love flying, you've had a few flying lessons etc, but you are unsure that you will like bobbing about on the oggin and other aspects of naval life, then try out the URNU.
Don't get hung up on the idea that there is some scoring system at OASC or AIB whereby you can get black marks or epic scores for individual choices you have made. There are very many 'ticks' you can get at these selection interviews, and even more ways of gaining them. Nothing other than 'holds views incompatible with military service' is going to give you a killer fail. You might get 'two ticks' rather than 'one tick' at AIB for being a member of the URNU rather than the UAS. However, if the UAS was the place for you, then you will pick up that extra point, maybe even more because you are able to convince them of your passion for flying
If you are happy with the nature of RN life, maybe have family or friends in the Service, or were a Sea Cadet, or are simply convinced or unperturbed by what naval life will hold, then join the UAS and check out whether flying is for you. Enhance your CV at AIB by having a few hours under your belt and be able to talk about your passion for flying from a position of a whole 10 hours experience!
If, on the other hand, you know that you love flying, you've had a few flying lessons etc, but you are unsure that you will like bobbing about on the oggin and other aspects of naval life, then try out the URNU.
Don't get hung up on the idea that there is some scoring system at OASC or AIB whereby you can get black marks or epic scores for individual choices you have made. There are very many 'ticks' you can get at these selection interviews, and even more ways of gaining them. Nothing other than 'holds views incompatible with military service' is going to give you a killer fail. You might get 'two ticks' rather than 'one tick' at AIB for being a member of the URNU rather than the UAS. However, if the UAS was the place for you, then you will pick up that extra point, maybe even more because you are able to convince them of your passion for flying
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