The Student Room Group
Reply 1
A pulse and a nice bottom go far in the OTC.
Reply 2
A nice bottom... in working rig? You're joking? Right? :wink:
Reply 3
Willis_jenny
hi, im gunna be going to london university in september and really want to join the UOTC.. i just had my RCB briefing yesterday and today and wondered what the selection process for utoc is.. fitness etc??
be great if anyone could help?

If you're good looking you'll have no problem.

Serious.
Reply 4
Cymru_am_byth
If you're good looking you'll have no problem.

Serious.



I think we had to drink a yard of ale and then we were in!!
Reply 5
The Army are desperate, they'll let anyone in. :wink:
Reply 6
BlackHawk
The Army are desperate, they'll let anyone in. :wink:

Well they let thieving clerks back in!

Besides, OTC isn't the army.
Willis_jenny
hi, im gunna be going to london university in september and really want to join the UOTC.. i just had my RCB briefing yesterday and today and wondered what the selection process for utoc is.. fitness etc??
be great if anyone could help?


Ah a new comer to Athlone Company.

Being ex ULOTC I can tell you its not very hard to get in.

Fitness wise your expected to attend a section weekend and pass a BPFA (not very hard!).
On my selection (4 years ago mind) we had to do a group debate (at 5am Saturday morning), uniform fitting, firepower demo, section attack demo, leadership exercise and the social on the Saturday evening.
To my knowledge its changed slightly last year with a new commanding officer who is poo hot on the units fitness.

Any other q's drop me a line

PS - If you get in if you join anything other then the infantry platoon in your second year you need your head checking....:biggrin:
BlackHawk
The Army are desperate, they'll let anyone in. :wink:


Tell me about it. We've had two RAF Officers come into stores this week requesting greens because they are transferring over. It is outrageous.
Reply 9
Spiral Architect
Tell me about it. We've had two RAF Officers come into stores this week requesting greens because they are transferring over. It is outrageous.

What? Shouldn't they have them already?
Reply 10
Cymru_am_byth
What? Shouldn't they have them already?

They probably ruined them while trying to work out how to iron them.
Screw the OTC!:p: URNU is the way forward, you get your own ship for christ's sake! When I joined Bristol URNU there were 3 people for every 1 place available, so a bit of competition then!


No thats what we use for the OTC and Army types on joint ops :p:

Nice, Tom, Nice.
Reply 15
ChrisBristol
No thats what we use for the OTC and Army types on joint ops :p:

Yeah right, we've got our own very nice boats actually :P

lol :wink:
Reply 16
UOTC looks more exciting and rewarding than the RAF/RN equivalents. :biggrin:

2 quick questions:
1.Have they withdrawn some of the funding, re: the recent TA/Army training budget review?
2.Is there a UOTC unit located near Surrey University, or if not, where is the nearest?

-Tom
Try some of the other threads for more recent information. This one being about 3.5 years dead.