Below is the number of Royal Air Force (RAF) recruits who completed their Phase 1 initial military training between 2010 and 2016. Table 1: Number who complete phase 1 training Year Of Those Who Started in Year, Number who Completed Phase 1 Training 2010/2011 1237 2011/2012 1231 2012/2013 1251 2013/2014 1623 2014/2015 1886 2015/2016 2175… Read More
Below is the number of Royal Signals Foreman of Signals and Foreman of Signal (IS) applicants for 2014. Table 1: Royal Signals foreman of signals applicants Term 2014 Total number of applicants 117 Number called forward to selection board [Note 1] 40 Number of candidates selected for Foreman of Signals 14 Number of candidates selected… Read More
The number of applicants for the Royal Navy’s Mine Clearance Diving courses are outlined in Table 1. Table 1: Number of applicants by year Course End Date Arrived Passed 2015 40 35 2016 40 35 2017 (to November 2017) 30 20 Source: Royal Navy, 2017 Reference FOI Request: FOI2017/10096, dated 14 November 2017.
Table 1 highlights the number and percentage of people joining the British Army, as Regulars, under the age of 18. Table 1: U18 Intake Year As Figure As % of All Recruits 2011 2,760 28.5% 2012 2,410 25.2% 2013 1,970 26.6% 2014 1,730 26.4% 2015 1,830 23.4% 2016 1,860 26.4% Total 12,560 26.1% Source: Defence… Read More
For those of you looking to attend the British Army’s Army Officers Selection Board (AOSB), you may find the material below of some use in preparing for it: AOSB – Aptitude Test, consisting of: Verbal reasoning. Numerical reasoning. Abstract reasoning. AOSB – Memory & Attention Test (MAT) & AOSB Personality Assessment. AOSB – Practice Planning… Read More
Table 1 provides an outline of the number of women in the British Army’s Royal Armoured Corps (RAC) as of October 2017. Table 1: Women in the Royal Armoured Corps Type Untrained Trained Regular 5 5 Reserve 5 or less 30 Source: Defence Statistics (Army) Note: Numbers are rounded in accordance with MOD policy. The… Read More
“The average time for an application being received to join the British Army and an individual commencing initial training is around 300 days.” (UK MOD FOI, 2017) Reference MoD (Ministry of Defence) (2017) Number of Females in the Royal Armoured Corps as of October 2017. Available from World Wide Web: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/656895/2017-10388.pdf. [Accessed: 08 November, 2017].
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