Applying to British Army

[scottish]

Dog handlers are skilled soldiers who work with Military Working Dogs wherever the Army is deployed. You start by working with protection dogs, looking after the security and safety of strategic assets and bases. Later you might be chosen to handle specialist dogs that can detect arms and explosives.

Your initial training teaches you how to handle, look after and care for your protection dog on operations and hones your skills as a handler and professional soldier. You join a squadron in the 1st Military Working Dog Regiment, where your soldiering skills are developed. You also complete training that prepares you and your dog for operations.

You learn veterinary care techniques related to the health, welfare and training of military working dogs. You learn to handle protection dogs and to detect and apprehend intruders. You could also be chosen to go on a Specialist Dog Handler course, where you learn to handle arms and explosive search dogs, high assurance search dogs, dual role dogs, vehicle search dogs, infantry patrol dogs or tracker dogs.

Level 2 Diploma in Work-based Animal Care (Service Dog Handler) (QCF)
Level 3 Diploma in Work-based Animal Care (Service Dog Handler) (QCF)

[Bloop]

sorry but why would you ever think of applying to the military

[Kimmy]

sorry but why would you ever think of applying to the military

Sorry, but why not?
Couldn't I question that about any job?

[welshcake]

I wish I could join the army, I've always wanted to but I wouldn't pass the medical. I think it's great you're thinking of doing it. Use what skills you have now to pick what you wanted to do. I wanted to go into IT and communications. Cry. I wish I could.

[Okeanos]

Joining the army is a immensely respectful thing to do, man or woman, and serving Queen and country isn't something you should let people put you off with stupid comments.

Come off it, soldiers deserve zero respect. There is nothing respectful about being trained to kill people and no matter how you dress it up, that is essentially what they army is for. As for serving Queen and country, maj can go to hell. If you want to serve the country why not do something useful like becoming a doctor, nurse, police officer, teacher or social worker - they do a whole lot more for the country than an idiot with a gun.

[-:Undertaker:-]

Come off it, soldiers deserve zero respect. There is nothing respectful about being trained to kill people and no matter how you dress it up, that is essentially what they army is for.

So the millions of young lads who gave their lives for King and country against the Third Reich deserve zero respect?

Maybe you should go over to your beloved Europe, stand on the fields of Flanders (as I have) and take in the sacrifice they made for us. Absolute lions of men.

As for serving Queen and country, maj can go to hell. If you want to serve the country why not do something useful like becoming a doctor, nurse, police officer, teacher or social worker - they do a whole lot more for the country than an idiot with a gun.

Doctors, Police, teachers and social workers aren't the ones throwing themselves in a shower of bullets in a foreign hellhole so you can post this tripe freely.

[Empired]

Come off it, soldiers deserve zero respect. There is nothing respectful about being trained to kill people and no matter how you dress it up, that is essentially what they army is for. As for serving Queen and country, maj can go to hell. If you want to serve the country why not do something useful like becoming a doctor, nurse, police officer, teacher or social worker - they do a whole lot more for the country than an idiot with a gun.

Ah yes let's scrap our murderous army and be invaded by the East- or literally any country that notices how we have no defense system- instead. There's no point in the super useful doctors nurses, police officers, teachers and social workers if we have no way of protecting them from outside threats.

And @Ripieno; how's it going? Any more idea on what to do next?

[Kimmy]

Ah yes let's scrap our murderous army and be invaded by the East- or literally any country that notices how we have no defense system- instead. There's no point in the super useful doctors nurses, police officers, teachers and social workers if we have no way of protecting them from outside threats.

And @Ripieno; how's it going? Any more idea on what to do next?

Narrowed it down to paratrooper, a regular soldier or an officer; but when I tried to apply it asks for a passport and i don't have one yet grrr

Need to get everything sorted.

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Come off it, soldiers deserve zero respect. There is nothing respectful about being trained to kill people and no matter how you dress it up, that is essentially what they army is for. As for serving Queen and country, maj can go to hell. If you want to serve the country why not do something useful like becoming a doctor, nurse, police officer, teacher or social worker - they do a whole lot more for the country than an idiot with a gun.

Or, you do whatever the **** you want because you don't have to conform to everyone else's views and opinions?

[Empired]

Narrowed it down to paratrooper, a regular soldier or an officer; but when I tried to apply it asks for a passport and i don't have one yet grrr

Need to get everything sorted.

Passports are a pain. When did you apply for one? I had to renew mine recentlyish and it took absolutely ages. I was supposed to be going on a school trip to France and nearly missed it because my passport took such a long time :rolleyes:

[Kimmy]

Passports are a pain. When did you apply for one? I had to renew mine recentlyish and it took absolutely ages. I was supposed to be going on a school trip to France and nearly missed it because my passport took such a long time :rolleyes:

Not applied yet, I'm so slow! Going to do it this week though ... Why do they take so long? ;l