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Short answer NO
You can obtain an FTRS contract with the corps as an RMR officer , indeed there are some RMR officers that have been on FTRS for 10 years or more.
however you will not qualify for promotion etc and therfore this will not be a good career option i suggest.
you can however undertake YO training as a commado trained green beret wearing rank . there are i understand two officers currently who were in the RMR (Manchester) whilst at Uni , both passed RFCC were awarded green beret then went on to jion a YO batch, incidentally neither of these guys went through RMR training as officers
hope this helps

Short answer NO
You can obtain an FTRS contract with the corps as an RMR officer , indeed there are some RMR officers that have been on FTRS for 10 years or more.
however you will not qualify for promotion etc and therfore this will not be a good career option i suggest.
you can however undertake YO training as a commado trained green beret wearing rank . there are i understand two officers currently who were in the RMR (Manchester) whilst at Uni , both passed RFCC were awarded green beret then went on to jion a YO batch, incidentally neither of these guys went through RMR training as officers
hope this helps

Originally Posted by MOOSE

Short answer NO
You can obtain an FTRS contract with the corps as an RMR officer , indeed there are some RMR officers that have been on FTRS for 10 years or more.
however you will not qualify for promotion etc and therfore this will not be a good career option i suggest.
you can however undertake YO training as a commado trained green beret wearing rank . there are i understand two officers currently who were in the RMR (Manchester) whilst at Uni , both passed RFCC were awarded green beret then went on to jion a YO batch, incidentally neither of these guys went through RMR training as officers
hope this helps

I went into the local AFCO recently and was told that as the next intake for officers wasn't until next september it would be a good idea to join the RMR in the mean time, to gain experience.

Are you saying this isn't possible/advisable or am i wrong?

Cheers

No , i think you have misunderstood
you can join the RMR for experience and it will certainly help if / when you attend AIB.
if you aspire to a FULL CAREER with RM then you will have to do full RM officer training , there is no direct RMR officer entry training that is comparable to regular RM Officer training .
Many RMR Officer attach to the regular corps for FTRS or operations but they cannot transfer to a full career option
hope this clears things up for you, if it doesnt then pm me
good luck

Ah i understand.

Thanks for clearing that up.