HIYA THERE, YEAH EXACTLEY THE SAME AS YOU ABOUT 7 YRS AGO TRIED TO GET IN BUT I WAS TOLD I AM TO OLD !
I WAS GOING TO JOIN THE TA, BUT WENT DOWN AND HAD A LOOK AND FOUND IT WAS NOT FOR ME.
SO AS A LAST RESORT I RANG A REALLY NICE BLOKE (SGT KELLY) (BASED AT LIVERPOOL) WHO TOLD ME TO COME DOWN TO MY NEAREST DETACHMENT ON OPEN EVENING, WHICH I DID, THEY SHOW YOU SOME VIDS AND LET YOU LOOK ROUND THE UNIT, FROM THERE I HAD TO SIT A ARMY ENTRANCE EXAM AT THE AFCO IN MANCHESTER AND HAVE A MEDICAL AND DO A 1.5 MILE RUN IN UNDER 10.45 ON A TREDMIL.
I WAS TOLD THAT THERE IS NO PROBS WITH ME JOINING JUST AS LONG AS I AM FIT ENOUGH, I HAVE NO PRIVIOUS MILITARY EXPERIENCE BUT I AM STILL QUITE FIT AND CAN GET MYSELF FITTER, SO I THINK I,VE GOT A GOOD CHANCE,