simonjgriffithshr
Lantern Swinger
Hello everyone!
I've been looking at these forums occassionally for a few months now. Have been quite impressed, and have even stretched to making a couple of (very rare) posts quite recently.
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I passed my AIB in May - with a view to going to university and hopefully being assisted by the Navy. Exams came around and I didn't do as well as perhaps I should have done, so didn't get into my first choice university (Cardiff for Law). I decided that I didn't want to go to university at home (my second choice was Gloucestershire for Sports Education) so in September when I got a call asking for my A Level results I asked if it was possible to swap from the UCE/Bursary list to the NCE list. Not a problem according to the person from the AIB on the phone. It was too late for consideration for November entry, so it would be January at the earliest. Which was good because I was in a plaster-cast as it was thought that I'd broken my scaphoid playing rugby (luckily it later turned out that it hadn't been!).
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Anyway, to the crux of this post! Had a call yesterday (Nov 2nd) morning from the same person at the AIB telling me that I had been selected to start at BRNC on January 2nd as a Naval College Entrant in the Warfare Branch. In his style of prompt mailing, the paperwork arrived this morning (Nov 3rd) - I've never seen so much crammed into (two) envelopes! Needless to say I was very happy to have everything sorted and in place (provided that in updating it, I don't tick the 'yes I have been involved in terrorist activities' box on the security clearance form :? ). I was also happy that I had got into the first available entry.
So, all this paper! Very interesting reading, and there was certainly more info than on the BRNC web-site! But... Despite all of the literature, it still doesn't give a 'feeling' for the time at BRNC. I now know that my sports jacket should have vents and I'll need a fountain pen (plus lots of more useful stuff), but I don't know what it'll actually be like! Hard work, long days - obviously. But what sort of mixes - does training continue at weekends or is that used for private study and activity?
With no specifics in mind, can anyone who has been through or worked at BRNC or known anyone (well) who has been through BRNC that can give me anything on it, it would be much appreciated. Any little tidbits would be fantastic (in fact, the little nuances would be good to know, as they tend to give a real feel for a place).
Thanks in advance,
Simon
I've been looking at these forums occassionally for a few months now. Have been quite impressed, and have even stretched to making a couple of (very rare) posts quite recently.
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I passed my AIB in May - with a view to going to university and hopefully being assisted by the Navy. Exams came around and I didn't do as well as perhaps I should have done, so didn't get into my first choice university (Cardiff for Law). I decided that I didn't want to go to university at home (my second choice was Gloucestershire for Sports Education) so in September when I got a call asking for my A Level results I asked if it was possible to swap from the UCE/Bursary list to the NCE list. Not a problem according to the person from the AIB on the phone. It was too late for consideration for November entry, so it would be January at the earliest. Which was good because I was in a plaster-cast as it was thought that I'd broken my scaphoid playing rugby (luckily it later turned out that it hadn't been!).
{CONTINUE READING HERE...}
Anyway, to the crux of this post! Had a call yesterday (Nov 2nd) morning from the same person at the AIB telling me that I had been selected to start at BRNC on January 2nd as a Naval College Entrant in the Warfare Branch. In his style of prompt mailing, the paperwork arrived this morning (Nov 3rd) - I've never seen so much crammed into (two) envelopes! Needless to say I was very happy to have everything sorted and in place (provided that in updating it, I don't tick the 'yes I have been involved in terrorist activities' box on the security clearance form :? ). I was also happy that I had got into the first available entry.
So, all this paper! Very interesting reading, and there was certainly more info than on the BRNC web-site! But... Despite all of the literature, it still doesn't give a 'feeling' for the time at BRNC. I now know that my sports jacket should have vents and I'll need a fountain pen (plus lots of more useful stuff), but I don't know what it'll actually be like! Hard work, long days - obviously. But what sort of mixes - does training continue at weekends or is that used for private study and activity?
With no specifics in mind, can anyone who has been through or worked at BRNC or known anyone (well) who has been through BRNC that can give me anything on it, it would be much appreciated. Any little tidbits would be fantastic (in fact, the little nuances would be good to know, as they tend to give a real feel for a place).
Thanks in advance,
Simon
