Army: Admissions
I presume that this may have some relevance to those joining the Senior Service.
Commons Hansard: 21 Jan 08, Col. 1584W
I presume that this may have some relevance to those joining the Senior Service.
Commons Hansard: 21 Jan 08, Col. 1584W
Willie Rennie: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on what grounds rejections of applications to join the Army are made.
Mr. Bob Ainsworth [holding answer 17 January 2008]: Applications to join the Army can be rejected because of a failure to satisfy eligibility criteria in any of the following fields:
Age
Convictions
Driving disqualifications/endorsements
Debt
Drugs
Education standard
Eyesight
Gender (women are excluded from employment in ground combat roles)
Height
Indentured apprentice
Medical standard
Nationality
Parental consent (required for those enlisting below the age of 18)
Physical fitness
Record of conduct in previous service with armed forces
Religion (Satanists are not accepted for service with the Army)
Reserve liability to commonwealth armed services
Residency
Tattoos/body piercing
Weight/body mass index
The applicability of, and the standard required within, each criterion, can depend on whether an applicant is seeking to become an officer or soldier, and also which trade or arm of the Army the applicant wishes to join.