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Warfare Specialist

The Royal Marines were formed in 1664 as the Duke of York and Albermarles Maritime Regiment of Foot

Indeed they were, your missing my point Yorkie old chap. ^~

Duke of York and Albany's Maritime Regiment of Foot. Unless Cpl Gammage was wrong all those years ago.=-\\\\\\\\
 
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Sooo I'm hoping for some advice please, mine warfare specialist or chef, the job I wanted was not available to me any pro and cons for either would be great thankyou :)

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Sooo I'm hoping for some advice please, mine warfare specialist or chef, the job I wanted was not available to me any pro and cons for either would be great thankyou :)

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Mine warfare will be a million times more interesting than being a glorified dinner lady, just my opinion and sorry to offend the Chefs
 
I'm joining as a single parent with 2 young children so I'm trying to figure out the pros and cons of both obv I understand I will go away on tours and am totally prepared for that. I have no illusions to what I am getting myself into.

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Mine warfare will be a million times more interesting than being a glorified dinner lady, just my opinion and sorry to offend the Chefs


2ool, I would pay alot to see your face, if you finally pass out and start your 007 swashbuckling "warfare" RN career. :toothy10:

similou, how are you planing to deploy being a single parent? Not having a go just curious as to how you see it panning out.
 
My mum takes care off my boys while I work now and has agreed to move into quarter and take care of them when I'm away, like I say not a decision taken lightly. I just am undecided which route to go down, and hoped to get some advice from people who's already served???

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Similou, firstly take no notice of 2cool, he is waiting to join himself so has no personal knowledge of whats what in the RN.

Chefs, like any other branch, have good and bad, the training must be to a reasonable standard as I know some Submariner chefs have worked in some of the big London Hotel kitchens, its what you make of it. (standard joke is that its the hardest course in the RN as no one has ever passed it,)

I have no knowledge of the MW trade but others on here will be along shortly.

Welcome to the site.
 
My mum takes care off my boys while I work now and has agreed to move into quarter and take care of them when I'm away, like I say not a decision taken lightly. I just am undecided which route to go down, and hoped to get some advice from people who's already served???

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Have you spoken to any careers office (CO). You will get views and opinions on each of the branches you are interested in here, however be aware those views may be a little biased to each of the branches the RR's served and may lead you down a falsesome path, so I again have you had a lengthy chat with CO. If so then read on as you have obviously made your mind up about your chosen two
 
Well I make a craking spaghetti on toast so should be perfect job for me lol, nah its something I'm really considering, when I first applied Years ago I was joining as a seaman specialist, no jokes please had them all ha. But this is diff circumstances now so need to rethink things more carefully. Where is the chef training done and what are the promotion prospects like???

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Chef training is done at HMS Raleigh, promotion prospects are just as good as any large branch, How quickly you move up the ladder depends on you.
 
As janner has indicated, there are some very fine chefs in the Navy, and some do indeed find themselves in some pretty high profile roles when senior or after they finish their time. It's easy to criticise such a role in the constant eye (or taste buds? - no that sounds wrong) of their peers, and there certainly are some 'sloshers' but as Wrecker said, you'll get duffers everywhere. 2cool's comments were rude and ill informed (no, I'm not a chef - well - a damn good amateur) so don't take any notice. Can't comment on MW I'm afraid. I think they do something with mines.
 
Chefs are amongst the hardest workers in the navy and are often given little or no appreciation, even the good ones (and there are some fine ones out there!)
A word of warning however, if you have a delicate stomach it may be unsuitable for you as you still have to deal with food slop and raw ingredients in rough weather which can be tough on those of a more delicate constitution.
 
Interesting that they will give you a quarter.

Point to note, the entire fleet including the Corps require chefs. Some Embassies used to also. That kind of opportunity for drafting is rare in any branch. (Obviously you need to be sub qual'd to serve sub surface)
 

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