He’s reported me again because of my post in the same thread, which was apparently an insult. Not sure how he gets that, it was a compliment to BTI given that he’s been an officer in the ACO for 8 years and i can’t see him wanted to drop all that to get dirty and shouted at (Reg Gunner).
yeah I saw that, I’m not going to persue it.
Might be wise to switch to your normal account though for conversations such as these.
cheers
^
It’ll be multi-trade AFAIK, not just Regt …and would be looking at Hoccifer rather than Hairman old fruit! Not just a pretty face you know 
Cheers
BTI
Do you think they will be recruiting officers direct from the street?
^ Yup!
[quote]RAF Reserves website - 611 (West Lancashire) Sqn wrote:
The Squadron will commence recruiting from 10 March 2013, fifty-six years exactly from the day that it disbanded, and will seek to recruit Part Time Volunteer Reserves into the Royal Auxiliary Air Force as officers and airmen.[/quote]
For Offr you need to pass initial selection by the Sqn, then OASC, then the 2 weeks RAuxAF Basic Recruit Training Course at Halton, then ROIT (Reserve Officers Initial Training) - which involves a lot of distance learning, several weekend courses, then 2 weeks “finishing” at Cranditz.
TBH a lot will depend on what trades/branches the Sqn will support …and a long and complicated chat with the missus!
Cheers
BTI
there was a RAF Internal Brief out on their Dii Intrannet page, but guessing none of you have accsess. will see if i can find it again and see what i can get from it
It would be interesting to find out what trades they have. I have a feeling there could be a lot of interest.
pppps Anyone on ACC fancy their chances at applying to become an RAuxAF/RAF Reserves part-time Cyber-warrior?[/quote]
Oh yes indeedy!
Full list of trades/branches for 611 now on the website:
[quote]RAF Reserves - 611 (West Lancashire) Sqn wrote:
■Chaplain
■Flight Operations Assistant
■Flight Operations Officer
■Intelligence Analyst
■Intelligence Officer
■Logistics Chef
■Logistics Driver
■Logistics Officer
■Media Operations Officer
■Personnel Support
■Personnel Support Officer
■Photographer
http://www.raf.mod.uk/rafreserves/rolesandsquadrons/611westlancashire.cfm[/quote]
Open day on Sun 10 Mar!
Cheers
BTI
Topic split from the existing one which was about the NI Sqn.
Where’s the open day announcement?
So, unless you want to be a Media Officer, or have existing role based qualifications, it’s entry only as an Airman/Woman.
Same as everywhere in the RAuxAF. Everyone attests as an AC, even the very nice chap I was talking to the other day who may well be the first person to ever transfer from UAS to RAuxAF: same service number, no break in service, will eventually go to Cranwell, but he had to become an AC rather than an Officer Cadet.
Effectively, in the vast majority of cases, but even using their rule-set (as outlined on the person-specs for Officer roles), there is an opportunity to apply directly for commissioning as an IntO.
Can you give a bit more detail on this, please, tango_lima. Presumably this person is currently an OCdt RAFVR(UAS), and not an A/Plt Off in the VR(UAS)? There’s still some ambigiuty as to whether OCdts RAuxAF actually exist, other than in tiny per-case numbers. They certainly didn’t, back in the early '90s into mid 2000s, but despite the career path not being explicitly stated on the website, there was a biopic example of someone who’d done it.
What I find intriguing about 611 is that it’s looking like what was being called back in the day a Multi-Role Support Squadron. A template for how future reactivated sqns will look?
A very-ironic fact is that much of the modern-day RAuxAF is actually closer now to the mission of the classic post-WW2 RAFVR, with multiple individual specialists, as opposed to being a single unified deployable multi-skilled squadron of flights (eg like Aeromedics on 612 and the planned-for London auggie med flt).
In fact, the wide range of roles being established at 611 makes me wonder if it’s a blend between a nationally-recruiting squadron, and a local ‘classic county’ structure.
Until the (fairly-recent) rebirth of 602, and, differently, 600, all these high-end specialisms (Int/PR etc) tended to still reside with the 7000-series ex-VR RAuxAF squadrons that are deliberately un-affiliated to any county.
This may spell a new strategy, of raising (and also rerolling as) Multi-Role Support Squadrons. Shades of the brave extended ‘MHUs’ again!!
wilf_san
Hi Wilf_San,
The man in question is now an LAC in the RAuxAF Regiment. He was in East Midlands UAS as an Officer Cadet, finished his degree and wanted to carry on as a reservist. He was able to move across from VR to RAuxAF directly and only had to do CBRN and the Final Exercise to complete his Phase 1 training, since UAS counted for everything else. He said his application for officer training was in.
It was initially thought that he would come across as an Officer Cadet, but it was decided that that was not possible so he ‘reverted’ to AC. I’m not sure how much this has to do with there being no Officer Cadets in the RAuxAF, although I know they didn’t exist, then they were supposed to and now nobody knows if they do or not. Saying that, I’ve never seen anyone recruited as an officer anyway. Even if they had every stated intention of becoming one from before joining and that was the path everyone knew they were taking, they joined as Airmen, completed training and then applied to commission.
I’m taking a bit of a liberty really, since anybody whose met him will know exactly who I’m talking about when they read this. I hope he doesn’t mind too much.
Exciting times indeed for Woodvale and also the whole of the NW of England!
Best of luck to anyone who decides they want to give it a shot.
[quote=“tango_lima” post=4800]Hi Wilf_San,
The man in question is now an LAC in the RAuxAF Regiment. He was in East Midlands UAS as an Officer Cadet[/quote]
It is the same man then (referring to the other thread about UAS SIs!).
[quote]finished his degree and wanted to carry on as a reservist. He was able to move across from VR to RAuxAF directly and only had to do CBRN and the Final Exercise to complete his Phase 1 training, since UAS counted for everything else. He said his application for officer training was in.
It was initially thought that he would come across as an Officer Cadet, but it was decided that that was not possible so he ‘reverted’ to AC. [/quote]
It was fairly simple though, discharge from UAS one week, into the RAuxAF a week or so later. He was a “special” case though, as that UAS have access to a volume of Force Development training other UASs do not being col-located with the trainers!. However, hopefully it will open pathways for others.
When he gets his commission he will be a very capable Officer.
[quote=“chaz” post=5124][quote=“tango_lima” post=4800]Hi Wilf_San,
The man in question is now an LAC in the RAuxAF Regiment. He was in East Midlands UAS as an Officer Cadet[/quote]
It is the same man then (referring to the other thread about UAS SIs!).
[quote]finished his degree and wanted to carry on as a reservist. He was able to move across from VR to RAuxAF directly and only had to do CBRN and the Final Exercise to complete his Phase 1 training, since UAS counted for everything else. He said his application for officer training was in.
It was initially thought that he would come across as an Officer Cadet, but it was decided that that was not possible so he ‘reverted’ to AC. [/quote]
It was fairly simple though, discharge from UAS one week, into the RAuxAF a week or so later. He was a “special” case though, as that UAS have access to a volume of Force Development training other UASs do not being col-located with the trainers!. However, hopefully it will open pathways for others.
When he gets his commission he will be a very capable Officer.[/quote]
Haha! That’s what thread this post was on then…
Thoroughly nice chap, as well. Even if he did threaten to vomit on me…