Thread: Army Reserves Help?!

James,

I assume your info session is at the Adamstown depot ? If not, it's a good place to ask as well....I know that Transport Company of 8th Combat Service Support Battalion ( 8 CSSB ) is based there - Tel: (02) 4979 3663.

In the first six months you do a recruit course at Kapooka (Wagga) - it takes 28 days.

After that you commence Initial Employment Training (IET) - Land Rover qualification - 2 weeks - but when that occurs depends on the courses schedule (typically within the first year).

From there you can expect to do other driver courses over the next 12 - 18 months, depending on your availability. These courses are for Unimogs, Macks, etc.

Here's some info about being a driver in 8 CSSB. ( Click on link 'Transport Company' then link 'Transport Driver' .

Have fun,

Pete

the truckies at my unit turn up most tuesday nights and commit to one weekend a month, some do more some do less

time away, it will take a good 12 months + to get qualified as a driver which would be a min of 2 weeks over that period

if your not availalble to go away than there is not much the unit can do, it is a part time job and i put my day time job and family first

i have been doing the reserve thing for a long time so i get to pick and choose what i do and as they are short of tradies i never get hassled

I will be going to the Adamstown base. I will have many a question to ask! my main concern being time which i will have to spend away from home and at what stages in the time i will do my training for each vehicle class. I am hoping there is a decent amount of offroad training in the Land Rovers and Unimogs!

Would be a great way to gain some maturity as well i believe.

Do it....best time to do it when you are young...

I went through Kapooka when I was 35...and found it a bit hard as the training is designed for young guys who don't know how to iron, shave or make beds....there's a lot of that in your first week at Kapooka. Just do as you are told and you will be fine.

I am a Sapper (Combat Engineer) with 2CER at Enoggera in Brisbane...driving mogs is great fun, but blowing up stuff is even better!

Cheers

Andrew

what lr v8 said.

and be prepared to be dissapointed with the driver training.

ITs gone downhill, my advice. Find the oldest crustiest instructor you can and hang with them.

do you know that you can get the army to pay for your uni if you sign up to go full time, i believe it's mainly for the Dark side though (officers).

Now if you don't go the Dark side you should be in RAEME, that is the best corp of them all.

Basic training is pretty easy just do as your asked and don't take it personly when the section comander is yelling, they do yell and scream some times but it's all over soon then the best feeling is the march out.

Originally Posted by lambrover

do you know that you can get the army to pay for your uni if you sign up to go full time, i believe it's mainly for the Dark side though (officers).

Now if you don't go the Dark side you should be in RAEME, that is the best corp of them all.

Dark Side? - please explain. I'd like to hear what you mean... quite simply 'coz I am at the final stages of the process of joining the dark side - officer selection board this Sunday, then Sydney Uni Regiment.

Originally Posted by Turtle61

Dark Side? - please explain. I'd like to hear what you mean... quite simply 'coz I am at the final stages of the process of joining the dark side - officer selection board this Sunday, then Sydney Uni Regiment.

nothing more dangerous than an officer .....with a map!!!
remember that you'll be brigadier by the time you retire !