I always wanted to be an army officer, but I was told quite a bit about how the navy works, and how it may be more suited towards me, but nonetheless.

Is there an officer role that combines working with the navy AND working with the army? Im assuming marines may be my best bet, but Im not sure they would be what I want, I hope I make sense, but Im assuming I won't get any specific answers.

How do you think the Type 83 Destroyers will differ from the Type 45's in respect to fire safety and damage control? A lot of the tech that will be involved in the Type 83's is useless to speculate on, but as these to areas will involve build upgrades, in what ways can we already forsee major differences to the 45's?

I found this of my Great great uncle. It says it is Endeavor in Portsmouth. Wikipedia says there was an HMS Endeavor (1912) used as a depot ship from 1940. I assume then this is from 1940 and is the Portsmouth Depot/supply vessel.

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Hi all,

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I've just completed my DAA, my god it was a rocky road, a lot of the questions imo were common sense, but a good few of them I did struggle on, I understand that the pass mark is different depending on what you choose to go into, so I'm wondering if it's about 50% as the Seamanship role is the more basic of the ones I saw on the website. (Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong) . But would anyone be able to share any insight as to what the pass criteria for mine would've been? I'm really eager to join and move on from my current profession as I just find it repetitive and painful nowadays.

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I have a friend who is about to commission as an officer in the RN and looking at getting them a gift to celebrate it.

Any suggestions would be highly appreciated (looking at a budget of around £20-25)

Much appreciated in advances

Hi, I'm hoping somebody out there can answer a few questions I have about becoming a RNR, at the age of 17/18 I was enlisted and passed my exams to join but was put on a waiting list due, this was a fair few years back so things may have changed however when the opportunity arose, I didn't take it as I'd somewhat created a life outside the forces. I've tried to look online and spoke to a few ex army lads about becoming a reservist and each have different answers so I'm just wondering if anybody can help with the below;

1. What's it actually like?
2. Can I go for a specific branch? I'm an engineer in my normal day to day so if possible I'd like to develop further skills in my sector, I've also worked in communications in a previous role
3. May sound a bit stupid, but if I commit more than the 24 days a year, will this benefit me? Or do you usually just do the basic training over and over?
4. Will it affect my time and relationship at home, I have a new born and not wanting to be away for weeks at a time. It will be a few more months before I decided if it's right for me but just wanting to get other people's takes

If anybody has any pointers before I do decide, drop them below as I'd love the hear anything that can help my decision going forward!

Tha is in advance.