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What Sort Of Opportunities Are Available In The Army?
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There are Regular Army – full time and Territorial Army (TA) – part-time opportunities.
Similarly you could join as a soldier or an Officer. One thing is for certain, there are promotion and career advancement opportunities for everyone.
On a monthly basis you will receive about £750, paid after tax, National Insurance, accommodation and food charges. This equates to a salary of about £13,600 as a new entrant. This rises on promotion to for instance about £31,000+ for a Sergeant to £46,700 for a Warrant Officer Class 1.
All regular soldiers receive a non-contributory pension, and there are other allowances payable for both single and married soldiers. There’s a generous leave allowance of up to 30 day per annum – in addition to weekends and bank holidays. There are regular health and fitness checks for all those serving – with medical and dental care being provided free of charge.
Regular Officers enter training at about £15,000 (non graduates) or about £24,600 (graduates). This rises to, for instance over £100,000 for the rank of Brigadier.
As a member of the TA, you are entitled to the same base pay as your Regular counterparts, according to rank. Pay starts at about £34 a day. You are also entitled to reimbursement of travel expenses to / from the TA centre. In addition a tax free annual bounty is payable of up to £1,600.
What are the age ranges to join the Regular Army and the Territorial Army?
Regular Army Soldier: 16 – 33 Officer: 17 – 28
Territorial (TA) Soldier: 17 – 43 Officer: 17 – 33
Parental consent is required for anyone wishing to join under the age of 18.
There are higher age limits for those joining as professionally qualified or specialist entrants.
Ex – Regular Army Soldiers may enlist into the TA up to the age of 52.
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jamesmainakarue1986
2 months ago
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between the territorial army and the regular army,who earns more and who has more opportunities to travel abroad for missions?