Security Opportunity: Army Officer

Army officer Current Vacancies

2006-11-26:

Army officers lead and manage a team of trained soldiers.
Many overseas operations nowadays involve peacekeeping and humanitarian roles.
The army is formed of regiments and corps, divided into:
the Combat Support Arms - provide artillery, field engineering, signals and intelligence support, whilst fighting in close support of the Combat Arms.
the Services - provide a range of essential support services to the other Arms, for example, administration, transport and logistics, catering, technical engineering and medical care.
Officers who carry out their own professions include nursing, medical and dental officers, barristers and solicitors, veterinary surgeons and chaplains.
Hours vary depending on the situation. Army officers may work daytime hours or shifts.
Army officers are stationed in the UK and overseas and they are trained to work in a wide range of conditions and situations.
Promotion is from second lieutenant through lieutenant, captain, major, lieutenant colonel and beyond. Lieutenants earn 25,605 to 28,298 a year. Captains earn 32,810 to 39,018 a year. (Permalink)

Army Recruit

2007-03-11: Information on Army Recruits - Army - age limits - Army height requirements - Army - medical and physical
Other information on army application - Terms of service for enlistment in the army - Some general points on army enlistments

ARMY - AGE LIMITS - ARMY HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS - ARMY - MEDICAL AND PHYSICAL
OTHER INFORMATION ON ARMY APPLICATION - General Suitability for Army life -TERMS OF SERVICE FOR ENLISTMENT IN THE ARMY

Including Military Service Allowance - PRIVATE GRADE 1. (Recruit) ?286.36 - PRIVATE 2 STAR ?399.60
(On satisfactory completion of recruit training about 15 weeks)
PRIVATE 3 STAR ?416.38 - Military Service Allowance, with less than three years service ?36.44
SOME GENERAL POINTS ON ARMY ENLISTMENTS - THE RESERVE DEFENCE FORCES

Army Cadetships -An Army Cadet completes a 15 month course at The Cadet School, Military College, Curragh, Co. Kildare and on successful completion of training, joins the Commissioned ranks as an Army Officer. Graduates. armypr@iol.ie

Manpower Officer. Headquarters 2 Eastern Brigade, Cathal Brugha Barracks, Rathmines, Dublin 6. Tel:01-8046453. Interested persons should apply to Manpower Officer at http://www.military.ie/careers/armycond.htm (Permalink)

Territorial Army Soldier

2007-02-22: The Specialist Units Royal Engineers Territorial Army is the Territorial Army's main source of specialist engineering expertise covering most areas of civil, electrical and mechanical engineering. The focus for the Specialist Units within the Royal Engineers is the TA Component of 170 (Infrastructure Support) Engineer Group.
Required Skills/Experience: To become a Soldier in the Specialist RE TA you will need a relevant civilian qualification. If you are a civilian engineer, technician or tradesman who has qualifications in mechanical, electrical or civil engineering, or more specialist qualifications within the oil and fuels industry there are plenty of opportunities to use your civilian expertise in the Specialist RE TA.
Required Qualifications: Assessment for suitability focuses on the following civilian qualifications: City and Guilds, NVQs, SNVQs, BTECs, HND and Engineering Degrees. Interested persons should apply to TA at http://www.armyjobs.mod.uk/How+do+I+Join/Application+and+Selection/Territorial+Army.htm (Permalink)