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ATR Grantham and the Army Training Units (ATUs) are the British Army’s primary locations for providing the Army Reserve Phase One Foundation Weekend, which is designed to introduce recruits to basic military skills and life. [9] [4]
A UOTC was formed in Exeter in the late 1930s, but after supplying officers to the British Army during the Second World War, recruitment fell and the UOTC was placed in suspended animation in November 1947. [69] The UOTC was formed on 1 April 1980 to provide military training for the students of the University of Exeter. [70]
Phase 1 training concludes with a 16-day long Phase 1 B training course normally held at the Army Training Centre Pirbright or the Army Training Regiment, Winchester, or Grantham. Recruits to the 4th Battalion, The Parachute Regiment [ 127 ] and the Honourable Artillery Company [ 128 ] complete their equivalent of CMS(R) within their own units.
Unlike the Regular Reserve, the Volunteer Reserves do not consist of ex-Regular personnel who remain liable to be re-called for military service. [nb 1] Instead, the Volunteer Reserves consists of civilian volunteers who routinely undergo training and military operations alongside the Regular military. The Volunteer Reserves serve under a fixed ...
Assessment for regular or reserve direct entry service is undertaken at the same time, in the same groups, to the same standard. Nearly 10 per cent of British cadets are female and nearly 10 per cent of all cadets come from overseas. More than eighty percent of entrants are university graduates, although a degree is not required for admission. [22]
The training commitment for the Army Reserve Light Cavalry is around 40 reserve service days per year. This normally consists of a 16-day consolidated training period plus (typically) at least four 2.5-day weekends throughout the year, as well as one weekday evening (0.25 days) per week.
The Educational and Training Services Branch form part of the Adjutant General's Corps and have done since 1992 when this Corps of the British Army was formed. Their remit is to continue the general education of soldiers and officers alike, as well as the military training of the soldiers of the Army.
The services listed here are national, regional, local, recognised, emergency, public-serving, military and educational and support services. Members generally wear uniform , with distinct insignia so they can be identified in their distinct role.