Join The Junior Army - A British Army recruitment film aimed at potential junior soldiers from 1970
The film follows three Soldiers who joined between the ages of 16 and 17 1/2 and promotes the benefits of joining at a younger age to " Get a head start"
Don Gerard (seen on manoeuvres), a quartermaster's sergeant in Devonshire and Dorset Regiment, started as a junior soldier, which gave him a "head start". Youths can join straight from school; plenty of specialist opportunity but all are soldiers first and foremost. Three 17 year old junior soldiers are interviewed - Gerald Mullins (infantry) from Manchester, Jim Arnold from Clackmannanshire (radio operator, Royal Corps of Signals) and Nigel Wright (vehicle mechanic) from Lincolnshire. They discuss their work and what they have gained from the junior army.
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Wow even though I joined the adults at 18 this brought back loads of memories. Finished trade training at 19 and posted to BAOR, life for a single soldier was crap, the lad in the film who brought his Mrs over had the right idea. Also funny to see the old BFG plates and a RHD Datsun I think.
One of the worst mistakes the British Army made in the 1990s was getting rid of Junior Entry.
@Stanly-Stud
12 күн бұрын
No need for it & I never saw any getting promoted quicker
@A.Mardle
9 күн бұрын
The world was changing and they would never have got away with maintaining the standards of discipline and toughness that made Juniors so effective.
@jimjackson1795
8 күн бұрын
No Juniors? The Army Foundation College at Harrogate might disagree.
@A.Mardle
7 күн бұрын
@@jimjackson1795 AFC Harrogate bears no comparison to the old Junior Leaders. It's a kindergarten. The same is true of ITC Catterick etc. when compared to the old divisional and corps depots. Basic training is a bit of a joke these days.
@dulls8475
7 күн бұрын
@@Stanly-Stud I agree. You got to the Bn and started again based on who you are then.
This channel is on fire 😀
@Hants_Prints
12 күн бұрын
Thank you! Hopefully it will get better as we start to realise how KZread works :)
@baronedipiemonte3990
2 күн бұрын
It's channels like this that are giving YT what little decency it still has left.
The Major government and options for change did wholesale lasting damage to the British Army, it wasn’t broken, it worked as can be clearly seen from this film.
I was a junior soldier.....a year at the Guards Depot, certainly didn't mess me up....
@user-he5so4gz4r
12 күн бұрын
Did my selection at Deepcut, messed me up!
The only thing that messed us up in the early seventies was having seen this film then becoming a junior soldier and wearing webbing from the 1930s and combat dress from the fifties. It seems combats and new Webbing was for filming only. Didn’t get modern kit till adult unit.
Gis a Job - where do sign up ? 😗
Aha. I recognise a few here. Bob Strick, Woody (RIP) both D and Ds. Dave Coath(Rip.) at 5.25? Scouse Whelby at 17.51. Killen in the Apc, Smudge refuelling I think? I also think this is mid to late 70s.