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Martin H.

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I left school with decent grades, and was a CNC Programmer before i joined the Army at 25. I could of carried on down the engineering side of things in the Army, but that isn't what I wanted to do. I wanted to join the Royal Artillery and work with the firepower that it offers. If you join the Army in a job role that you don't like or enjoy you will hate it and want to do something else. There are 200 jobs in the Army meaning there is something out there for you. You just need to apply yourself.

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Recruiting Co-Coordinator

British Army

Started 08/2023 to Present

Gunner Crewman (MLRS)

British Army- (Royal Artillery)

From 01/2016 to 08/2023

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What do you like about your job and the company?

My main motivation at the minute is to self the brand of the British Army to potential candidates and people that don't necessarily what the Army has to offer. I can do this by organising more events and getting out into the public domain in more face to face situations. On a personal level its about promotion to Sergeant. Which comes hand in hand with me talking more people into joining the greatest fighting organisation in the world. If i get people to join, that will the result in promotion.

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Pass off day is only something a soldier can understand and can describe. Unless you have experienced it yourself you will never understand it. So standing on the parade square with all your mates that you have just spent every second, of everyday with for 14 weeks is an honour. Very few people get to experience that. Being recognised by your peers and senior soldiers, that you are good enough to promote is a massive confidence boost to you as a person and for your career. Marching out in front of your battery, saluting your Battery Commander and receiving your new rank slide is a great honour.

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The Army provides a whole host of challenges at every level, but it also provides you with the tools to rise to those challenges, and if you so choose, surpass them. The training that the Army provides allows you to find your true and best self, to push yourself and test yourself - work out what you want to achieve, then use your new found skills to achieve even more!

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