I've always been able to follow my passion of Boxing in the Army
I started boxing at the age of 7 so joining the Army at 17 and being able to keep carrying on my sport and progressing to the role of coach made my dream of being paid to do sport a reality.
Boxing in the Army has given me lots of strong friendships, and lots of highs and lows, which have shaped me a lot into the person I am today. The skills and values I've gained from boxing and coaching within the Army help me daily - whether that's commanding and leading by example to my soldiers in work, or with family and friends at home.
During my career, I've been on multiple exercises and operations - so to be able to break the normal soldiering life with a sport you'd do as a hobby is a massive privilege. I know many aspiring sportspeople in civilian street who are paying out their own pocket for opportunities the Army has given me for free - in fact paying me for doing it!
I recruit the British Armys next generation of soldiers!
I'm currently a Team Leader within the Recruiting Group. Our aim is to deliver the right quantity and quality of Regular and Reserve Officer and Soldier candidates into training, to meet the operational requirements of the Army.
I command a sub-team to deliver innovative outreach activities across the North of England in support of recruiting targets. Working closely with schools, colleges, universities and specific careers events, I plan, organise, and deliver Personal Development Activities, Insight Courses and other recruiting events, giving advice on Army Careers. I also support my Commanding Officer within my outreach to help develop my subordinates.
Providing activities in lots of diffrent areas is very rewarding.
I help run activities from York - Carlisle, being able to travel across the north of England and having a postitive impact on members of public is very rewarding!
My job stafsifaction - Having a postive impact on other people and being part of their Army Career is very rewarding compared to normal soldiering life.
work to home life - Although my calander is often full of activities I am also given lots of opertunities to be at home with my family and friends.
My inclusive, diverse and supportive colleagues makes my current post one of the best that i have ever had! There are lots of oppertunity for travel and attending trips on adventure training together too.
Live by the Armys Core Values and anything is possible!
Learning to live within the values of the British Army is the best way to live for opportunities and self-improvement.
Courage - have the courage to take opportunities, and volunteer for things that others won’t.
Discipline - don’t be easily led, and always do the right thing - even if there is nobody watching.
Respect - respect is often hard to earn and easy to lose; treat others the way you want to be treated and don’t forget to respect yourself.
Integrity - be honest with yourself and others: you’ll learn faster and better for it.
Loyalty - be loyal to your values and don’t fall into following the wrong crowd. Be loyal to your friends and family. And, most importantly, be loyal to yourself and what you want to achieve.
Selfless Commitment - do things with conviction, work hard, and offer yourself up to always being there for people when you can.
Following these values will give you the best chance to achieve anything you want in the Army - whether that's a promotion, time away doing sports, or making friends. All your winnings and failings will come back to asking yourself, "Did you stick to the CDRILS?"
Commendation from the brigade commander for services to boxing.
To receive recognition as an individual was brilliant as I was awarded the commendation in front of my battalion. With commendations being a rare award to receive I was extremely proud of the recognition and felt that all my hard work that I had put into improving the boxing team was worth it.
As a junior leader (LCpl) I was trusted create and deliver a full-time training programme including outside training with different boxing clubs and external strength and conditioning coaches. I secured sponsorship from a local embroidery company for clothing and a physio to provide on-call treatment free of charge to all our athletes, something that had never been done before.
This created a professional culture that gave our battalion boxers the best opportunity to be successful in the sport and we won our boxing night 8 fights to 0 against another battalion in my first year as the Lead coach. This lay the foundation to a strong team that went on to box for coming years and some progressing to becoming regimental, brigade and army champions and now coaches.
