Join the para's and you will become a light-role infantry soldier with a big attitude, while if you join the RM's you will go through the Commando course to do the job of a light-role infantry soldier.

 

Unless jumping out of aircraft or the thought of the Commando course gives you a serious hard-on, why not just join the Infantry?

Because i want to part of the elite, not just another infantry soldier on the frontline.I have a dream of being in the SAS and i am determined to make.

My point is, if you join the RM's or para's, "just another infantry soldier", is exactly what you will be.  On operations such as in Afghanistan or Iraq you will do near exactly the same job.

 

Jumping out of aircraft or off rigid raiders may be very sexy, but it's less than 1% of the job of being an infantry soldier.  The British army has many famous infantry regiments, of which the para's are very junior.  As for marines, army regiments have been undertaking the role long before the formation of 3 Cmdo Brigade.  In army infantry you can do the light role thing, or you can be mechanised or armoured, and play with Bulldog/Mastiff or Warrior.  Warrior gives an infantry battalion a Hell of a lot more fighting power than any para or RM battalion will wield.

 

If you want to be "elite", join a good infantry regiment, do well, and get into support company and play with recce platoon, or SF guns platoon, or mortar platoon or whatever floats your boat.  Go into 1 Rifles and you can even do the all arms commando course if you want to walk around with the dagger.  

 

I understand what your saying but the royal marines conduct ops behind enemy lines,they yomp everywhere.The paras do the same and have a recce group called the pathfinders who mark dz's and lz's for the maun forces to arrive.They can be inserted up to a week or two before the actual invasion takesplace.What other infantry regiment can offer a career like that.Also if you can get a stint in the pathfinders you are half way to joining the sas.

I think i might go for the royal marines,can you join he sas from them.i have been leaning towards the royal marines since i was 9.its all i wanna do.And if that means dying i will.

I dont want to die but if i have to for the sake of my comrades or a free world i will.And pls dont think im lying or just all talk,because im not one of those guys who joins the army instead of prison,or have no qualifications i want to do this.Or one of those guys who want to kill, kill, kill,i wanna protect.

Klrm, the SAS and SBS are both part of UKSF, and anyone in the armed forces, from the navy, army or air-force are eligable to try for them.  If you join the RM's, you can go on and ask to join the SAS.

Cheers.i now have my career planed oot.lol

so you want to be a pusser? have fun being a nod for a while. you've got a lot of work to before even thinking of becoming a sneaky beaky

I wanna protect people from the uk and civilians are being killed abroad in iraq and afghanistan in the crossfire in the war on terror, and i wanna be a part of it and help.

Most people prefer not to die...it's kind of ruins the experience

   Yeah, I can see how that would sort of make you rethink your career choice. 

 

krlmcommando, I'll give you some advice as well. Don't join the infantry. Join the RAF. Get yourself some good food, save up, buy a place, and learn a valuable trade for the civilian world. The infantry will lose it's glamor after a couple of years....