Serving or ex military members?

[Ratmick]

Originally Posted by Makovic

Yes. Still true.

Back in the day, DFR was perfunctory. Half who applied would get accepted. There was no system of applying for a particular job and of knowing that job inside out before you applied. There was no rigorous fitness test before you applied.

I Corps-enlisted to RAEME before I signed up in 1982, knew where I was going and what course I was on. Had three weeks' gardening after basic training before my trade course started. Did all the tests in DFR in Adelaide (thanks Capt Bernie Egan), wouldn't have joined otherwise.

When I was at Pucka I once had to do Tech Support for the Armoured Corps Officer Training course (three weeks on Puckapunyal Range in winter). The intake we were looking after were the one Julian Knight came from...and they had some stories...hopefully they're a bit more picky nowadays.