Showing potential and laying down in the job

The newspapers show regularly images of our Armed Forces in Afghanistan and that is great.  The young men and women really do a fantastic job out there on a daily basis, but the Armed Forces are not just about Afghanistan, there is so much more to the organisation that being defined by a single operation.

Life in the Armed Forces goes on in the mean time.  There are always requirements that need to be met, training must continue and the search for the next generation of commanders goes on.

If you are in the Royal Signals in Germany, promotion to Lance Corporal (the first step as a commander), comes after passing the Potential Junior Non-Commissioned Officer cadre.  The course is intended to train and to push your limits both physically and mentally and is similar to the courses most units will undertake.