AIB Questions

Question 1

Why do you want to join the military?

Answer 1

• Serving my country. I want to be part of something I am proud of.
• an alternative to the 9-5 aka i want an adventure. Brings a unique lifestyle with lifelong skills e.g. fitness, values, mindset, mental grit.
• I want to challenge myself
• The skills and equally knowledge you gain in the military cannot really be found elsewhere

Question 2

Why do you want to join the RN?

Answer 2

• Family membership so always gravitated towards it
• Best suited to my character and the opportunities it provides paritcuarly in travel and engagement in humantarian aid. In that sense giving to the world and helping others.
• I am part of the URNU so I know well how life in the RN is.

Question 3

Why do you want to be an officer?

Answer 3

• always felt like a natural leader - more so noticed at university.
• ‘Lead by example’ sticks with me
• id love to have a position of responsbility - although its been rare when i have held responsbility in my part time job i enjoyed the expectations that came with it and living up to those.
• Always want to do my best
• Feel i have some form of a good concept of what it means to be a good leader
• I want to learn how to perform under pressure, test myself

Question 4

Why do you want to join the RM?

Answer 4

• Always have since a young age inspired by one of my brothers - sparked my love for sport, health, fitness and generall well being.
• I have always want to push myself further and achieve excellence - in that sense the values and qualities really stick with me.
• Be awarded the green lid for me has become the ultimate achievement and I am extremely determined to do so currently following training programme, ice baths etc… to do so.
• As part of the URNU I was already interested in career in RN but always gravitated and had gut feeling for RM
• Did URNU pilot scheme went down to lympstone to see if its right for me and it definitely was so put application in the following week.

Question 5

How much do you know about the RN?

Answer 5

• Its ships
• active in north Atlantic, around the UK, Caribbean, south Atlantic and Antarctica, middle east (the gulf), into-asia-pacific
• Its role: Defend global trade, protect UK and international trade from state and non state aggressors, take part in humanitarian aid and train with other allies in pariticular NATO

Question 6

How much do you know about the RM?

Answer 6

• Part of the Naval Service
• Held onto the Commando title since the WW2
• able to be deployed in any environment, reflecting in specialists such as ML’s
• they work in in small, agile teams, reacting to anything. That could mean using stealth to operate behind enemy lines or adapting combat skills to defeat threats at sea.
• You enhance specialist skills in specialist fields after basic training e.g. intelligence, ML, logitistics, driver, boat boarding…
• Use state of the art equipment (future commando) e.g. C8

Question 7

What is the RM Officer role?

Answer 7

• Primarily Management and leadership
• Lead deployments wherever troop is deployed,

Question 8

How do you think you will cope with being away from home and losing your personal freedom?

Answer 8

• I wouldn’t be completely truthful if I said being away from friends and family for long extended periods would be a struggle but its the nature of the job and I accept that.
• Being a university student I have become very used to not seeing family members and even when I go home because many live in different parts of the UK or abroad.
• I would say its learning to looking forward to seeing them but i also imagine on the job you’re too distracted.
• Personal freedom I am not too worried about, again university is not exactly isolating, especially living in a house with all your best friends.
• I have very briefly experienced the intrusion of personal space and freedom and limestone, and it did not bother me.

Question 9

What is your greatest achievement?

Answer 9

• 31 miler Rowing Boston Marathon on a very hot day.
• Only …. years old
• In a four and one guy dropped because of medical reasons from the row
• people wanted to stop seeming as there would only be three of us and the cox but I motivated the team that there was no point and we together continued to row the marathon one man down.

Question 10

What is your weakness?

Answer 10

• I am one of those people that has to read something three times before i completely get it
• Yes i can pick out key information and i am practicing that but recalling lots of information in full i am still working on.

Question 11

What are your strengths?

Answer 11

• I feel I have a good emotional intelligence often providing advice to others, even much older than me, when they face issues in life. I believe this comes from childhood being surrounded by much older sibilings, with my oldest brother being 38, which has meant I grew up much quicker in some way.
• i have also faced great family challenges in my life, being from a big family of half siblings, so I have been use to conflicts in relationships. This has allowed me to hone on my emotional intelligence.
• Simiarly, the challenges I have faced in the work place such as disgruntled or rude customers, especially in lockdown, have allowed me to hone on my conflict resolution skills.