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What type of structure would you follow at RMAS Sandhurst ie: what does the first term look like and what training would you do

What are the key points i need to train if i want to join RMAS Sandhurst

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  • Josh S.
    Josh S. Education And Training Officer

    Thanks for your question, I would definitely recommend visiting the British Army website to find out more about training at RMAS, but by way of a summary:

    Training at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst lasts for 44 weeks, broken down into three 14-week terms. Between each term, there are adventurous training exercises and 2-3 weeks of leave.

    Junior Term (Accommodated in Old College): Term One focuses on basic military skills, fitness and decision making:

    • Basic Soldiering Skills
    • Weapon Handling
    • Navigation & Map Reading
    • Living in the field
    • Sports
    • Drill – Week 5 Passing off the Square
    • Battlefield Casualty Drills
    • Adventure Training
    • Exercise Longreach
    • Tactical Exercise

    Intermediate Term (Accommodated in New College): Term two continues the development of leadership skills and has a major academic component. Officer cadets select their future corps or regiment at this stage.

    • Live Firing Ranges
    • Artillery Target Training (Virtual Battle Suite)
    • Battle Camp
    • Intro to CBRN
    • Log Race
    • Defence Exercise
    • Battlefield study (Normandy Scholar)
    • Role Fitness Test
    • Inter Collegiate Games / Tri Partite Games
    • Introduction to sword drill
    • Sports
    • Bayonette Fighting
    • Obstacle Course
    • Navigation

    Senior Term (Accommodated in New College): Term Three puts the Officer Cadet's new skills into practice on complex and demanding training exercises in the UK and overseas.

    • Tailors Day
    • Urban Operations
    • Grenade Weapon Handling Test
    • Endurance Event
    • Exercise Dynamic Understand
    • Stabilisation Exercise
    • Sports
    • War gaming
    • Navigation Exercise
    • Inter Platoon sport competition
    • Exercise Dynamic Victory
    • Regimental visits
    • Regimental Selection Boards
    • Commissioning Parade

    Hopefully that helps.

    Josh