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FIELD ARTILLERY - Close Support (Guns)


AS90

 Lieutenant - You complete the Battery Reconnaissance Officers' Course at Larkhill. This trains you to find suitable locations to fire the guns across the battlefield. You move independently ahead of the guns across the battlefield in an armoured vehicle. You use digital secure radios to transmit movement orders to the guns. You are responsible for the tactical movement of the Battery on the battlefield.


Forward
Observation Post

 Captain - Attend the Fire Support Team Commanders course. You have the technical and communications expertise to coordinate a strike on the enemy. You can use artillery guns, mortars, fast jets, attack helicopters, and even naval guns. On operations you will lead a fire support team of specialists. This includes an infantry mortar fire controller and an aircraft forward air controller.
General Support (Rockets)


MLRS

 Second Lieutenant - In a Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) Battery you will take command of a troop of 30 soldiers and four launchers.  MLRS are armoured, tracked and capable of firing guided rockets up to a maximum range of 70km to an accuracy of 5m.  As a troop commander you will find suitable sites for your launchers, ensuring they will be well camouflaged but easily brought into action.


Launch

 Lieutenant - You can expect to serve on operations in Afghanistan where troops are comprised of 2 launchers. Recce new locations and be employed in the command post. You respond to calls for fire from ground troops, ensuring the correct data and information is passed to the launchers to target the enemy quickly and accurately.


Brigade Headquarters

 Captain - Employed in the Brigade Headquarters. You ensure GMLRS is employed to greatest effect. Involved in the targeting process, using sophisticated satellite imagery in order to create highly accurate target information. Monitor the tactical situation and ensure that the launchers are kept up to date with all the necessary information.

SURVEILLANCE TARGET ACQUISITION (STA) ROLE - Radars


Lightweight
Counter Mortar Radar

 Second Lieutenant - You will command a troop of 30 soldiers. On operations you lead soldiers operating sophisticated radars which locate enemy rockets and mortars during flight. You ensure this is done accurately and the enemy location is passed swiftly by digital radio to the artillery guns in order to strike back. Your radars provide a 24-hour, all-weather capability and are vital to both patrols and base force protection.


Cobra

 Lieutenant - Start to work in the Brigade headquarters command post, leading a team of technical specialists. You liaise between ground and air forces, and ensure your radars are integrated into the overall capability to find, fix and strike the enemy. Your radars enable the entire Brigade to coordinate a strike on enemy rocket and mortar teams. This could be by ground, artillery or even fast jets!


Long Range
Patrol Course

 Captain - You attend the Long Range Patrol course. You learn the fieldcraft and technical skills to lead covert observation teams. Tasked by the Brigade headquarters you find and observe targets with a wide array of cameras and observation devices. As a trained forward observer you can coordinate a strike, or continue to monitor.

Unmanned Air Systems (UAS)


Desert Hawk 3

 Second Lieutenant - You command 30 soldiers called a "tac group". Your specialist soldiers work in teams called ground control stations. They fly the UAS and provide real-time imagery 24 hours a day to ground patrols. You provide consolidated mission advice on the ground to the company commander. Your sophisticated UAS is at the cutting edge of unmanned vehicle development.


Watchkeeper

 Lieutenant - Plan and give missions to the tac groups from the Battlegroup headquarters. You ensure that UAS flight plans are authorised and coordinated with the ground mission. You take into account other movement in the airspace. Liaise with Brigade headquarters and provide advice to the Battlegroup, commanded by a Lt Col.


UAS Operations
Officer

 Captain - As the UAS Operations Officer you oversee all flight activity for your Battery. You liaise with all other air users. This includes the RAF, Air Traffic Control and Helicopter Operations. You are responsible for all aspects of UAS planning and flight authorisation. You allocate troops to task and ensure that the Brigade is resourced correctly.

AIR DEFENCE ROLE


HVM

 You command a troop of 30 soldiers providing advice at Battle Group level to a Lieutenant Colonel. You work with soldiers and are responsible for siting air defence equipment on the battlefield. You protect friendly troops, equipment and infrastructure from enemy air attack. Your air defence equipment protects headquarters and vulnerable ground troops from air attack.


C-RAM

 You could work with Rapier, HVM or C-RAM. Develop your knowledge and ability as a troop commander. At Battle Group level you are the subject matter expert for all aspects of air defence. Air defence liaison in the Battle Group headquarters. Using secure digital communications to coordinate air defence deployment.


Rapier

 You are the Battery Operations Officer planning air defence, liaison with other users on the battlefield and contributing to airspace management. You are responsible for ensuring that your air defence equipment can engage enemy targets without endangering friendly forces. You work in the Brigade headquarters, run by a Brigadier.

VARIETY


Kings Troop RHA

 You could command soldiers of The King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery, stationed in St John's Wood, London (soon to move to Woolwich), and part of the Royal Household Troops. Duties include firing Royal Salutes and providing a gun carriage and team of black horses for State and Military funerals.  The Troop performs the duties of the Queen's Life Guard at Whitehall for one month each year.


29 Cdo Regt RA

 You must pass the All Arms Commando Course at Lympstone, Devon to earn your green beret. You then serve in 29 Commando Regiment, RA which provides the artillery support to the Royal Marines. You will train in the arctic and the jungle and can expect to spend time deployed on a ship. As an Army unit working with the Navy you experience real variety.


7 Para Regt RHA

 You must pass "P-Company" (Para selection) and complete parachute training. You then serve in 7 Parachute Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery and provide artillery support to 16 Air Assault Brigade. You will conduct airborne training across the world and deploy on combat operations.


Officer/Soldier
Instructor

 Instruct at the finest military training establishments in the world. You could be a platoon commander at the Army Training Regiment Pirbright, Army Foundation College at Harrogate or the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. You train and develop a platoon of 30 young men and women. You turn recruits into soldiers.


Adventure Training
Worldwide

 You will be given the opportunity to develop your soldiers on Adventure Training, such as at our Royal Artillery Sail Training Centre on Thorney Island, or you could plan your own expedition anywhere in the world.


Brigade Staff Officer

 As a Royal Artillery captain you can serve as a staff officer in a Brigade or higher Headquarters where you will develop a wider knowledge of the military.  You will be working with all other aspects of the Army, Armed Forces and even multi-national forces. Everything from artillery planning and coordination to intelligence roles are available. You could find yourself anywhere in the world from the Falkland Islands to Afghanistan.