Re: Recruitment 2020 : Wed Jun 26, 2019 2:20 pm  

… I don't think it's as easy as some people think to get out of the army. It's up to the them to allow you to leave, based on lots of factors. If he was the only soldier in the army who could map read, then it's unlikely they'd let him go. If they'd spent a fortune on his particular training, the same applies.

Re: Recruitment 2020 : Wed Jun 26, 2019 2:21 pm  

ccs wrote:

….. something like 8 years with 4 to go.
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Seems to be a flexible arrangement with the Army but i suppose Ratu will want to see his time out with the Army to qualify for a pension.

Re: Recruitment 2020 : Wed Jun 26, 2019 2:34 pm  

The MoD love a bit of PR and a lad from Fiji making it to pro athlete will suck up a lot more youngsters than him frying chips in a tent somewhere. Hopefully a deal that lets us keep him most of the regular season is in place.

Re: Recruitment 2020 : Wed Jun 26, 2019 2:35 pm  

the cal train wrote:

The MoD love a bit of PR and a lad from Fiji making it to pro athlete will suck up a lot more youngsters than him frying chips in a tent somewhere. Hopefully a deal that lets us keep him most of the regular season is in place.

Lol spud bashing

Re: Recruitment 2020 : Wed Jun 26, 2019 2:43 pm  

He will be a reserve even if he leaves. So if the UK blunders into another US war then he could be recalled.

With Trump and Johnson in charge it seems signing Swift was a good idea.

Re: Recruitment 2020 : Wed Jun 26, 2019 2:46 pm  

ccs wrote:

… I don't think it's as easy as some people think to get out of the army. It's up to the them to allow you to leave, based on lots of factors. If he was the only soldier in the army who could map read, then it's unlikely they'd let him go. If they'd spent a fortune on his particular training, the same applies.

Agreed, hence my question.

Re: Recruitment 2020 : Wed Jun 26, 2019 2:47 pm  

C for Cuckoo wrote:

He will be a reserve even if he leaves. So if the UK blunders into another US war then he could be recalled.

With Trump and Johnson in charge it seems signing Swift was a good idea.

Private Ratu with a bayonet on the end of his rifle, them Iranians don’t like it up em

Re: Recruitment 2020 : Wed Jun 26, 2019 2:48 pm  

C for Cuckoo wrote:

He will be a reserve even if he leaves. So if the UK blunders into another US war then he could be recalled.

With Trump and Johnson in charge it seems signing Swift was a good idea.

am sure we can leave politics to The Sin Bin ^^^^

Re: Recruitment 2020 : Wed Jun 26, 2019 3:01 pm  

IR80 wrote:

am sure we can leave politics to The Sin Bin ^^^^

Not if it directly affects one of our players.

Re: Recruitment 2020 : Wed Jun 26, 2019 3:06 pm  

C for Cuckoo wrote:

Not if it directly affects one of our players.

It doesn't, only based on your opinion. Anyway...Recruitment 2020