What's life like as a British Army reservist?
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Күн бұрынWhile she works as a paramedic with West Midlands Ambulance Service for her day job, Faye Shotton also serves her country as an Army reservist.
Currently serving with 4 Mercian as a medic, 33-year-old Sergeant Shotton has spent 16 years in the military and embraces everything life in the reserves has to offer.
Her Army career has taken her across the world, including deployments to Afghanistan and, last year, she spent seven months on Operation Newcombe in Mali as part of the UN's peacekeeping mission in the country.
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@andrewsteele7663 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant, great to see the reserves are getting the acknowledgment they deserve, Cheers.
@danielfischer3351 Жыл бұрын
This is where being a reserve makes sense her civvi job crosses over to her military job and vice versa 🙏
@pathfinder5651 11 ай бұрын
Amazing person.
@raziel6219 3 ай бұрын
Your saving life and taking life
@jawaidmohammad2100 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for two roles you do miss TC GOOD JOB
@anlerden4851 Жыл бұрын
I love and respect British Army so much.🙏
@joe-vl3nd Жыл бұрын
Great job more money for the armed forces 🏴👍🏴🏴
@whya2ndaccount Жыл бұрын
Different country, similar challenges balancing military and civilian commitments.
@BigbyOShaunessy Жыл бұрын
Is the British Army Reserves the same as the Territorial Army? It appears to be a switch in terminology.
@jamiethepostie Жыл бұрын
Absolutely no idea about that, but 1 thing I can say is, when I left in 98 and became a reservist, I did not have to do the usual amount of days training or Annual Camp requirement TA soldiers do. So maybe "Reservists" and "TA" are different due to the requirements of said Tag. I was however required to attach myself to 6 Scots(v) before 2 x 6 month tours of Bosnia.
@meme4one Жыл бұрын
@@jamiethepostie yes, when you leave before you're finished your 22, you normally have the remaining time on the reserve list, to be called up or called upon in dire emergencies or in some cases because you're bored and fancy something different as a friend of mine did!
@oliverkilleen8470 Жыл бұрын
Doesn’t even have her optic on the right way during her Tour photo 😭
@frostfeet55 Жыл бұрын
It’s on the right way, are you referring to a different photo?
@meme4one Жыл бұрын
@@frostfeet55 the CQB sight on top of the LDS is back to front. That from a sergeant is pretty shocking.
@WillHoward2002 Жыл бұрын
@@frostfeet55Look at her tour picture then look at the reservits training she literally put it on the wrong way on deployment and is a Sargent🤦.
@thecurlew7403 Жыл бұрын
@@meme4one Todays youth theve been soled out by there own government which is communist as mr shwab says you will own nothing and youll be happy.
@righteousbyfaithinChrist Жыл бұрын
What has that to do with her qualifications? I'm sure when she gets ready for a mission, instead of a photo shot, it will be. No one made you her critic.
@alteregos873 Жыл бұрын
increase pay for regulars if u want more soldiers.
@neinomodiu622 Жыл бұрын
If You only look for salary in the army, you are in a wrong place
@neinomodiu622 Жыл бұрын
Exactly, have a think. Can you get a house or travelling for free in civilian world? You may not even have a chance to ride a plane at all in your life.
@alteregos873 Жыл бұрын
@@neinomodiu622 agreed
@garagenigel Жыл бұрын
@@Chubby_T0511have you actually served?? 😂😂😂
@garagenigel Жыл бұрын
@@Chubby_T0511 20 years??? Couldn't you manage 2 more you walt! 😂😂
@princephilip-v5t Жыл бұрын
I’d like to serve my country too, but my country hates me, so …
@saultshaker5555 Жыл бұрын
Joine the ta and do it as a hobby that pays you and have travel opportunities pluss you gain new frends and life skills
@exourisrai8907 Жыл бұрын
One way to increase people signing up is by advertising the skills and qualifications that could be earned. Once people see the opportunities available there'll be thousands more opting to join.
@mikechedzoy4866 3 ай бұрын
the people have seen all the drone videos coming out of Ukraine and see how futile it is for an Infanteer
@exourisrai8907 3 ай бұрын
@@mikechedzoy4866 if we are roped into a war, NATO has the resources and capability to destroy anything an enemy may use.
@mikechedzoy4866 2 ай бұрын
@@exourisrai8907 24/7 artillery and fpv drones coming out of nowhere. Drones dropping anti- tank mines (modified), rpgs and other munitions on your head. NATO doesn't have the capacity to deal with these new threats. War has changed the GWOT safari of flying around in helicopters and kicking in peasants doors is over. NATO hasn't had a near peer war since Falklands and that was only the Brits.
@introman1016 4 ай бұрын
I'm a registered Nurse here in the UK, with a working Visa. Wish I could join the reserve even now 3.5 years in so far. I'm closing my ILR application though, is that enough stay to join? I hope.
@deano4932 Жыл бұрын
I'm a single dad who works in a warehouse part time I'd love join the reserves but child care would be a problem
@meme4one Жыл бұрын
Yup. It would be.
@Discoveryjamie Жыл бұрын
If the call came…..the uk army could be a million in just a couple months
@omeproductions1392 Жыл бұрын
Several million but untrained…
@Discoveryjamie Жыл бұрын
@@omeproductions1392 I think we have the technology and capability as well as capability to train. That’s the good thing being part of an alliance. Remember the military only show you and tell you what they want you to see🙌
@mikechedzoy4866 3 ай бұрын
28000 stabs. That's less than a month of reserves going by the Russo-Ukraine War stats. We are absolutely in trouble if our leaders don't stop provoking the bear.
@user-ux4gd5sx2o Жыл бұрын
😂 it's a challenge working with reservists
@garagenigel Жыл бұрын
I've dealt with and served with both and I'll happily work with reserves over some of the whoppers I've met in the regulars!
@user-ux4gd5sx2o Жыл бұрын
They train once a week, their standard is so much lower probably why you prefer working with them 😉
@Lee-mp3pk 10 ай бұрын
@@user-ux4gd5sx2oAnd you think regular guys are out in the field Monday to Friday?! 😂
@gordonisamoron Жыл бұрын
Thats nice , go put the kettle on , theres a love
@CT-hr9nk 8 ай бұрын
Low life, how bout you do something with your life like she has?
@soton5teve Жыл бұрын
When democracy is fully respected, when we're a secular republic, we're talk, until then keep seeing the numbers going down, even with the commonwealth plugging the gap for decades, it's still going down, and still being ignored
@Discoveryjamie Жыл бұрын
There’s no democracy in the uk😂 who voted for rishi? Nobody…the same guy who got a fine that Boris stood down on yet he gets accepted in😅 monarchy is a joke. Government is a bigger joke.
@xkyleprivatex815 Жыл бұрын
We need to create a Fijian regiment, and recruit more Gurkhas
@soton5teve Жыл бұрын
For example, unacceptable to me personally, to be issued with a card that says " *HM* " armed forces may seem small you, but this type of thing is why you have a recruitment crisis, and heartstrings ads, or see the world ads, or money ads, or "i was born in blyth, but i was made in the royal navy" ads. Ain't going to solve it. People want the *archaic nature of names and symbols* to go, like "royal" and HM, of left over colonialism, and Christianity in a majority atheist country, overwhelmingly secular. skewed by the commonwealths rather convenient indoctrination by christian colonialism. consign it to history!
@michaelfoster5577 Жыл бұрын
Sorry, but I disagree totally. I was happy to swear allegiance to HM the Queen, her Heirs and Successors, but there is no way I would do that for any slimy politician of whatever political hue. Having a President costs more than a monarch - and hasn’t it worked out so well for the USA (among others)!
@omeproductions1392 Жыл бұрын
Majority of people I know actually like these “small” things, it’s what’s sets us apart from other countries. Personally I am proud to be British, the monarch is the living embodiment of our nation state. It is the Great in Great Britain and I’d rather have the royal family as the symbol of our nation than any other elected politician (like the USA has). The minority of people I know (and I mean 1 or 2 people out of several hundred) are indifferent to it. If anything we should encourage taking pride in what makes us british, not shying away from it.
@willum_1618 Жыл бұрын
@@omeproductions1392Well said
@wet_weather_imp Жыл бұрын
So, completely forgo our culture and heritage to appease some peoples politics. No thanks.
@Monkey-ud8bw Жыл бұрын
It’s the things like HM and Royal that add pride. The armed forces have their issues but this is not one of them and if that is enough to make you not join up, then the armed forces is not the place for you.
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