Thursday night i decided to visit the RAF Careers website to see if recruitment had started again for my chosen role, RAF Police. They weren't hiring at the time so i decided to go to the page for RAFP and there it is, a change in entry requirements. This came like a sledgehammer to my head, literally. I stared at it for a few minutes whilst i came to terms with it in my mind that i would no longer be eligible for that role.
Since the GMP recruitment freeze i have resigned myself to not joining the job i would ideally like to do. I had to make decisions, think long and hard about it, came to a conclusion and now this. I don't know whether its anything to do with the cuts, or they just realised that the entry requirements were just a little too low. Now they are high enough to be just out of reach.
Friday morning, i decided to go to the gym, work on my fitness because god knows i need it. I turned my membership to an unlimited monthly deal so i can get into a routine without having to pay each time i go, get to the point where i have no money and then stop my routine. I was getting that motivation to get myself into shape and get to where i need to be.
I have decided to still look for a career within the armed forces, with the Army now looking like my most likely destination, with one career standing out amongst others that i would be qualified for which is a Dog Handler. Its heavily involved with the security aspects of the Royal Military Police e.g. conducting patrols, searches and detection. I was always looking forward to the extra 3 weeks training within the RAFP to be a police dog handler, and was always something i wanted.
Let's hope the entry requirements don't change, at least till i'm in.
Woof.
