Originally posted by Joshua1975:
FOs and FMs are all attach pax from Arty. Need not go at all. They are under Bde or Div head count not Guards BN.
No Guards Tab maybe have the backing.
FO and any other attached personnel from other arms need not go thru' a "formal" GCC. I know because in my reservist time, I was attached ( almost permanently) to a certain Division. My NS voaction was in the infantry.
By not formal GCC, I mean that you skip a lot of the combat type training but you have to undergo familiarisation with heli -ops (from rappelling to air guidance to whatever) and also some theory as to what the guards would do in battalion plus ops. Depending on the attachment job, the fam course could be 2 weeks or more.
You do not get to wear the Guards tab or beret. This is reserved (rightly so) for those who went thru' and passed the GCC. Anyway, you do not want to wear that .... because when it comes to IPPT, the standard is higher.