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Originally Posted by Beardmoresam
If you join the Army in the UK at 16 you go to harrogate Army Foundation college.
They don't actually go to Catterick for infantry training or Perbrite for Corps training untill they are 18, so really, they are just like cadets for 2 years, but full time.
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The article tries to make it sound bad but as I described in the US a person 17 years of age can go to combat.Unlike in the UK where they will be past 18.I do not have a problem with the idea
and the UK set up keeps them from deploying until they are 18.A US Army or Marine Corps infantryman can easily deploy and not yet be 18 the combined training only lasts about 4 or 5 months total if a person had just turned 17 upon enlistment they would still be 17 upon completion of training and in turn get deployed even to Afghanistan.
The British Army website explains it better;
http://www.army.mod.uk/training_educ...ning/7127.aspx