Good afternoon.
I am looking to join the Royal Eddies as an infantry soldier. I have a few questions all of which I am sure a recruitment officer here will be able to answer rather quickly. the first two I suppose are pretty standard the third one is a little more complicated I imagine.
1: Are you able to confirm that the Royal Eddies are currently recruiting infantry soldiers?[/list]
2: As someone looking to apply for the reserves, how does training work in respect to my current full-time employment? Are you required to go away for 14 weeks all in one go, or as a reservist with a full time job do they do it in sections? Also, once the 14 weeks are up is this when you return to your selected battalion; in my case the Royal Eddies? If you do have to do the 14 weeks training in QC in one shot like everyone else are employers obligated to let you go without you losing your job?
3: Now, i suppose this is where it gets dicey for me. My family, on my mothers side has a long history of depression. I have low depression, bot even mild (quoted from my doctor) I do and unfortunately take a low antidepressant for it. I have never had suicidal thoughts, thoughts on hurting others, and my doctor himself when i told him I would love to apply for the reserves told me that he did not believe that mentally, in terms of depression am not a problem in his opinion. However, he is not a military doctor and obviously doesn't make the rules. CAN someone like me, apply and me accepted, or am i automatically going to be rejected due to this?
I thank you for your time, and appreciate your help on these questions.
respectfully
Richard