One Chance...

Quote of the moment:
"I had an equally weird one where I was part of some gang and got caught up in some shoot-out in downtown Detroit (along with the obligatory metal mash fences and brick buildings with broken windows -- wow, my scenery renderer isn't bad)" - The dream of the Lexcinator.

My parents seem to have decided that they'll keep this house until Sarah has left school. That not only means that I'll be here during Uni holidays, it means that in school term-time my parents won't! For example, between the start of September and me going to Cardiff, it'll only be me and Vicky in the house. Hurrah! (Even more worryingly, it'll only be Vicky if I don't return from the USA before the start of September.) So, a pre-Uni party is due, methinks! :D

I phoned the Medical centre at the Regular Commissions Board today, to check whether being rejected from the Army because of my knee would stop me joining the OTC. The Senior Medical Officer said that in theory, OTC's are part of the Territorial Army, which has the same fitness rules as the regular army. However, he said, because the OTC's cannot be sent to war and are really university societies, people have been let into them despite ACL repairs. This depends on the commander involved, but he seemed to think Cardiff UOTC would be amenable. Hurrah! I thus have a good (not 100%, but over 50%) chance of getting in. Score.

He added that in fact, despite the automatic rejection for ACL repairs, two officer applicants in the last year have successfully appealed against the decision and been admitted to Sandhurst. This involves an individual assessment of the knee, in which overall fitness is not really relevant and the focus is on whether the knee is favoured at all on assault courses or similar activities. He agreed with my suggested plan of reapplying at the end of university, having done as much adventurous training as possible in the OTC to prove myself worthy of the appeal. So, I'm not beaten yet! I have a chance still...

"One chance... just one chance, to say to our enemies that they may take our lives, but they'll never take our FREEDOM!"