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How long is basic training?

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    Robert N. Lead Recruiter Armed Forces Careers Office Sheffield

    Hi.

    You start with a Combat Infantry Course (28 weeks) at The Infantry Training Centre Catterick. Here, you do your Basic Training and then your Infantry Initial Trade Training.

    If you’re aged under 17 years and 6 months, you’ll do your Basic Training at the Army Foundation College Harrogate for 49 weeks. You’ll then go to Catterick to complete your Infantry Initial Trade Training over 10 weeks.

    On completion of your Initial Trade Training, you will move to your Infantry Battalion. Battalions routinely conduct training in the UK, Europe, Kenya and Belize. More concentrated periods of mission-specific training prepare battalions for operations abroad.

    Warm Regards,

    SSgt Rob Needham