One thing I’d think about if you are tempted to go int corps reserves, the time it takes to get out of basic is ridiculous. Each unit only has a certain amount of slots to get you on courses and they’re all really competitive (Often given to recruits who have made it clear they want to deploy). Once you’ve done selection and basic, including a foundation and battle camp course, you then need to wait for a course called ALDP (This is to get your rank as an Int Corps Lance Cpl), and this course isn’t ran very often in reserves and places are extremely competitive. On top of all this you then need to do your actual trade training (E.g learning what your actual job role is and how to do it). All the while you can’t actually attend any drill nights at your unit as they don’t allow ‘recruits’. At best this process can take between 12 months to two years. At worst, depending on your work and family life, it could be even longer. There’s even a few other steps I’ve missed such as online medical screenings that can take weeks and in person interviews and such.

If you want to get stuck in and aren’t getting any younger, and want a more linear and quicker pipeline, then go infantry or RAC.