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Same, I joined the Navy, which BTW is the senior service
, and plenty of blokes never made after physical and mental testing.
The bloke in front of me was struggling with this. The recruiters picked it up and wandered over.
Turns out the bloke was illiterate.
They took him away pretty quickly.
After each test they'd call out a list of names and take them away. If you were left you made it to the next stage (grilling by the Psych officer, or a medical test with hearing/ vision/ fallen arches/ medical history/ acne/ etc).
It was surprisingly hard to get into. One recent conviction for an offence, a minor medical issue, an off kilter psych eval, or the Psych officer not liking your answers and you were boned.
