Earning Your Stripes: A Soldier's First Step Up The Ranks

For a Private soldier (or equivalent), a Junior Non-Commissioned Officer cadre is the first shot at promotion in the British Army. Earning the first stripe on their rank slide and becoming a lance corporal is a significant step up. Over seven weeks, BFBS Forces News was granted exclusive access to the latest Junior NCO cadre run by 1 Rifles. More: https://www.forcesnews.com/services/army/earning-your-stripes-soldiers-first-step-ranks #bfbsforcesnews #forcesnews #army #military #officer #britisharmy #training Subscribe to Forces News: http://bit.ly/1OraazC Check out our website: https://www.forcesnews.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ForcesTV Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/forcesnews/?hl=en X: https://twitter.com/ForcesNews