{"id":82072,"date":"2017-06-29T15:47:00","date_gmt":"2017-06-29T15:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=2a40e129093194a52b3cc89553773707"},"modified":"2017-06-29T15:47:00","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T15:47:00","slug":"news-story-potential-army-officers-meet-defence-secretary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=82072","title":{"rendered":"News story: Potential Army Officers meet Defence Secretary"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The latest\u00a0intake of the Army\u2019s School of Education\u2019s Potential Officer Development Programme (PODP) visited MOD Main Building in London this Tuesday as part of their intensive 12-week development programme.<\/p>\n

As part of their visit, the potential officers had the opportunity to meet and put questions to Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon during a question and answer session.<\/p>\n

In\u00a0welcoming the students to\u00a0the Ministry of Defence,\u00a0Sir Michael said:<\/p>\n

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Our Armed Forces are held in high esteem, and recent events have shown that in difficult times people look to us for support.\u00a0<\/p>\n

And in such challenging times, it will be vitally important that our future leaders are thinking soldiers, capable and able to adjust to and overcome those threats which come against us.<\/p>\n

We need the best people of each successive generation. You\u2019ve got what it takes to be our future leaders, and I look forward to you not just making it to Sandhurst but spearheading our nation\u2019s charge towards a brighter future.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Potential Officer Annabelle Mash, 21 from the Isle of Wight said:<\/p>\n

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I am passionate about working in an organisation with a disciplined environment where there is the opportunity for me to develop as a person and with the ability to lead men and women confidently.<\/p>\n

The Potential Officer Development Programme has been essential to my development, enabling me to develop my weaknesses and acting as a stepping stone towards my future career.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Potential Officer Reece Munnery,\u00a022 from Tavistock, currently serves as a Private in the Parachute Regiment. Before joining the programme he served as a Section Second in Command. He said:<\/p>\n

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The\u00a0Potential Officer Development Programme course has been very helpful in reassuring me that commissioning is the route I would like to go down, in building my confidence, and has been one of the most enjoyable courses I have attended in my Army career.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Potential Officer Moiz Abusin, 23 from Chertsey, completed his secondary education abroad in Dubai, before completing a degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Nottingham.<\/p>\n

He said:<\/p>\n

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I aspire to lead a life of adventure, achievement and service. Whether leading a platoon of soldiers on operations or helping to build critical infrastructure and rebuild lives after a natural disaster, I relish the prospect leading a life far from routine.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The programme supports serving soldiers\u00a0and direct entry civilian candidates by equipping\u00a0participants with the skills necessary to pass the Army Officer Selection Board (AOSB).<\/p>\n

On completion of the PODP, students will attend the AOSB to determine whether they are suitable for commissioning. If successful at this stage, they will then go on to\u00a0begin Officer Cadet training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Students on the Army’s Potential Officer Development Programme (PODP) met with Secretary of State Sir Michael Fallon at MOD Main Building on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82072"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=82072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82072\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=82072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=82072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=82072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}