royal marines

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In the US we have whats called the National Guard and Reserve. One joins the org and after completion of basic training and advanced individual training you go and train one weekend a month, plus a two week training exercise (usually in the summer). These units can be activated for state/national emergencies as well as worldwide deployments. Quite often you can do as small as a 2 yr gig. Does the UK offer anything like this? While national guard/reserve here in the US still is very different than active duty it can give someone a better idea of how well the Army lifestyles suites them.