Well if he does the vech mech its 12-18mths training. Its self paced though so they cant finish in any less than 12mths but can finish between there and 18mths. Youd be here for the whole of that, it sucks here but you can last for that short amount of time.

Honestly I would tell him to go reserves first and become infantry qualified. Might take 6-12mths but once that happens when he joins for real and comes here to train he'll be on $49,000 or so as opposed to $39,000. Just a thought.


ETA - holy moly Happy 4 month birthday to Mr Ripley