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AOSB Planning Exercise Maths: Time, Speed and Distance

The AOSB planning exercise asks for routes and timings, and the timings in your plan rest on arithmetic. The calculations any timed plan rests on, with worked examples and a back-planning calculator.

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AOSB Main Board: The Four Days, Test by Test

The AOSB Main Board is a four-day residential assessment at Westbury: tests, essay, interview, lecture, planning exercise and command tasks. The Army's programme, and the Main Board (Short) for PQOs.

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AOSB Briefing: What Happens Over the Two Days at Westbury

For regular officer candidates, AOSB Briefing is two days at Westbury: physical and practical exercises, and how to prepare for Main Board. For Army Reserve officer candidates it is a 24 hour session.

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AOSB Planning Exercise: The Official Answer Sheet, Box by Box

The AOSB planning exercise is a solo written paper, then a group discussion. What the Army's own candidate answer sheet asks for in each box, and how to fill it under time pressure.

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