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Drafty is
Veterans’ badges top half-million mark
looking for
TWO special ceremonies marked the been gradually extended to those who served at for a Veterans Badge to call our veterans
presentation of the 500,000th Armed Forces any time up until December 31 2004. helpline on 0800 169 2277 as we might also
augmentees
Veterans’ Badge. Gerry Mulrooney, Service Personnel and be able to help with other problems or issues
At the top of Blackpool Tower the town’s Veterans Agency Deputy Director of Pensions, they have in life.”
mayor, Cllr Robert Wynne, handed five badges said: “From our Blackpool offices and our Postal applications should be sent to
to local veterans, while in London, on board other centres across the country, the SPVA Veterans Services, SPVA, Norcross, Blackpool,
Naval
THE Naval Service is playing a
HMS Belfast, Veterans’ Minister Derek Twigg provides help and support to anyone who has FY5 3WP, with name, address, date of birth,
significant role in ongoing joint
handed over the half-millionth badge itself to served in HM Armed Forces, whether young service number, period of service and theatres
operations in Iraq and Afghanistan
Sonia Hartford, who served in the Army. or old, male or female. of service. For more details see the website at
which are currently Defence’s
Availability of the badge, created in 2004, has “I’d encourage anyone interested in applying www.veterans-uk.info
to the
highest priority.
Whilst the RN’s main
contribution remains the
deployment of 3 Commando
Brigade RM and Naval Air
Engineering students
core
SECOND Sea Lord Vice Admiral
Squadrons, as part of the Joint Adrian Johns has formally
Force Harrier and Commando announced a set of Core Values
Helicopter Force, the Naval and Standards for the Naval
Service is also providing a Service.
significant number of individual As reported in Navy News
augmentees.
can test their mettle
in April, when the Navy Board
These augmentees are co- endorsed the initiative, the ‘Core
ordinated by the DNPERS Values and Standards’ are designed
Augmentation and Crisis to clearly show what the Naval
Manpower (ACMP) section Service, as an organisation, expects
in consultation with Career from its people, laying down an
Managers. unambiguous set of guidelines on
The RN has a remit to provide behaviour and attitudes.
25 per cent of the additional
BUDDING engineers and
It recognises the high reputation
personnel required to support
technical specialists in the
of the Navy, based largely on
ongoing joint operations. a fighting spirit, a “can-do”
This means that the RN currently
Armed Forces have been
attitude, and high standards of
has around 360 personnel, mainly testing their mettle on a professionalism, behaviour and
in Iraq and Afghanistan.
training exercise in Wales.
self-discipline in sailors and
This includes RN, RNR, RM
Students who aim to join
marines down the centuries.
and RMR officers, senior rates
the Forces or Civil Service can
By volunteering for the Naval
and junior rates/other ranks from Service they accept that they will
all branches who serve in a wide
be sponsored by the Ministry
put the needs of the Service before
variety of specialist and general
of Defence to study IEng or
their own, and will therefore
positions in a number of different CEng-accredited engineering
forego some of the rights enjoyed
locations and units, including
degree programmes, providing by civilians – and in return they
multinational HQs, regional
an environment in which
can expect to be treated fairly
land HQs and regional maritime
all aspects of military life
and with dignity at all times, to
component commands.
are introduced as well as
be valued and respected as an
The number of Naval Service
engineering training.
individual, and to be rewarded by
personnel deployed will probably
The Defence Technical
terms and conditions of service
increase to around 450 by mid-
Undergraduate Scheme (DTUS)
which take account of their special
2008.
has five partnerships, with the
circumstances.
In addition to Joint duties,
universities of Aston (Taurus
In short it relies on mutual
there are temporary surges in the
Squadron), Loughborough
trust.
requirement, mainly in support of
(Typhoon Sqn), Newcastle
The core values are commitment,
3 Commando Brigade’s periodic
and Northumberland (both
courage, discipline, respect for
deployment to Afghanistan as the
Trojan Sqn) and Southampton
others, integrity and loyalty.
Helmand Task Force.
The initiative expects Naval
The vast majority of personnel
(Thunderer Sqn).
personnel to lead by example
who deploy find these OPTOURS
But in 2006 it was recognised
by living the core values and
both interesting and challenging;
that there was a need for a post-
demanding that subordinates do
they also provide RN personnel
DTUS pre-Initial Officer Training
likewise, building on the teamwork
with a rare chance to experience
(IOT) training exercise to focus
ethos of the Service.
front-line Joint operations.
minds and to highlight areas of
Personnel generally undertake weakness.
● DTUS graduates take a breather during Exercise Thor’s Revival at Sennybridge in Wales
six-month OPTOURS which So in came Exercise Thor’s
Diversity
are immediately preceded by Revival, in which the Class of
the teams were then transported to fling a 2lb projectile – some teams completed the course, the
specific theatre-related training 2007 had the chance to prove
to their respective start points for of the results were less than slowest finishing in just over an
and followed by a period of post- themselves on the Sennybridge
the main part of the exercise. spectacular hour.
award
operational tour leave (POTL). Training Area in mid-Wales.
This involved a round-robin of Military standards and planning, The six-day exercise imposed marina
You can volunteer for an Thor’s Revival involved arduous
tasks spread over four days, with in which students set up a room strict penalties for poor
CIVIL servants employed by the
OPTOUR by contacting your navigation stages interspersed
each student assuming leadership for an IOT-style inspection. timekeeping – either early or late
Royal Navy have won an award for
Career Manager or by selecting with demanding command
for at least 12 hours. The total distance covered over arrivals – and the need for time to
their work on disability.
‘OPS’ in the employee preference tasks, culminating in a gruelling
The tasks were: the four days, in which teams had eat and sleep had to be planned
Civilians working for
area in JPA. endurance race.
Orienteering over 5km in dense to be self-sufficient, was almost into each team’s programme.marina
CINCFleet Admiral Sir James
You can also ask your unit The exercise began at 6am
woodland 60km, but everyone passed the As well as giving students the
Burnell-Nugent have been judged
HR manager to nominate you in strong winds and torrential Research and a 15-minute test. chance to see how they would marina
for the High Readiness Cadre
Southern Regional Winner in
rain with an 18.4km navigation
presentation on a past military The final 8km endurance race cope with IOT, it also gave DTUS
of Augmentees (HRC) –
the ‘Large’ employer category by
exercise covering 18.4km, to be leader – with students carrying logs and staff the chance to see how the
2006DIN02-335 refers.
Remploy as part of its annual
completed in six hours. Search and rescue in a simulated ammunition boxes across boggy training administered by the marina
Leading the Way awards.
All bar one team managed the smoke-filled environment ground and over steep slopes, with university squadrons was meeting
RNPT tour dates
The awards recognise
undulating forest course in time – Ropework and construction, one water crossing – pushed them the needs of both the students and marina
but there was no time to reflect, as building a medieval-style weapon to the limits, but once again the the Forces/Civil Service.
outstanding employers who
have made significant efforts to
DATES and details of the RN encourage diversity within their
Presentation Team’s events for the organisations and who are adopting
coming months are: best practice and progressive
Weds Oct 3: Hotel Bristol,
Options
marina thinking in the employment of
Narrowcliff, Newquay;
disabled people.
Thurs Oct 4: Barnstaple Hotel, marina
Staff in the civilian Equality
Braunston Rd, Barnstaple;
after Ops
and Diversity team at the RN HQ
Tues Oct 9: University of marina
were joined by members of the
Gloucestershire Park Campus,
FIVE RNR officers attended
organisation’s Disability Action
The Park, Cheltenham;
the Young Reserve Officers’
Forum to be presented with the
Weds Oct 10: Warwick
Workshop at the Inter-allied
marina
award on board HMS Victory by
Racecourse, Hampton St,
Confederation of Reserve
Officers (CIOR) summer
Dave Knight, Remploy’s Head of
Warwick;
congress at Riga, looking at
External Relations.
marina Tues Oct 23: Macclesfield
re-integrating Reservists on
The organisation will now
Town Hall, Macclesfield;
return from operations.
compete with six other regional
marina Tues Nov 27: The Guildhall,
Some 60 young officers
winners at the National Awards
Market Place, Salisbury;
Weds Nov 28: Center Parcs, from across NATO meet
final, held in London this month.
marina
Longleat Forest, Warminster; annually to discuss current
Mr Knight said: “The calibre
Tues Dec 4: Nottingham defence issues relating to
of entries this year has been
marina
Gateway Hotel, Nuthall Rd, NATO and Reservists.
extremely high and I congratulate
Nottingham; Briefing notes prepared
the Civil Service division of the
by groups for presentations
Royal Navy for demonstrating to
marina Weds Dec 5: Chesterfield
Hotel, Malkin St, Chesterfield. will be used by the President
other employers the benefits of a
Anyone wanting to book a place of the CIOR, Canadian Capt
diverse workforce.”
at a presentation should contact Carman McNary, to help
Remploy is an organisation that
the RNPT on 020 8833 8020 or make recommendations to
provides specialist employment
email rnpt@gtnet.gov.uk NATO’s Military Committee.
services for disabled people and
The RNR officers were
those who face complex barriers
Insurance claim
S/Lt Sarah Calhaem (HMS
to employment.
● A newly-restored painting by George Reinagle in the Trophy Store at HMS Nelson depicts the last battle
Forward), Lt Anouchka
fought under sail by the Royal Navy – the Battle of Navarino in October 1827. A combined British, French
VICTORY Financial Services
Peacock (HMS Eaglet),
and Russian fl eet fought a Turkish-Egyptian fl eet during the 1821-32 War of Greek Independence. Under
have added motor insurance to
Lt Adam Slonecki (HMS
the 1827 Treaty of London the three nations were committed to enforcing peace, and while Greece
their range – and they claim it is
President, team leader), S/
agreed to an armistice, Turkey did not. Vice Admiral Sir Edward Codrington, CINC Mediterranean, was
specially-designed to meet the
Lt Laura Harrison and Lt
committed to cutting Turkish supply routes to Greece, and on October 20 Codrington moved his fl eet
Hannah MacKenzie (both
needs of Service personnel. into the Bay of Navarino, now known as Pylos. A Turkish ship opened fi re, and Codrington, on board HMS
HMS Wildfire).
Call 0800 05 56709 for details. Asia, responded. In four hours the Turkish-Egyptian fl eet was devastated; no Allied ships were lost
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