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Originally Posted by Gash_tats

Can get hold of pics of new badges if anyone wants them?

Good idea actually. Does the server have enough room for all the new badges?

Got my new badges on last week. LS CS (D) There for i still clean up sirs shit and wait for him to go to work and make his bed and plump his pillows!! I wouldnt have it any other way!!!!

Sorry - been out for a while now but I take it that there is now no longer Artificers? (Or equivilent)

Correct!

Officially no Artificers, just Technicians - ET(WE), ET(ME) and AET.

Originally Posted by TattooDog

Correct!

Officially no Artificers, just Technicians - ET(WE), ET(ME) and AET.

So let me get this then,from now on there are no OM'S,that title has no gone!!so don't warfare branch have anything to do with WE s**t now then.And as for Tifs,are they no more?do they still do the apprenticeship?
When i was in the mob we went from AB's to OM's and now its changing again?
Does anyone think this new change will help,and does anyone think changing to OM's in the first place ever worked??
Its all bollocks really,gives some of the 60 odd admirals something to do though!!

Originally Posted by flatscrubber

So let me get this then,from now on there are no OM'S,that title has no gone!!so don't warfare branch have anything to do with WE s**t now then.

Yep, that's about it - Warfare Specialists will now do the stuff they used to do (RP, EW, Sonar etc)

Originally Posted by flatscrubber

And as for Tifs,are they no more?do they still do the apprenticeship?

Technicians now. They join as ETs, do their Phase 1 & 2 training, sea job, promoted LET, training sea job, promoted POET etc. The apprenticeship is kind of spread through the career.

Originally Posted by flatscrubber

When i was in the mob we went from AB's to OM's and now its changing again?

I think they've realised that the OM idea won't really work any more.

Originally Posted by flatscrubber

Its all bollocks really,gives some of the 60 odd admirals something to do though!!

Ah yes, but those senior officers need some good, meaty projects to go on their reports and get them promoted

Originally Posted by TattooDog

Originally Posted by flatscrubber

So let me get this then,from now on there are no OM'S,that title has no gone!!so don't warfare branch have anything to do with WE s**t now then.

Yep, that's about it - Warfare Specialists will now do the stuff they used to do (RP, EW, Sonar etc)

Originally Posted by flatscrubber

And as for Tifs,are they no more?do they still do the apprenticeship?

Technicians now. They join as ETs, do their Phase 1 & 2 training, sea job, promoted LET, training sea job, promoted POET etc. The apprenticeship is kind of spread through the career.

Originally Posted by flatscrubber

When i was in the mob we went from AB's to OM's and now its changing again?

I think they've realised that the OM idea won't really work any more.

Originally Posted by flatscrubber

Its all bollocks really,gives some of the 60 odd admirals something to do though!!

Ah yes, but those senior officers need some good, meaty projects to go on their reports and get them promoted

Ta Dog,It'll all change again in five years time.What a complete waste of time and money all that cross training bollocks was from the old ops branches to warfare and we etc etc!!Is there any old Ops branch senior rates left then or have they all changed over?
However,looking at the present prospects for the good old RN i don't think it'll make any difference what branch you're in as it can't be that technical checking on spanish fishermen and saving swimmers in the channel!!