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**MotleyBlue** · 10-04-12, 14:13

So before actually using your initiative to find what you actually wanted (which seemed incredibly easy based on the time frame) you asked for help on here in a way that more than implied you wanted to cheat? You will get on fine at AIB, throughout the PLTs you have an AB holding your hand at all times in case you get a wet shoe.

**2_deck_dash** · 10-04-12, 14:45

To be fair the lad/lass is only upholding the finest traditions of the RN.

Hands up who hasn't taken a crib sheet into an exam or 'accidentally' caught a glimpse of the test paper an hour before the actual test?

Fuck me, in 90% of exams I did in the mob, it was standard procedure for the instructors to leave the test paper on their desk an hour before the exam and fuck off to the NAAFI so we had a chance to skeg the questions and smash in some final revision.

People still managed to fail.

Spastics.

**SEP86** · 10-04-12, 17:27

I always wanted to get the YOs to write an essay entitled 'A clean ship is a happy ship - discuss.'

I doubt it will come up in your AIB but if you are stuck for practice. I even volunteer to critique it (sensibly and constructively, in provtae) if you would like.

**SJRM_RN** · 11-04-12, 08:25

What makes me laugh about this thread is that the OP starts by bemoaning the fact that a 'previous AIB essay titles thread [hasn't been] usefully updated for a while' and then provides links from 2 & 3 years ago! Quality.

**wet_blobby** · 11-04-12, 08:41

Everything you need to know is in "Swallows and Amazons". Every potential young Officer should read it, as they should the famous five books. This will give you a good understanding of the responsibilities and standing you will have within your early career.

**yamyamdabber** · 11-04-12, 09:33

Don't worry, someone will have scratched the answers into the desk from the last AIB. They've been going on long enough so all the answers will be there.

**MotleyBlue** · 11-04-12, 15:58

They tell you the ground layout before you go and being prepared is not admirable but necessary. Asking for recent attendees to give the currently used essay titles for him to practice is most certainly cheating. Think of it this way, when sat facing the board would you have like to have been asked to explain why and how you obtained the current questions prior to AIB and how you think that relates to one of the core principles of being a Naval officer, integrity?

**Chaz** · 11-04-12, 16:13

Originally Posted by MotleyBlue

They tell you the ground layout before you go and being prepared is not admirable but necessary. Asking for recent attendees to give the currently used essay titles for him to practice is most certainly cheating. Think of it this way, when sat facing the board would you have like to have been asked to explain why and how you obtained the current questions prior to AIB and how you think that relates to one of the core principles of being a Naval officer, integrity?

Surely, this is almost the same as an officer explaining how & why he/she used an SNCO's powerpoint presentation and then had the neck to put their name on it - it happens!

**yamyamdabber** · 11-04-12, 16:25

Originally Posted by Chaz

Surely, this is almost the same as an officer explaining how & why he/she used an SNCO's powerpoint presentation and then had the neck to put their name on it - it happens!

Or forgot to change the name on it, but then that isn't cheating it's just funny.

**tentoes** · 11-04-12, 17:58

Originally Posted by MotleyBlue

They tell you the ground layout before you go and being prepared is not admirable but necessary. Asking for recent attendees to give the currently used essay titles for him to practice is most certainly cheating. Think of it this way, when sat facing the board would you have like to have been asked to explain why and how you obtained the current questions prior to AIB and how you think that relates to one of the core principles of being a Naval officer, integrity?

You are now coming across as a bit of a hornblower.