Draftie has been good to you.... Best and worst jobs in RN
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Drafty has been pretty good to me and the drafts i had that i didnt fancy i got them binned
Places to avoid: England - my draft Culdrose
best draft for me was 30 months in Gibraltar married accompanied
presently i'm drafted to Illustrious and on JPA it clearly says draft to avoid CVS
But 15 yers on sweepers and i'm cacking myself
Drafty has been pretty good to me and the drafts i had that i didnt fancy i got them binned
Places to avoid: England - my draft Culdrose
best draft for me was 30 months in Gibraltar married accompanied
presently i'm drafted to Illustrious and on JPA it clearly says draft to avoid CVS
But 15 yers on sweepers and i'm cacking myself
Re: Draftie has been good to you.... Best and worst jobs in
Good drafts all of them really.
The only 'bad' one (but ended up well as I received an unexpected B13
) was being drafted to Lee On S, which I had had no knowledge of.
It turned out that an exchange USN Officer decided to sign my pre-draft notification without informing me, and the Capt's Office (as it was known in those days) not noting that the signature and names were completely different :shock: - scribes at their best I think there .....almost destoryed my marriage as she thought it had been done deliberately.
Good drafts all of them really.
The only 'bad' one (but ended up well as I received an unexpected B13
) was being drafted to Lee On S, which I had had no knowledge of.It turned out that an exchange USN Officer decided to sign my pre-draft notification without informing me, and the Capt's Office (as it was known in those days) not noting that the signature and names were completely different :shock: - scribes at their best I think there .....almost destoryed my marriage as she thought it had been done deliberately.
Best RFA DILLIGENCE NP1600 Gulf 88
Worst by a fecking mile GANGES.
Old shipmate off the Cherry B got a draft to DAUNTLESS the old WRNS Training School. He had a knob like a fighting dogs ear after 9 months with 300 trainee WRNS who weren't allowed ashore for the first 6 weeks.
And he was an ugly fecker with a manky set.
Worst by a fecking mile GANGES.
Old shipmate off the Cherry B got a draft to DAUNTLESS the old WRNS Training School. He had a knob like a fighting dogs ear after 9 months with 300 trainee WRNS who weren't allowed ashore for the first 6 weeks.
And he was an ugly fecker with a manky set.
Re: Draftie has been good to you.... Best and worst jobs in
Best Draft: It's a draw, Puma and Castland Hill W.T.
Puma, I wasn't in the Greenies mess, put in the jungle with the biggest bunch of "Jolly Boys" ever. No surprise that I was awarded a "V.G.Mod" a little under a year later!
Castland Hill W.T. for the work and watchkeeping routine. Cycle was: Friday 09:00 until Monday 12:00, 24 off, Tuesday on, 24 off, Thursday on, Weekend off, Monday on, 24 off, Wednesday on.........8 days off!!!
Best number? Easy, Bin Man in Collingwood, Blue Card. Our kids ex-shipmate sorted it when I'd finished killicks course.
I think, three mornings a week, ( someone had to do Saturday Mornings ), met Fareham corpo wagon at the main gate, hanging off the back for an hour or so then off to the W.r.n.s. quarters for tea.
About oneish each day, to the piggery, hop on the back of a flat bed, with one side board and a tail gate. Hanging on as we tore round the galleys, picking up pigswill, then back to the piggery to offload, then finish!!
Health and Safety, what Health and Safety?? Day done!
Best Draft: It's a draw, Puma and Castland Hill W.T.
Puma, I wasn't in the Greenies mess, put in the jungle with the biggest bunch of "Jolly Boys" ever. No surprise that I was awarded a "V.G.Mod" a little under a year later!
Castland Hill W.T. for the work and watchkeeping routine. Cycle was: Friday 09:00 until Monday 12:00, 24 off, Tuesday on, 24 off, Thursday on, Weekend off, Monday on, 24 off, Wednesday on.........8 days off!!!
Best number? Easy, Bin Man in Collingwood, Blue Card. Our kids ex-shipmate sorted it when I'd finished killicks course.
I think, three mornings a week, ( someone had to do Saturday Mornings ), met Fareham corpo wagon at the main gate, hanging off the back for an hour or so then off to the W.r.n.s. quarters for tea.
About oneish each day, to the piggery, hop on the back of a flat bed, with one side board and a tail gate. Hanging on as we tore round the galleys, picking up pigswill, then back to the piggery to offload, then finish!!
Health and Safety, what Health and Safety?? Day done!
Best sea going draft Conx
Best shore based...HTS from Sultan on the old Diamond and Hardy alongside her.
I remember Diamond having a fire in the galley early 1 morning, virtually sealed her fate really.
Best number, Captains Gardener, Collingwood in the mid 70's......I knew feck all about gardening, (still dont)....didn't need to though they had Civvy gardeners to do the job......Blue card job for 6 months.
Do they still have numbers like that?
Best shore based...HTS from Sultan on the old Diamond and Hardy alongside her.
I remember Diamond having a fire in the galley early 1 morning, virtually sealed her fate really.
Best number, Captains Gardener, Collingwood in the mid 70's......I knew feck all about gardening, (still dont)....didn't need to though they had Civvy gardeners to do the job......Blue card job for 6 months.
Do they still have numbers like that?
Re: Draftie has been good to you.... Best and worst jobs in
By and large it depends on your branch, for me the worst possible has to be one that I've had, on the staff at Collingwood. Absolute nightmare, the politics was grim and nobody was actually interested in letting you do your job, far more important to have three or four secondary duties.
In terms of jobs I'd like to have done, JSSU(Cyp), but nowadays one of the jobs in the British Defence Staff Washington, based at the Embassy.
By and large it depends on your branch, for me the worst possible has to be one that I've had, on the staff at Collingwood. Absolute nightmare, the politics was grim and nobody was actually interested in letting you do your job, far more important to have three or four secondary duties.
In terms of jobs I'd like to have done, JSSU(Cyp), but nowadays one of the jobs in the British Defence Staff Washington, based at the Embassy.
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