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Navy Police driving?

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adxh

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Hello.

I've been to the AFCO, but this was the only one of my many long and I'm sure irritating questions that he didn't have answer for. I notice that this role requires you to have a driving licence, which I do have, but I was wondering exactly how much driving was involved? Obviously when you’re at sea there would be none, but is there much driving involved when based on shore? The reason I ask its that I’ve had security type jobs in the past that have required me to have a licence, but they only really needed me to drive between sites as and when. I’m not a massive fan of driving around so If there’s a chance that I’m going to be sat in a car all day, this probably isn’t the job for me.

Thanks in advance.
 
During your shifts in the Provost sections ashore you'll be driving, both on patrol and going to jobs.

As an example, the Provost drive around Plymouth (especially on Fri and Sat nights) providing a response and back up to Devon Police. They also drive around my married quarter estate once or twice a day - more if the local scallywags are getting bored and harassing our kids.
 
Probably not relevant anymore, but Battleaxe deployed a landrover, and it was landed a time a two, and the Joss's Dog was the designated driver. There again, the new carriers will be more than big enough to carry a vehicle that can be landed, so you could well be expected to Drive a MoD vehicle whilst deployed, not to mention the possibility of hire vehicles.
 
mikh said:
Probably not relevant anymore, but Battleaxe deployed a landrover, and it was landed a time a two, and the Joss's Dog was the designated driver. There again, the new carriers will be more than big enough to carry a vehicle that can be landed, so you could well be expected to Drive a MoD vehicle whilst deployed, not to mention the possibility of hire vehicles.
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Both carriers have been sponsored by Jaguar Land Rover, and will have embarked Range Rovers. Crew from QE took part in the Lord Mayors Show driving the latest vehicles.
 
adxh said:
Hello.

I've been to the AFCO, but this was the only one of my many long and I'm sure irritating questions that he didn't have answer for. I notice that this role requires you to have a driving licence, which I do have, but I was wondering exactly how much driving was involved? Obviously when you’re at sea there would be none, but is there much driving involved when based on shore? The reason I ask its that I’ve had security type jobs in the past that have required me to have a licence, but they only really needed me to drive between sites as and when. I’m not a massive fan of driving around so If there’s a chance that I’m going to be sat in a car all day, this probably isn’t the job for me.

Thanks in advance.
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Every job has positives & negatives, as I'm sure you'll appreciate. Naval Police, truth be told, can probably expect a single sea draft at each rate (rank). In other words, most of your career will be spent shore-side. There will always be exceptions, but in general terms you'll be predominently shore based. Whilst shore based, you'll need to drive between ships & units but certainly not as a fulltime occupation like a civilian motorway cop, for example.
 
Joint_Force_Harrier said:
I remember somebody dropping a CBLS (Carrier Bomb Light Stores) on the bonnet of the Ark's Rover whilst it was in the Hangar, now that was a mess. I believe the Chockheads were the ships drivers.

http://www.sphaera.co.uk/cbls.htm
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in the new Ark Royal, I watched as a chockhead drove a flight deck tractor straight into the side of a brand new range rover. The car had been onboard for less than 48 hours, and the chockhead didn't have a reversing warden...
 
alfred_the_great said:
in the new Ark Royal, I watched as a chockhead drove a flight deck tractor straight into the side of a brand new range rover. The car had been onboard for less than 48 hours, and the chockhead didn't have a reversing warden...
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Whilst on Illustrious one of the chockheads managed to tow a sea harrier under a seaking rotor disk, chopping off the top bit of the harrier tail. Easy mistake, mind.

No, hang on. Bonehead.
 
Ninja_Stoker said:
Whilst on Illustrious one of the chockheads managed to tow a sea harrier under a seaking rotor disk, chopping off the top bit of the harrier tail. Easy mistake, mind.

No, hang on. Bonehead.
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I was on the Ark (Outback 88) when an 820 Seaking landed on top of an 801 Sea Harrier, that was a mess, got some photos somewhere.
 
I was duty port crane driver on the old Bulwark in Malta one night and lowered the skippers car on to a Tilly's roof.

If that wasn't bad enough, we were anchored in the middle of Valletta harbour and the vehicles were being lowered on to a mexeflote thingy. In my defence, it moved at the last minute.

The worse bit was it also knocked a Sergeant booty (in his Lovats) into the oggin....he wasn't happy, such language for my young tender ears!!
 

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