Scud
Badgeman

Having just come back from a trip involving quite a few RAS's with various different FF/DDs, I have to say I've been slightly surprised at the lack of knowledge displayed by those on Pusser's finest at the moment.
It seems to us watching from the other side (and backed up by bar conversations) that FF's/DD's seem to just have the one Seaman Spec who does absolutely everything during a RAS, with the deck gang being essentially just a manpower pool. For example, seeing 8 sailors struggling with a crate of 4.5in because they couldn't quite figure out that you had to take the brake off a palette truck, or the bloke tailing the winch unable to figure out how and when to take up or check away on the outhaul.
I appreciate the recreation of the Seaman spec branch is an attempt to combat this, but would be interested to hear responses as to how it looks from the side of our 'customers'.
It seems to us watching from the other side (and backed up by bar conversations) that FF's/DD's seem to just have the one Seaman Spec who does absolutely everything during a RAS, with the deck gang being essentially just a manpower pool. For example, seeing 8 sailors struggling with a crate of 4.5in because they couldn't quite figure out that you had to take the brake off a palette truck, or the bloke tailing the winch unable to figure out how and when to take up or check away on the outhaul.
I appreciate the recreation of the Seaman spec branch is an attempt to combat this, but would be interested to hear responses as to how it looks from the side of our 'customers'.