I was reading PAs thread on the FAAs requirements for the air branch and it got me thinking (I know I haven't done the course yet).
The RNR within a RU is a strange entity in naval terms, althought people come and go, there tends to be a core of people within the unit for the duration of the service career. More army than navy in that sense perhaps. We meet people from other units, within branch, on national training weekends and that has its own rewards; it builds new friendships and even increases the friendly'ish' banter between units. If you're lucky you'll get to see some of the people you met at Raleigh/BRNC/pre-JOFB training and spin a few dits about how great you were on Exercise Whatnot last year.
What unseen RNR am I talking about then? Well the MCDs and the Air guys. They come in trained, so no meeting at courses, they don't do many of the same exercises (willing to stand corrected on that one) so we don't bump into them in the bazaars. Apart from one competition, which the air guys are great at, and huge events like RNR100, we never get to meet each other.
I think the experience that these guys have would bring a lot to RUs but I don't know of too many that attend.
Thoughts?
M(R)
The RNR within a RU is a strange entity in naval terms, althought people come and go, there tends to be a core of people within the unit for the duration of the service career. More army than navy in that sense perhaps. We meet people from other units, within branch, on national training weekends and that has its own rewards; it builds new friendships and even increases the friendly'ish' banter between units. If you're lucky you'll get to see some of the people you met at Raleigh/BRNC/pre-JOFB training and spin a few dits about how great you were on Exercise Whatnot last year.
What unseen RNR am I talking about then? Well the MCDs and the Air guys. They come in trained, so no meeting at courses, they don't do many of the same exercises (willing to stand corrected on that one) so we don't bump into them in the bazaars. Apart from one competition, which the air guys are great at, and huge events like RNR100, we never get to meet each other.
I think the experience that these guys have would bring a lot to RUs but I don't know of too many that attend.
Thoughts?
M(R)