This is hilarious.
It is spot on, although at first I thought she was discussing an URNU.
My experience is exactly what this journalist wrote although it was with an URNU.
I could not really see the point of them. Waste of RN money (when times are tight enough). Less than ten percent of the yearly intake around 20 to 30 will go into the RN. Surely this money could be spent elsewhere?
My time with an URNU did allow me to further my understanding of the mentality shift between civvie street and military whilst also allowing me to network with the right people in the RN. FAA CO's and Aircrew etc
UAS, OTC and URNU are all very similar.
We didnt do the bleep test once collectively as a unit. What a gimmick!!! haha