Goose Bay 1974.
An ageing Cpl. Steward turns up to work in the officers mess. No SNCO steward being on base, I was given the dubious honour of showing him around. A day later I ushered him into the bosses office for his welcome aboard chat. " Sit down" says the boss," I've been looking at your file, and you are just the man we are looking for, I need someone to look after the RAF water polo team during Winter Carnival and I see that before you joined the RAF, you were in the Navy" " Sorry Sir, but I can't swim" says the steward. "What !!, 11 years in the Navy and you can't swim" says the boss. "Yes sir, and it gets worse, I've been in the RAF for the past 6 years and I can't f***ing fly either"