Originally Posted by
Pontius Navigator
Must admit trying to think of an 'arse' of an exchange officer and admit I can't think of one.
We were blessed with a Kapitänleutnant on exchange to 824 Vertical Pursuit Group, to gain Sea King experience when they were introducing the SK for SAR. Kapitänleutnant is a senior lieutenant (4+ years), but with the rank rings of a lieutenant commander which he accepted with glee and Teutonic efficiency. Very tedious, and certainly not an advertisement for the German Navy.
Notable was leaving a tyre impression on the 2nd step down off the flight deck when doing a winch transfer to a Leander: not much except for an entry in the Line Book had he not been so adamant that it wasn't him/it didn't happen
