Manning - Are we shooting ourselves in the foot?
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The debate over time off for sport (AT or otherwise) is as perennial as arguments over pay as you dine, dress code in the mess, actuals V rates, etc etc ad nauseam.
Fact is the military use sport to recruit....quote below cut and paste from the RAF website one minute ago...
Join one of the RAF’s many sports clubs and you could represent your base against other stations or play for the RAF against other Armed Forces. You could even take part in the Olympics! The RAF sponsors its most talented personnel to compete at the highest level, not only by giving them time off to train, but also by subsidising their travel, entry fee and equipment costs
So the obligation to deliver on expectation is perfectly clear and if some dudes milk it (and we all know some do) then that's a matter for their line managers (or Flight Commanders if you are old school).
Fact is the military use sport to recruit....quote below cut and paste from the RAF website one minute ago...
Join one of the RAF’s many sports clubs and you could represent your base against other stations or play for the RAF against other Armed Forces. You could even take part in the Olympics! The RAF sponsors its most talented personnel to compete at the highest level, not only by giving them time off to train, but also by subsidising their travel, entry fee and equipment costs
So the obligation to deliver on expectation is perfectly clear and if some dudes milk it (and we all know some do) then that's a matter for their line managers (or Flight Commanders if you are old school).
Pontious, the German Navy provided the transport to Berlin and other cultural centres in order that Jolly Jack Tar be able to avail himself of the attractions and delights to be found in those centres. The Royal Navy's transport was run exclusively by civilians for their own purposes. Rarely, if ever, was the transport for a sports event or similar official function provided by the Supply and Transport Organisation. Indeed, an official trip to the Royal Tournament by recruits at H.M.S. St. Vincent was undertaken by the 'Southdown' company. 750 sailors, about 19 coaches I seem to remember.
