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The
Newspaper
of the
Royal Navy
No. 207. 18th YEAR, SEPTEMBER. 1971
and
PHONE: PORTSMOUTH29419 24-Hour Answering Service
Royal Naval Association
Published First
Thursday of the Month
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ON PARADE
These smiling sailors endured good-humoured :- er E’. 3 g when they donned A new-style uniforms for their Emates to record their opiE nions by means of a ques'
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Adding
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interest
parade"
-Wren
to
photographic
the “fashion
(hot pants)
were
Marcia Nicoll and “Leading Wren Judith Skill-
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man.
New facts have been made known to the Fleet about the Admiralty Board‘s determination to offer a better life for officers. men. and their families. in meeting the challenge of achieving a
Admiral
Commanding Garages There was a bit of a furore said the owner of a garage opposite Chatham naval dockyard when the Navy found that he had "
"
truly all-volunteer service.
An essential first step is to ensure that everybody is as fully informed as secunty will allow about what is going on.
hoisted
flag on dinghy displayed for sale.
the Management want to Just as important hear the opinions and sentiments of all personnel about the things which concern them profession-
I had taken the dinghy in said part exchange for a the proprietor. Mr. Allan .\‘lason. 1 got the flag. but had no idea that it meant anything. It just happened to be in the same colours as my petrol company. Esso." At the Navy's request the flag was lowered. Rca.r-Admiral Frederick Lawson was in the Dock_vard‘s Admiralty House that day. and according to Mr. Mason. “I received a message with the Rear-Admiral's compliments saying it would be appreciated if I took the flag down. So I did."
ally or personally.
"
"And a load of cod that sounds." some of the cynics may say. But there is no mistaking the directive right from the top: the views of the Fleet are to be heard and fed back with the utmost swiftnt.-es. so that sound and sendble judgim-nts may be reached. All kinds of measures are being looked at. designed to shorten separation. reduce uncertainty. and generally shake up the whole system of selecting. entcrin training. advancing. and employing sailors. me of the changes are already .
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being brought in. Ideas rejected long ago as too great a sacrificein cost or tradition are being dusted out of pigeon-
holes for a new look. The Board are examining every aspect of cutting down or cutting out the unpopular features of naval life. and are highly receptive to original thotight on ways of doing so. Plainly the Navy gs a fighting force cannot go “all welfare." but for officer and rating alike there is a finn change of emphasis from the Service to the individual. In the recniitins field. the most valuable Navy possession is a satisfied sailor. "and this," the Board say. “must be achieved above all else." All talk of radical improvements might be regarded as jam tomorrow. But tomorrow is only a day away. and the Board have a critical manpower battle on their hands. They are seeking the co-operation of every man jack to win it.
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PAY RISE OF 7 p.c.
From August I the pay rates of the Armed Forces were increased by seven per cent. The planned two-yearly review is due next April. but this is an interim award to keep pace with the cost of
living.
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And
‘LONELINESS OF COMMAND’ Dramatic picture of Ueut.-Cdr. T. E. Woods. captain of H.M.S. Oberon. taken by Lleut. M. P. Gilbert on passage from Hong Kong. Due to the danger of swimming In Far East waters. the submarine is trimmed down forward, and a very pleasant hands to bathe can be had In the cable locker while "
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: underway.
new
Ever heard a broadside? Well they did at Navy News office after newspapers and television gave pictures of the “mannequin parade" at Ponsmouth Barracks where seven sailors dis-
played
new
tinifonns
on
uniforms
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which a successor to the bellbottom “square rig" might be based. _
Navy's worried about rccniiting." said a letter from “If the
Stoker B.H. in H.M.S. Plymouth. "then they will be panicking if we have to wear that rubbish." He has been in nine years. and his letter got more worked up as it
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Chartered
Surveyors
The total cost is £27m. An Ordinary rating will now receive £20.58 a week. and a chief artificcr (after I8 years) £51.73. New rates for officers from £l.97l (subvary
lieutenanl).
£3.12-4 (lieutenant-commander) and £6. I36 (commodore). At the same time. there are to
small increases in married quarter rents and food charges for bachelors. “ Teaboat " ride: again
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