How does one man a Navy in the 21st Century?

摘要

To ask a Warrant Officer to tell you what has changed in the RAN since hel joined is to subject oneself to a rant encompassing alcohol testing, women at sea, 'up-top' trips and rental allowance (to name but a few 'issues'). Whatever your stance on any of these, the simple fact is that the Navy has changed a lot in 25 years and what made SMN Smith join in 1983 is not offered to his son or daughter in 2008. Quite simply, the RAN in 2008 has been forced to move in concert with the 'zeitgeist' and as such conforms, as best it can, to the societal norms and expectations of the time. Unfortunately, these very measures that are employed to recruit and retain the uniformed workforce may in fact be the cause of its demise.