Next stop for our Merchant Navy Training Board project: the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. Half navy and half not, manned by merchant seafarers, the RFA is vital to the Royal Navy. Without it the zippiest carriers, the fastest destroyers, even the Silent Service submarines, can’t operate. Because every item of supply the navy needs – from missiles to frozen chips, medical supplies to fuel, Mars bars to engine parts – ALL of it has to be delivered to wherever the RN needs it. If an army marches on its stomach, a navy sails on its suppliers, all the time, whenever ops are on. Which is why our socials are needed to encourage young people to think of a career with the RN’s life support system. And it’s not a bad deal – 4 months at sea then 3 months off, for a start.
FURNISHING THE FLEET
02 September 2024
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About Rob
Rob is a TV producer, reporter and camera operator with 30 years of experience at the BBC, Channel 4 and ITN, in news, factual and documentary production. He is a four-time award winner, whose awards include a coveted Royal Television Society award for his work on Channel 4 News. His association with the Maritime Foundation goes back to 1995 when he won the first Desmond Wettern Maritime Media Award for a series of reports that led to a major documentary on the loss of the bulk carrier Derbyshire.