36 NAVY NEWS, NOVEMBER 2009
News and information for serving personnel
Critical for Command
Are you EVER wondered exactly
what it is that makes a
registered
Commanding Officer of a
ship a commanding officer?
Well, so has the Navy. And
to vote?
over the past two years work has
been ongoing to define success
THE Electoral Commission is
in surface ship command and to
trying to get your attention – as
identify the manner in which these
some 35 per cent of Service
competencies can best be assessed,
developed and reported.
men and women are not
Specially commissioned
registered to vote.
research, along with a detailed
The figures get even worse
review of policy and guidance
in the 18-24 age group, where
for Command, Leadership
indications are that 60 per cent
and Management (CLM), has
are not registered and cannot
captured and defined the necessary
vote.
competencies for command.
Clinton Proud, Head of
The resulting Command
Campaigns and Public
Competency Framework is
Information at the Electoral
published in DIN 2009DIN01-
Commission, said: “There’s a
202, and will set out the criteria
General Election coming and
against which suitability for surface
we want to make sure no one in
ship command will be assessed
the Army, RAF or Navy misses
and reported through OJAR.
out on having their say.
Selection boards will also
“There are three ways to
judge the candidates before them
vote: in person, by post or by
through the same framework.
proxy – where someone casts
Pulling together the list of
your vote for you.”
key attributes three areas were ● What qualities mark you out for the burden of command? Picture: PO(Phot) Tam Macdonald
He added: “As a General
consulted: current policy and
Election is usually called at
guidance; CLM literature; and
experts: professional skills to fight their iii) self-awareness i) make most of individuals
such short notice, the most
subject matter experts – including
a) professional expertise ship successfully iv) focus ii) communication up
realistic way of voting for some
CinC Fleet and the Second Sea
b) judgement i) warfare knowledge ■ Align – focus controllable iii) communication down
people not living in the UK,
Lord.
c) personal effectiveness ii) platform knowledge assets by converting plans into iv) inspire
including many serving in the
First to policy and guidance
d) people skills iii) seamanship and navigation action From this work a table of positive
Armed Forces, is to apply for a
which identifed four key areas:
e) motivation iv) wider professional i) moral courage and development behaviours has
proxy vote.
a) warfare skills
The analysis then turned to
knowledge ii) direction been drawn up, clarifying the
“By choosing someone
b) judgement and decisiveness
bringing the three findings
■ Create success – deliver iii) empowerment definiton of each indicator.
you trust to cast your vote for
c) leadership
together with five key overarching
results iv) subordinate development ■ Further information from
you, you will get your say, no
d) courage and values
competencies identified, each
i) drive ■ Interact – work with and Lt Cdr Paul Metcalfe on 93832
matter where you are on polling
Next to the analysis of CLM
with four supporting competency
ii) resilience through other people 8830.
day.” literature which pulled out: indicators:
He urged: “Don’t leave it until a) sets a clear vision ■ Conceptualise – to get and
the last minute – think about it b) inspires motivation share the picture of what needs
now.” c) individual consideration to be done
You can find out more d) self-awareness and i) judgement
information and download development ii) risk taking
Happy birthday,
a registration form at e) takes responsibility iii) vision
www.aboutmyvote.co.uk/ f) intelligence and adaptability iv) innovation
armedforces Lastly to those subject matter ■ Warfare skills – the
Nuffield Trust
THIS YEAR sees the 70th
anniversary of the Nuffi eld
SHIP of the MONTH
Trust, which was set up by the
great industrialist Lord Nuffi eld
(William Morris of Morris Motors)
to provide money for the Armed
Services, and has been handing
out millions ever since.
Since its birth in 1939 the
Collectors’ Corner
Trust has given £45 million in
Build an exciting and interesting collection of B&W and coloured postcard
grants (worth some £193 million
at today’s prices) and it routinely
sized photographs of ships and aircraft of the Royal Navy and RFA’s.
allocates about £1million to the
Armed Forces every year.
In 2008, Service units received
Only £12.50
248 grants for items as diverse
UK £14.50 Overseas as yachts, minibuses, sailing
dinghies, rigid inflatable boats,
I YEAR’S SUBSCRIPTION
canoes, fitness and weight-training
equipment, skiing equipment,
mountain bikes, windsurfing,
Which includes ONE NEW postcard sized photograph
hang-gliding and paragliding
equipment, large screen TV sets
and DVD and stereos.
● HMS Ambush hit the hills on Trust bikes
of our featured vessel each month.
Since 1980, the Trust has also
given major grants for large RN
projects including improvements
to Southwick Park Golf Club and
Recreation Centre, the purchase
of Alexandra House in Plymouth,
and enhancements to sports
facilities in Portsmouth, RMB
Stonehouse, RNAS Yeovilton and
HMS Raleigh.
RN units and families can also
use tri-service facilities such as
the Nuffield Centre on Anglesey,
with purpose-built holiday
accommodation, a campsite, a
sailing centre, climbing wall and
swimming pool, all at very low
rates.
Photographs can also be purchased individually for 85p each (minimum of three).
The Trust began when Lord
Nuffield endowed it with a million
Send Cheque/P.O. together with name and address of subscriber to
shares in Morris Motors, worth
about £49 million today, to
Anne Young at… provide ‘facilities for recreation’
for the benefit of all the Services.
Navy News, HMS Nelson, Queen Street, Portsmouth PO1 3HH
The Trust had a huge impact
during World War 2, when it
Or phone on – 023 9272 6284
● Narrow boat Warneford VC afl oat with a Nuffi eld Trust grant
started a subsidised scheme
for service personnel transiting remote units which were having found on the website www.
Cheques payable to: Navy News London who were sleeping in trouble receiving news from nuffieldtrust.org and the
railway stations. Blighty. facilities at the Nuffield Centre
For orders outside of the UK, payment is to be made by cheque/International Money Order in £ Sterling
It also sent radios to the British Full details on the Trust and Anglesey can be viewed at www.
Expeditionary Force and other how to apply for grants can be nuffieldanglesey.org.uk
SEND FOR FREE PHOTOGRAPH LIST!
(Older photographs will be in Black & White) News and information
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