NAVY NEWS, DECEMBER 2010 News and information for serving personnel


Names change, but the job lives on


DRAFTING has evolved considerably and rapidly in recent years – and Captain Naval Drafting, HMS Centurion and Draft Chits seem but a distant memory. But


heritage the


Command HQ and JPA age, and the most recent developments in Junior Rate career management have only recently been announced.


live-on


successors in


the Navy to that


Teams (NPTs) based in West Battery in Portsmouth (the Hub – as opposed to CMCs which are known as the Spokes), and this includes medical branch, Naval Police, PTI, diver, and CT JRs, as well as the career management of all Royal Marines, officers and senior rates.


CMCs thus provide a fundamental waterfront manning function,


and


On September 1, Waterfront Manning Offices were renamed Career Management Cells (CMCs) (as announced in RNTM 171/10) more accurately to reflect their function since Director Naval Personnel (DNPers)


Command HQ took responsibility for the assigning of Junior Rates from Flotillas in 2007. The primary role


CMCs – outstations to, but an integral part of DNPers, and located in the main base ports and naval air stations (plus Joint Force Harrier) – is the career management of junior rates apportioned to them.


in Personnel Functional Standards 2010 as: “The assignment


individuals in accordance with endorsed current and future Service requirements, exploiting skills, career development needs and, whenever possible, personal preferences,


advice on future career paths.” A key point to note is that CMCs are responsible for the assigning of personnel to authorised JPA positions,


requirements. CMCs are not responsible for the employment of personnel – this remains vested


in Location In charge


Devonport 9375 SO2 – Lt Cdr Peter Johnson 67744


and augmentation ships, whilst providing


Career management is defined of


of the six in Navy are readily


accessible to EWOs and DEPCOs in particular, as well as welcoming HoDs and DOs and all others involved in manning issues. Individual junior rates are


Drafty’s corner


submarines and other units, or for landed personnel, Temporary Employment cells and Recovery cells administered either by Naval Base Commanders or Flotillas. The main base port CMCs – Devonport,


Faslane and


Portsmouth – are responsible for the career management of most Engineering, Logistics and Warfare junior rates of ships and submarines of those base ports plus allocated shore units and organisations,


and a share of


London-based and LFS positions. The air station CMCs career manage aviation branch JRs (AH, AC, AE etc). The Royal Marines, specialist, and smaller JR branches or sub branches continue to be managed by DNPers Naval Personnel


2iC WO1 Zac Newton 65431


also welcome to visit or contact direct their career managers in the CMCs to discuss current and next assignments. CMCs have a crucial secondary role – leading on action in response manpower OPDEFs, PERREQs and other urgent operational requirements for all branches and all rank/rates (not just for JRs for which CMCs have routine career management responsibility). This includes high-priority augmentation, exercise and events manpower demands, undertaken on behalf of DNPers’ Augmentee and Crisis Manpower Planning cell (ACMP). CMCs initiate manpower trawls and nominate, on behalf of and with the authority of DNPers, temporary or permanent reliefs to meet key manning deficiencies that impact on operational capability – be it gapping, training or competences shortfalls. RNTM 196/10,


Personnel


OPDEF Procedures, has recently been published and is the key direction and guidance for all involved in this key OC issue.


Others


HM Career Management – WO1 Daz Wake 65723


CM Supervisor ENG & LOGS – CPO Paul Bassett 67973 CM Supervisor WAR – CPO Tommy Cooper 67976


CM Supervisor SMs – CPO Coxn Jack Hawkins 67977


Augmentation – CPO Mike Smith 65848 Faslane 93255 SO2 – Lt Cdr Trevor Gladwell 6737 WO1 John Dickie 6133


CM Supervisor ENG SM – CPO Billy Myers 4384


CM Supervisor EXEC SM – CPO Chris Thomas 5997


CM Supervisor ENG GS – CPO Al Innes Thomas 6627 (tbrb CPO Robertson Jan 11) CM Supervisor EXEC GS – CPO Graham Walker 5580


Augmentation – CPO Joe McCrannor 8365 (Joins Dec 10)


Portsmouth 9380 SO2 - gapped Culdrose 93781 JFH 95351


Yeovilton 93510


WO1 Antony Snowden 2357 WO1 Phil Price 7838


WO1 Chaz Harvey 5393


FROM January 4 2011, the price of the PAX insurance scheme will increase by 1 per cent, in line with the Budget announcement in June of a 1 per cent Insurance Premium Tax. The PAX insurance scheme is optional, providing cover under the


Changes to PAX in New Year


Armed Forces Compensation and Pension Schemes. The revised monthly premiums, payable by a PAX policyholder for a single unit, are: ■ PAX individual, £3.94 per unit (previously £3.90), family £5.55 per unit (previously £5.50). The underlying premium rates remain the same. ■ Optional Life insurance is not subject to Insurance Premium Tax and premains remain unchanged at £1 per unit for an individual and £1.50 for family cover. From January 4 2011, existing policyholders will automatically continue on the PAX Scheme with the revised premiums. Further detail can be found at DIB 2010/89. If you want general information on PAX, telephone 0800 212 480 from the UK or +44 20 8662 8126 from overseas.


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WO1 Andy Strickland 20609 CPO Steve Tidswell 2427


CPO Bryn Morgan(JFH AB’s) 6819


Augmentation – CPO Al Gower 25587


JFH CMC LHs CPO Colin Edwards 7886, PO Richie Leivers 6818. Recovery cell – LMA Ryan Summerfi eld 7834


High hopes and high ropes


NEVER expect the youngest sailor to do anything that you’re not prepared to do yourself... So


HMS Raleigh, leading by


establishment’s CO, Capt Steve Murdoch ‘christens’ the new high ropes course – a sort of aerial assault course.


the Torpoint


Already in place at HMS Collingwood in Fareham to test the mettle of potential leaders, the challenging course has now also been installed at Raleigh. The high ropes (how high? 13


example at


metres, or 42ft in old money) feature climbing ropes, ladders, walkways, a high beam, and a ‘leap of faith’ from a standing platform to a trapeze. (For safety reasons, recruits are attached to harnesses and supported by their classmates on the ground by ropes.) After cutting a ribbon to


formally open the aerial assault course, Capt Murdoch got into the swing of things. “The high ropes course allows us to develop and test the physical and mental robustness of recruits, while exposing them to controlled stress. As I found, the high ropes is not rank conscious. They are a challenging test irrespective of your age and rank.” Following the CO up the ropes


was trainee AB(Sea) Lisa Aspley. “I found the climbing up OK,


but standing on the top of the pillar was a little stressful,” she said. “I really enjoyed it though. The confidence you get when you actually do something you have found tough is very rewarding.” ● On the ropes – Capt Steve Murdoch and AB(Sea) Lisa Aspley


Picture: Dave Sherfield


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