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Day in the life of Mark Stent
Hello everyone! My name is Petty Officer Medical Assistant (POMA) Mark Stent otherwise known as “Doc”. I am 27 years old and I have been in the Royal Navy for 10 years.
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Day in the life of Matthew Yarwood
Hello, my name is Chief Petty Officer Engineering Technician (Marine Engineer) Matthew Yarwood, CPOET(ME) ‘Mike’ Yarwood for short.
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Craig Hastings
In my career, I have experienced the Royal Navy at work in a number of different places ranging from Operations in the Northern Arabian Gulf to Miami, New York, and Chile.
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‘Wiggy’ Bennett
The average day of an Aircraft Maintainer is very much like getting everyone to agree on which colour is best.
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Roxy West
I wake up to my colleague (or opposite number – ‘Opo’ for short) shaking me and telling me its 03.30am. I sleepily roll out of bed and get dressed.
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Nicky Macfarlane
My name is Mne (Marine) Nicky Macfarlane and I am one of the six strong Royal Marines (RM) Detachment (Det) onboard the ice breaker HMS Endurance.
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Graham Allison and Ollie Loughran
My name is Sub Lieutenant Graham Allison and I am onboard HMS ENDURANCE with SLt Ollie Loughran during our Specialist Fleet Time. This is the final stage of our professional training where we learn and are given experience of how to navigate and “drive” a ship.
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Lee Vessey
My whirlwind day starts at 0320 when I get my call from the OOW, “its 3 20 Navs, weather has come down, visibility is 6 miles, your on watch in 25 minutes”. I haul myself out of my warm bed and quickly dress, splash my face, grab a coffee and head up to the bridge to take the watch.
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Dave Sharp
...hello, hello, are you awake? It’s me Dave, the Chief Surveyor; do you fancy spending the day with me and the Survey department?
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Neal Carmon
A standard day at sea starts off with `call the hands’ at 0700, out of bed, shower and then it’s off to `scran’ (breakfast) by 0730. I hate mornings but once I’ve finally woken up its `turn to’ (start the working day) at 0800. I can either walk up the 6 flights of stairs to the Main Communications Office or just take the lift! How posh!!
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