What is the Naval Careers Service (NCS)? The NCS plays a vital and respected role helping to nationally recruit the right number of suitably committed and capable young people to join the Naval Service: Royal Navy; Royal Marines; RM Band Service; Maritime Reserve Forces; and Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA). What is the Role of the… Read More
Launched in October 2015, the Credit Union Services for the Armed Forces offers simple savings accounts and ‘affordable’ loans to military personnel. This is an arrangement, backed by the Ministry of Defence, which means that Armed Forces personnel are be able to save regularly or repay loans with Credit Unions directly through their pay packets, via… Read More
What is the NSCC? The Naval Service Casualty Cell (NSCC) acts as the single point of contact and Notifying Authority (NA) for notification, management and tracking of all Naval Service casualties. What is the Role of the NSCC? If an incident occurs, either through accident, operations or natural causes, resulting in a Naval Service casualty… Read More
Courses hosted on the Defence Learning Environment (DLE) can now be accessed offline via the Moodle Mobile App to a mobile/tablet. Courses can be downloaded when connected to the internet for completion offline. The Benefits of Moodle Mobile include: Moodle Mobile enables deployed personnel access to DLE courses whilst offline with all personnel being encouraged to download… Read More
Research Paper Title An Overview of Military Training. Abstract Military training means definite but very different things to different people: To the commander of a military unit, it means exercising troops in the field or sailors at sea so that they operate as an integrated, coordinated unit. To military personnel managers, it means preparing and certifying individuals across… Read More
Research Paper Title What are the Perceptions of Phase 1 Military Instructors regarding their Role? Abstract The aim of this research was to investigate the perceptions of phase 1 military instructors regarding their role and perceived effectiveness in the delivery of teaching. It further examined, whether phase 1 instructors believe their current delivery methods and intuitional parameters allow… Read More
The United Kingdom’s (UK’s) Ministry of Defence (MOD) officially recognises five trade unions: Prospect: represents engineers, managers, scientists and other specialists in both the public and private sectors. PCS: The Public and Commercial Services Union is the sixth largest trade union in the UK. Most of its members work in UK government departments and other public bodies… Read More
