Posted on 02/13/2017 7:10:24 AM PST by pabianice
A new campaign will see former sailors as old as 60 asked to consider rejoining the Senior Service on a “bespoke five-year contract”.
Retired sailors up to the age of 55 will be allowed to apply to fill a vast array of positions on HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales, though the Sunday Express can reveal that a 58-year-old has been asked to extend his service by five years.
It comes just weeks after defence secretary Sir Michael Fallon proclaimed 2017 as “the year of the Navy” and follows difficulties in recruiting Naval reservists for year-long postings.
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Funny. The UK had big cuts to military personnel a few years back. I know that the Australian Defence Force recruited a bunch of highly trained and experienced newly unemployed ex UK service personnel. We did the same thing with Canada back in the late 1990s. One of them came across as a Lieutenant Commander and is now Commodore (Rear Admiral lower half equivalent in the USN).
Hell, we’ve snapped up so many UK, Canadian, and New Zealand personnel over the years it can sound like a 5 eyes convention in places.
It was mentioned in the article.
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