UK Royal Marine Named Head of Royal Navy

[The Bread Guy]

Cue the "passengers on the bus running the transit system" memes

General Sir Gwyn Jenkins KCB OBE RM has been appointed as First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff, and Aide-de-Camp to His Majesty

Defence Secretary John Healey has confirmed that His Majesty The King has approved the new appointment of First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff. General Sir Gwyn Jenkins KCB OBE RM is to be appointed as First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff, and Aide-de-Camp to His Majesty.

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Royal Marine, General Sir Gwyn Jenkins appointed First Sea Lord | Navy Lookout

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Decorated Royal Marines General named new Royal Navy boss as predecessor steps down

General Sir Gwyn Jenkins has been named as the new head of the Royal Navy after his predecessor was asked to step down.

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Hugely significant: Royal Marines General confirmed as head of Royal Navy

General Sir Gwyn Jenkins will now serve as the First Sea Lord, Chief of the Naval Staff and Aide-de-Camp to His Majesty the King

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More on the new Bootneck Navy Boss ...

Gwyn Jenkins - Wikipedia

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General Sir Gwyn Jenkins KCB OBE RM

General Gwyn commissioned into the Royal Marines in 1990. His time as a junior officer was spent in the Commando Logistics Regiment, competing for the Royal Navy and Royal Marines in cross-country skiing and on operations in Northern Ireland with 42 Commando RM. A graduate of the Advanced...

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[Halifax Tar]

I notice he was commissioned into the Commando Logistics Regiment. @daftandbarmy assume that would make him a LogO of some kind ?

He's also Welsh sooooooo.......

 

[OldSolduer]

I have no clue what to say so I will say this:

WTF???

 

[daftandbarmy]

I notice he was commissioned into the Commando Logistics Regiment. @daftandbarmy assume that would make him a LogO of some kind ?

He's also Welsh sooooooo.......

He's a Royal Marine Officer that was posted to Commando Log for a bit.

The Commando Logistics Regiment is staffed, mainly, by Army members (REME, Log, EOD/ATO, Doctors/Dentists, Finance/Admin etc) who have completed the All Arms Commando Course and are serving for a couple of years with 3 Cdo Bde. I had alot of them on my All Arms Course and they were generally very good. Alot were Army level athletes as well as having advanced degrees/technical qualifications of some kind.

Commando Logistic Regiment | Royal Navy

Commando Logistic Regiment is unique in the Armed Forces for its eclectic mix of personnel, drawn from across the military disciplines.

www.royalnavy.mod.uk

So, of course, this means he wasn't 'all that smart'

 

[Halifax Tar]

He's a Royal Marine Officer that was posted to Commando Log for a bit.

The Commando Logistics Regiment is staffed, mainly, by Army members (REME, Log, EOD/ATO, Doctors/Dentists, Finance/Admin etc) who have completed the All Arms Commando Course and are serving for a couple of years with 3 Cdo Bde. I had alot of them on my All Arms Course and they were generally very good. Alot were Army level athletes as well as having advanced degrees/technical qualifications of some kind.

Commando Logistic Regiment | Royal Navy

Commando Logistic Regiment is unique in the Armed Forces for its eclectic mix of personnel, drawn from across the military disciplines.

www.royalnavy.mod.uk

So, of course, this means he wasn't 'all that smart'

Is this one of those everyone is a rifleman first things, so all RM Officers are line officers, some just branch off into specialties ?

 

[Halifax Tar]

I have no clue what to say so I will say this:

WTF???

The Royal Marines are part of the Royal Navy. Seems fair to me.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Is this one of those everyone is a rifleman first things, so all RM Officers are line officers, some just branch off into specialties ?

They do a year long course at Lympstone, which is quite difficult with a high failure rate, that prepares them for a troop commander job in a rifle company in one of the Commandoes.

After their first tour as a troop commander, sometimes as short as a year, they must declare a 'SQ': specialty qualification e.g., SBS, Mountain Leader, PTI, Support Weapons etc. They then go off for additional SQ training and onward employment within 'The Corps' as they call it.

They follow the usual career path of Army Officers, through the various staff courses etc but, until now, the higher levels of MoD command have always eluded them - a major dissatisfier amongst RM Officers who see their Army & Navy colleagues promoted to various 1,2,3,4+ star positions. There are very few of those positions in the Royal Marines because they're so small compared to the others.

 

[RangerRay]

The Royal Marines are part of the Royal Navy. Seems fair to me.

I always had the impression that the RN would prefer to keep them in the gimp box until absolutely necessary.

 

[The Bread Guy]

The Royal Marines are part of the Royal Navy. Seems fair to me.

Still, it would raise a few eyebrows if a USMC General was appointed Chief of Naval Ops, too - although these days, maybe not as many eyebrows than in the past.

After all, in the immortal words of Tommy Douglas's grandson ....

 

[daftandbarmy]

I always had the impression that the RN would prefer to keep them in the gimp box until absolutely necessary.

The RN would prefer to trade them in for a Frigate, and the Army would like their Engr Regt, Arty Regt, Log Regt and other 'on loan' assets back...