By the Editor – The author argues the renewed drive, as part of Transformation, to civilianise Service posts is likely to be the cause of long-term loss of skill sets and a lack of personnel to crew the frontline. He further opines that continued ‘civilianisation’ will drive people out of the Service, as they perceive their future lacking of career prospects and personal harmony. This is an argument stretching back decades, where the consequences of ‘civilianisation’ were only gradually realised. Recent acceleration of the trend begs the question as to whether, in a growing navy, rank de-enric…
