The author reflects on his ventures as a university undergraduate and as a Royal Naval Reservist officer based at HMS Scotia on the east coast of Scotland. He argues that civilian and part time naval careers have mutual benefits that should be embraced and celebrated, while also making the case that these seemingly parallel careers are actually more intrinsically linked than they may at first appear. HEN one thinks of a university undergraduate, many preconditioned stereotypes come to mind: a student’s idea of breakfast television being the BBC News at One is one example; or perhaps the image…
