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SUPPORT

PART I: EDUCATION AND TRAINING

3RD DRAFT

HIGHER DEFENCE TRAINING AND STUDIES

1. The Ministry of Defence continues to maintain a close association

with universities and other academic institutions through Defence

Lecturers, Defence Fellows and a programme of study conferences and

seminare. An eighth Defence Lecturer has been appointed. Six

serving officers are holding Defence Fellowships and a Service

Fellowship scheme has been initiated, under which selected Service

officers spend a residential term at a university carrying out

defence studies of their choice.

INITIAL AND SPECIALIST TRAINING

ROYAL NAVY AND ROYAL MARINES

Special Duties Officer Candidate Training

2. Special courses are provided for non-technical ratings selected

for commissions on the Special Duties List. In January 1974 these

courses were moved from HMS St George, Portsmouth, to Britannia Royal

Naval College, Dartmouth.

Seamen Officer Branch Structure and Training

3. Since 1972 there has been a progressive introduction of the

post of Principal Warfare Officer, trained to "fight the ship" and

give his Captain co-ordinated advice on operational matters covering

all aspects of warfare at sea. After serving as a Principal

Warfare Officer at sea, about one-third of Seaman Officers will be

selected for advanced warfare training which is designed to prepare

them to fill more senior posts on sea-going staffs and in some

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