WO-N reviews Recruit School graduation

7 November 2011

Warrant Officer of the Navy, Mark Tandy, CSC, reviewed the 77 recruits of General Entry 297 Rankin Division as they graduated from Recruit School at HMAS Cerberus.

For the first time in the Navy’s history, the Navy’s most senior sailor, Warrant Officer of the Navy (WO-N) WO Mark Tandy, welcomed the newest junior sailors into the RAN at a graduation parade at Recruit School HMAS Cerberus on Friday, 4 November 2011.

77 personnel graduated at the parade – they will be the first of many graduates to be reviewed by WO-N.

Chief of Navy (CN) Vice Admiral Ray Griggs has introduced the policy that WO-N will be the Reviewing Officer for one Recruit School graduation each year.

WO Tandy said it was a great display of the confidence CN has in the position of WO-N and is a practical example that New Generation Navy is moving forward and is embracing a more contemporary view of our customs and traditions.

“I’m honoured to be in the position of WO-N and have the privilege to review a Recruit School graduation,” WO Tandy said.

“This is the first time the Warrant Officer of the Navy has had the opportunity to review a graduation and I think it reinforces in the recruits and other sailors the important role that WO-N plays.”

WO-N is the sailor’s representative at the Senior Leadership Group and is the voice of the non-commissioned ranks among the highest level of the Navy command structure.

“I work alongside Chief of Navy and I regularly discuss issues that affect our sailors every day and it is a role I take very seriously,” he said.

Images

View images of the General Entry 297 Rankin Division Graduation Ceremony on the RAN Media Library.