Annex C
An indication of the best, worst and average
duration of unaccompanied detachments in each of the three Services
over the last two years, by unit or other appropriate or readily
available level of analysis; including for example sea shore ratios
for RN personnel or time away from Base Port indicators, by rate,
rank and category.
NAVAL SERVICE
The RN has no systematic data on individual
experience, although they intend to collect this data when the
administrative systems allow. At Ship unit level the details are:
Best:
SSN: 8 days TALENT (May 99, deployment cut short
by defect).
SSBN**
Surface Flotilla: 58 days. (KOSOVO Ops)
RM: 11 days (45 Cdo RM Op TELLAR)
Worst:
SSN: 208 days TRENCHANT (ending August 97)
SSBN**
Surface Flotilla: 243 days. (ARMILLA FF/DD with
Five Powers Defence Agreement)
RM: 192 days (20 Cdo Bty RA current tour to
Cyprus—UN support)
Average:
SSN: 94 days
SSBN**
Surface Flotilla: 153 days
RM: 100 days
Material relating to sea/shore ratios appears
in the Naval Service section answer to Question 2, namely, "The
length of time between the previous and current tour . . .?"
ARMY
1. (UK) Div conducted a trial study of Nights
Out of Bed in 1998 and the product of that study is at Appendix
1.[16]
Because of the lack of historical data it has not been possible
to provide a more complete analysis of Nights Out of Bed than
that shown. It should be noted that this does not cover the current
period of high commitments and is therefore not truly representative
of current levels of over-stretch. The NI analysis is included
at Appendix 2.[17]
Like the RN, the Army are seeking to move to a system for recording
individual separation.
RAF
In April 1997, the RAF introduced its Separated
Service Recording System to provide detailed management information
on the amount of time RAF personnel were spending away from their
parent unit. For the purpose of recording data on the Separated
Service Recording System, an occurrence of separated service is
deemed to have occurred when an individual is absent from his
or her parent unit on duty for a period of three nights or more,
excluding absences on detached training. Commanders are tasked
to record separated service above the thresholds of 140 days in
12 months and 280 days aggregated in 24 months so that management
effort could be focused on the worst effects of separation. This
does not imply that separated service at these levels is considered
satisfactory.
**
**
The table at Appendix 3[18]
shows the numbers or percentages of personnel on heavily tasked
units where a high percentage of personnel spent more than 140
days away during the period since formal recording began under
the Separated Service Recording System.
16 See p. Back
17
Not printed. Back
18
See p. Back
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