{"id":122211,"date":"2023-12-16T18:59:13","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T18:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/?p=122211"},"modified":"2023-12-16T18:59:13","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T18:59:13","slug":"royal-navy-tempt-recruits-with-darts-booze-and-curries-but-not-if-youre-fat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leviolonrouge.com\/world-news\/royal-navy-tempt-recruits-with-darts-booze-and-curries-but-not-if-youre-fat\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Navy tempt recruits with darts, booze and curries \u2013 but not if you’re fat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Royal Navy chiefs are tempting new recruits to their nuclear subs with the promise of darts, booze and curries.<\/p>\n

But they also warned that while many folk who love their grub, some cannot join up.<\/p>\n

Anyone with a body mass index above 28 cannot dive in a sub where missions can last two months. <\/p>\n

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This means a 6ft, 20-year-old man weighing 15st would be too heavy to serve.<\/p>\n

A recruitment drive tells wannabe submariners: \u201cThere\u2019s a reason we\u2019re called the Silent Service. We operate unseen, unheard and undetected.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAnd only a handful of people know about our missions, even though they make a difference to millions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no career quite like it. Interested? Get a taste of home with curry nights and fish and chip Friday.\u201d<\/p>\n

And one serving sailor says in an ad: \u201cI make a point of fuelling with breakfast.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another adds: \u201cI can choose between an evening workout or a night at the mess bar and a game of darts.\u201d<\/p>\n

The starting salary for an apprentice engineer is \u00a337,700, while cooks begin at \u00a323,000.<\/p>\n

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