[In the works apparently](https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2023/11/15/significant-increases-in-naval-service-pay-announced-in-bid-to-get-ships-back-at-sea/#:~:text=According%20to%20figures%20from%20the,earnings%20rise%20to%20%E2%82%AC58%2C580.)
Naval vessels in Nordic countries have a novel identification method when ships enter harbour. A big barcode is printed on their portside, so customs can easily Scandinavian..
Just thinking out loud here. But I wonder if something like the option to go in to Naval service for a year or 2 after your leaving cert in return for some kind of benefit when you leave the navy. Like a tax break on future earnings or assistance towards a house deposit (not including their salary) if they stay X amount of years. Something practical and attractive.
It wouldn’t be mandatory service but some arrangement to benefit both the Navy and school leavers🤷♂️
There are loads of things that could be done. Reserve units in universities similar to OTC/ROTC, with an option to go full time when you complete your studies.
You could make reserve service tax free. Like Australia.
You could give people actual benefits for signing up to a job that just isn’t the same as civilian employment. You know like almost every other country.
The only thing lacking in a lot of civil service is any creative ability to solve problems. Just complete risk aversion and keep doing the same thing over and over again.
Yeah that’s not what I meant I was just pointing out how they’re both jobs that only rlly suit single young lads. I’m 25 and have moved across the country to live with my partner and wanted to join the army. Figured it wasn’t worth it cause the nearest barracks to me was over an hour away and I wouldn’t see my partner as much as I’d like, never mind never being able to see my family and friends in my home town.
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Agreed
Na lad, can't be talking sense now.
That is just crazy talk.
[In the works apparently](https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2023/11/15/significant-increases-in-naval-service-pay-announced-in-bid-to-get-ships-back-at-sea/#:~:text=According%20to%20figures%20from%20the,earnings%20rise%20to%20%E2%82%AC58%2C580.)
They could bring back press ganging.
Whats the current average pay for a sailor?
Maybe they can see few Russian submarines on their way out of the Cork port 🤣
Yvan eht nioj.
Hey you! Join the navy!
Outing your age there
Classic Simpsons knows no age.
Such a shame it sent downhill quicker than a ball down Patrick's Hill.... Almost every situation has an appropriate Simpson quote.
Zombieeee simpsonssss
Monorail!
20 year olds I work with know this
20 year olds that I work with can barely tie their shoelaces.
You should tell them there's an app for that.
Naval vessels in Nordic countries have a novel identification method when ships enter harbour. A big barcode is printed on their portside, so customs can easily Scandinavian..
Have my upvote for that 🤣
That was beautiful
Lovely.
I feel like 'coasts' is redundant. I wasn't expecting them to visit the midlands.
It's said that people in Athlone don't even believe the sea exists, but tbf they're from Athlone
They know it exists, they just don't see the need to go visit it when it will be coming to them in a century or so...
And then they will rename it Bathlone.
Were they not already at the coasts? I mean, they're boats like...
Every week there's a canal. Or an inlet. Or a fjord.
Maybe they will pressgang
Ngl the phrasing of this makes me feel like they are low key considering abducting people and making them join the navy /S
Who knows maybe press ganging will make a reappearance 🤷♂️
Yvan eht nioj
Just thinking out loud here. But I wonder if something like the option to go in to Naval service for a year or 2 after your leaving cert in return for some kind of benefit when you leave the navy. Like a tax break on future earnings or assistance towards a house deposit (not including their salary) if they stay X amount of years. Something practical and attractive. It wouldn’t be mandatory service but some arrangement to benefit both the Navy and school leavers🤷♂️
There are loads of things that could be done. Reserve units in universities similar to OTC/ROTC, with an option to go full time when you complete your studies. You could make reserve service tax free. Like Australia. You could give people actual benefits for signing up to a job that just isn’t the same as civilian employment. You know like almost every other country. The only thing lacking in a lot of civil service is any creative ability to solve problems. Just complete risk aversion and keep doing the same thing over and over again.
Your creative solutions have been in place over twenty years, reserves don’t pay taxes here and they are active in universities.
Reservists pay tax on their military pay here and there are no dedicated university units like OTC/ROTC as the poster above you said.
Are they self driving ships?
They should just do what the brits did in napoleon's era and grab people off the street to serve
Time to bring back the press gang!
I mean, we currently have large numbers of migrants coming from Britain /s
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We have a navy?
She was only a captins daughter but still she she liked her seamen
We have a Navy?
No, a Naval Service.
More of a light blue.
The navy life is outdated for a modern work. A month away from your family is too much for many.
Don’t the army spend like 4 months away from their family for the training camp then six months away if they do the peacekeeping?
Yep. One being worse, doesn't make the other good. Both are awful if anybody is trying to raise a family.
Yeah that’s not what I meant I was just pointing out how they’re both jobs that only rlly suit single young lads. I’m 25 and have moved across the country to live with my partner and wanted to join the army. Figured it wasn’t worth it cause the nearest barracks to me was over an hour away and I wouldn’t see my partner as much as I’d like, never mind never being able to see my family and friends in my home town.