Personnel
As of June 2011, the RAN has 14,215 permanent full-time personnel, 161 gap year personnel, and 2,150 reserve personnel. The permanent full-time force consisted of 3,357 commissioned officers, and 10,697 enlisted personnel. As of June 2010 male personnel make up 82% of the permanent full-time force, while female personnel make up 18%. The RAN has the highest percentage of women in the ADF, compared to the RAAF's 17.8% and the Army's 9.7%.
The following are the current senior Royal Australian Navy Officers:
- Vice Admiral Ray Griggs, AO, CSC, RAN—Chief of Navy
- Rear Admiral Trevor Jones, AM, CSC, RAN—Deputy Chief of Navy
- Rear Admiral Tim Barrett, AM, CSC, RAN—Commander Australian Fleet
- Rear Admiral Michael Uzzell, AM, RAN—Head Navy Engineering
- Warrant Officer Martin Holzberger, CSC—Warrant Officer of the Navy
The RAN needs 2,000 recruits, including 700 apprentices, to crew the next generation of warships, such as air warfare destroyers, which enter service next decade. In order to overcome a lack of skilled Australians, the RAN has begun to recruit sailors who have been laid off from other western navies.
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“This woman is headstrong, obstinate and dangerously self- opinionated.”
—Report by Personnel Officer at I.C.I., rejecting Mrs. Thatcher for a job in 1948.