Royal Navy recruits no longer need to be swimmers

Royal Navy recruits no longer have to prove they can swim to boost numbers

ROYAL Navy recruits will no longer need to prove they can swim to join the force. Non or weak swimmers will even be given lessons in the water in the hopes of boosting candidate numbers. PARoyal Navy recruits will no longer need to prove they can swim to join the force[/caption] There will no longer be a 30-minute swim test before being recruited in a change to entry requirements, a source told Sky News. “In a sign of true desperation to increas…

Navy makes strange change to recruitment process by removing key requirement

The latest change comes nearly a year after it was reported the Royal Navy was looking at new ways to boost the number of new recruits.

'Utter outrage' as Royal Navy recruits no longer need to be swimmers

Comes as the Royal Navy struggles to tackle falling recruitment

Royal Navy recruits no longer need to be swimmers

A source says there is concern about the change to entry requirements, which means there will no longer be a 30-minute swim test prior to being recruited, and brands the move "a sign of true desperation to increase recruitment numbers".

Royal Navy recruits no longer need to prove that they can swim

Anyone seeking to join the ‘Senior Service’ won’t have to pass a 30-minute swim test prior to signing up